Parliament of Australia · Senate · 26 August 2025
Matters of Urgency: Taxation
Voting yes supported agreeing to the urgency motion on taxation moved by Senator McGrath, which would have given the matter priority debate in the Senate.
Defeated23 yes 31 no
The question put
That the urgency motion, as moved by Senator McGrath, be agreed to.
How each party voted
- LaborAll no0 yes · 21 no
21 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoCorinne Mulholland
- 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 yes13 yes · 0 no
13 members
- GreensAll no0 yes · 9 no
- One NationAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
Smaller parties and independents
- YesJames McGrathLNP
- YesSusan McDonaldLNP
- YesMatthew CanavanNationals
- YesRoss CadellNationals
- YesWendy AskewParty not recorded
- NoPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- YesJacinta Nampijinpa PriceCLP
- YesRalph BabetUnited 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.
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.