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title: "Matters of Urgency: Climate Change (Senate, 28 July 2025) | Politics Computer"
description: "Voting yes supported agreeing to the urgency motion on climate change moved by Senator Hanson, which would have made the matter a priority for debate. Defeated 7 to 39 in the Senate on 28 July 2025. How every member voted."
url: "https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2025-07-28/7"
---

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Parliament of Australia · Senate · 28 July 2025 · [Climate and environment](https://politics.computer/votes/senate?topic=climate) 

# Matters of Urgency: Climate Change

Voting yes supported agreeing to the urgency motion on climate change moved by Senator Hanson, which would have made the matter a priority for debate.

Defeated **7** yes **39** no 

The question put

That the urgency motion moved by Senator Hanson be agreed to.

**Free vote.** Liberal was split, which usually means members could vote their conscience, so nobody here is counted as voting against their party.

## How each party voted

- Labor All no 0 yes · 25 no  
25 members

  - No [Anthony Chisholm](https://politics.computer/mp/anthony-chisholm)
  - No [Carol Brown](https://politics.computer/mp/carol-brown)
  - No [Charlotte Walker](https://politics.computer/mp/charlotte-walker)
  - No [Corinne Mulholland](https://politics.computer/mp/corinne-mulholland)
  - No [Deborah O'Neill](https://politics.computer/mp/deborah-o-neill)
  - No [Dorinda Cox](https://politics.computer/mp/dorinda-cox)
  - No [Ellie Whiteaker](https://politics.computer/mp/ellie-whiteaker)
  - No [Glenn Sterle](https://politics.computer/mp/glenn-sterle)
  - No [Helen Polley](https://politics.computer/mp/helen-polley)
  - No [Jana Stewart](https://politics.computer/mp/jana-stewart)
  - No [Jenny McAllister](https://politics.computer/mp/jenny-mcallister)
  - No [Jess Walsh](https://politics.computer/mp/jess-walsh)
  - No [Josh Dolega](https://politics.computer/mp/josh-dolega)
  - No [Karen Grogan](https://politics.computer/mp/karen-grogan)
  - No [Katy Gallagher](https://politics.computer/mp/katy-gallagher)
  - No [Lisa Darmanin](https://politics.computer/mp/lisa-darmanin)
  - No [Malarndirri McCarthy](https://politics.computer/mp/malarndirri-mccarthy)
  - No [Marielle Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/marielle-smith)
  - No [Murray Watt](https://politics.computer/mp/murray-watt)
  - No [Nita Green](https://politics.computer/mp/nita-green)
  - No [Raff Ciccone](https://politics.computer/mp/raff-ciccone)
  - No [Richard Dowling](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-dowling)
  - No [Tim Ayres](https://politics.computer/mp/tim-ayres)
  - No [Tony Sheldon](https://politics.computer/mp/tony-sheldon)
  - No [Varun Ghosh](https://politics.computer/mp/varun-ghosh)
- Greens All no 0 yes · 9 no  
9 members

  - No [Barbara Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/barbara-pocock)
  - No [David Shoebridge](https://politics.computer/mp/david-shoebridge)
  - No [Jordon Steele-John](https://politics.computer/mp/jordon-steele-john)
  - No [Larissa Waters](https://politics.computer/mp/larissa-waters)
  - No [Mehreen Faruqi](https://politics.computer/mp/mehreen-faruqi)
  - No [Nick McKim](https://politics.computer/mp/nick-mckim)
  - No [Penny Allman-Payne](https://politics.computer/mp/penny-allman-payne)
  - No [Sarah Hanson-Young](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-hanson-young)
  - No [Steph Hodgins-May](https://politics.computer/mp/steph-hodgins-may)
- Liberal Split 1 yes · 2 no  
3 members

  - Yes [Alex Antic](https://politics.computer/mp/alex-antic)
  - No [Andrew McLachlan](https://politics.computer/mp/andrew-mclachlan)
  - No [Jane Hume](https://politics.computer/mp/jane-hume)
- One Nation All yes 3 yes · 0 no  
3 members

  - Yes [Malcolm Roberts](https://politics.computer/mp/malcolm-roberts)
  - Yes [Pauline Hanson](https://politics.computer/mp/pauline-hanson)
  - Yes [Tyron Whitten](https://politics.computer/mp/tyron-whitten)
- Smaller parties and independents

  - Yes Warwick Stacey Party not recorded
  - No Peter Stuart Whish-Wilson Party not recorded
  - No [Fatima Payman](https://politics.computer/mp/fatima-payman) Australia's Voice
  - No [David Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/david-pocock) Independent
  - Yes [Matthew Canavan](https://politics.computer/mp/matthew-canavan) Nationals
  - Yes [Ralph Babet](https://politics.computer/mp/ralph-babet) United Australia Party

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.

[Previous Vote 6 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2025-07-28/6) [All Senate votes](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) 

Source: [Hansard, Parliament of Australia](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;orderBy=%5Ffragment%5Fnumber,doc%5Fdate-rev;page=0;query=Dataset%3Ahansards,hansards80%20Date%3A28%2F7%2F2025;rec=0;resCount=Default), read through [the OpenAustralia Foundation's public Hansard data](https://data.openaustralia.org.au/). The summary is AI-written from the question and the bill's official summary, then checked; the record above is the authority.

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