Parliament of Australia · Senate · 26 August 2025
Committees: Environment and Communications References Committee
Voting yes supported agreeing to a Senate motion from Senator Waters about referring a matter to the Environment and Communications References Committee, which is a procedural step without a policy outcome.
The question put
That business of the Senate No. 5, standing in the name of Senator Waters, be agreed to.
Crossed the floor: Tammy Tyrrell (Labor, voted yes).
How each party voted
- LaborMostly no1 yes · 22 no
23 members
- YesTammy Tyrrell crossed the floor
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoCorinne Mulholland
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoDorinda Cox
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJess Walsh
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoNita Green
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoSue Lines
- NoTim Ayres
- NoVarun Ghosh
- LiberalAll yes15 yes · 0 no
15 members
- GreensAll yes9 yes · 0 no
9 members
- One NationAll no0 yes · 3 no
3 members
Smaller parties and independents
- YesJames McGrathLNP
- YesSusan McDonaldLNP
- YesPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- YesWendy AskewParty not recorded
- YesFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- YesJacinta Nampijinpa PriceCLP
- YesDavid PocockIndependent
- YesJacqui LambieJacqui Lambie Network
- YesMatthew CanavanNationals
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.