Parliament of Australia · Senate · 1 September 2025

Budget: Consideration by Estimates Committees

Voting yes supported suspending standing orders so that the budget could be considered by Senate Estimates Committees, a procedural step rather than a policy change.

Defeated26 yes 33 no

The question put

That the motion as moved by Senator Cash to suspend standing orders be agreed to.

How each party voted

LaborAll no0 yes · 23 no
23 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoCorinne Mulholland
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoDorinda Cox
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoKaty Gallagher
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMalarndirri McCarthy
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoPenny Wong
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoSue Lines
- NoTammy Tyrrell
- NoVarun Ghosh
LiberalAll yes15 yes · 0 no
15 members
- YesAlex Antic
- YesAndrew McLachlan
- YesAnne Ruston
- YesDave Sharma
- YesDean Smith
- YesJessica Collins
- YesJonathon Duniam
- YesKerrynne Liddle
- YesLeah Blyth
- YesMaria Kovacic
- YesMatt O'Sullivan
- YesMichaelia Cash
- YesRichard Colbeck
- YesSarah Henderson
- YesSlade Brockman
GreensAll no0 yes · 9 no
9 members
- NoBarbara Pocock
- NoDavid Shoebridge
- NoJordon Steele-John
- NoLarissa Waters
- NoMehreen Faruqi
- NoNick McKim
- NoPenny Allman-Payne
- NoSarah Hanson-Young
- NoSteph Hodgins-May
NationalsAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
- YesBridget McKenzie
- YesMatthew Canavan
- YesRoss Cadell
One NationAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
- YesMalcolm Roberts
- YesPauline Hanson
- YesTyron Whitten
Smaller parties and independents
- YesWendy AskewParty not recorded
- NoPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- YesFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- YesDavid PocockIndependent
- YesJames McGrathLNP
- 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.