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Parliament of Australia · House of Representatives · 17 September 2026

Business: Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders

Voting yes supported suspending the standing and sessional orders so the House could depart from its usual procedures, a motion that was defeated.

Defeated42 yes 89 no

The question put

That the motion be agreed to.

How each party voted

Members who didn't vote (absent, paired or in the chair) aren't listed. A party votes as one when at least three quarters of its members vote together.

Source: Hansard, Parliament of Australia, read through the OpenAustralia Foundation's public Hansard data. The summary is AI-written from the question and the bill's official summary, then checked; the record above is the authority.