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title: "Committees: Appropriations, Staffing and Security Committee: membership (Senate, 30 July 2025) | Politics Computer"
description: "Voting yes supported making the amendment moved by Senator Scarr to the committee membership motion, which was defeated. Defeated 28 to 33 in the Senate on 30 July 2025. How every member voted."
url: "https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2025-07-30/10"
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Parliament of Australia · Senate · 30 July 2025

# Committees: Appropriations, Staffing and Security Committee: membership

Voting yes supported making the amendment moved by Senator Scarr to the committee membership motion, which was defeated.

Defeated **28** yes **33** no 

The question put

That the amendment moved by Senator Scarr be agreed to.

**Crossed the floor:** [Tammy Tyrrell](https://politics.computer/mp/tammy-tyrrell) (Labor, voted yes).

## How each party voted

- Labor Mostly no 1 yes · 23 no  
24 members

  - Yes [Tammy Tyrrell](https://politics.computer/mp/tammy-tyrrell)  crossed the floor
  - 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 [Don Farrell](https://politics.computer/mp/don-farrell)
  - No [Dorinda Cox](https://politics.computer/mp/dorinda-cox)
  - No [Ellie Whiteaker](https://politics.computer/mp/ellie-whiteaker)
  - 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 [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 [Marielle Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/marielle-smith)
  - No [Michelle Ananda-Rajah](https://politics.computer/mp/michelle-ananda-rajah)
  - 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 [Sue Lines](https://politics.computer/mp/sue-lines)
  - No [Tim Ayres](https://politics.computer/mp/tim-ayres)
  - No [Tony Sheldon](https://politics.computer/mp/tony-sheldon)
- Liberal All yes 16 yes · 0 no  
16 members

  - Yes [Alex Antic](https://politics.computer/mp/alex-antic)
  - Yes [Andrew Bragg](https://politics.computer/mp/andrew-bragg)
  - Yes [Andrew McLachlan](https://politics.computer/mp/andrew-mclachlan)
  - Yes [Claire Chandler](https://politics.computer/mp/claire-chandler)
  - Yes [Dave Sharma](https://politics.computer/mp/dave-sharma)
  - Yes [Dean Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/dean-smith)
  - Yes [James Paterson](https://politics.computer/mp/james-paterson)
  - Yes [Jane Hume](https://politics.computer/mp/jane-hume)
  - Yes [Kerrynne Liddle](https://politics.computer/mp/kerrynne-liddle)
  - Yes [Leah Blyth](https://politics.computer/mp/leah-blyth)
  - Yes [Maria Kovacic](https://politics.computer/mp/maria-kovacic)
  - Yes [Matt O'Sullivan](https://politics.computer/mp/matt-o-sullivan)
  - Yes [Paul Scarr](https://politics.computer/mp/paul-scarr)
  - Yes [Richard Colbeck](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-colbeck)
  - Yes [Sarah Henderson](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-henderson)
  - Yes [Slade Brockman](https://politics.computer/mp/slade-brockman)
- 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)
- Party not recorded Split 2 yes · 1 no  
3 members

  - Yes Warwick Stacey
  - Yes Wendy Askew
  - No Peter Stuart Whish-Wilson
- Smaller parties and independents

  - Yes [David Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/david-pocock) Independent
  - Yes [Lidia Thorpe](https://politics.computer/mp/lidia-thorpe) Independent
  - Yes [Matthew Canavan](https://politics.computer/mp/matthew-canavan) Nationals
  - Yes [Ross Cadell](https://politics.computer/mp/ross-cadell) Nationals
  - Yes [Malcolm Roberts](https://politics.computer/mp/malcolm-roberts) One Nation
  - Yes [Tyron Whitten](https://politics.computer/mp/tyron-whitten) One Nation
  - Yes [Jacinta Nampijinpa Price](https://politics.computer/mp/jacinta-nampijinpa-price) CLP
  - Yes [James McGrath](https://politics.computer/mp/james-mcgrath) LNP
  - 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 9 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2025-07-30/9) [All Senate votes](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) [Next Vote 11 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2025-07-30/11) 

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%3A30%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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