Parliament of Australia · Senate · 4 September 2025
Business: Consideration of Legislation
Voting yes supported the motion to put the minister's proposal on the order of business for consideration of legislation, a procedural step about how the Senate runs.
Passed31 yes 13 no
The question put
That the motion be put as moved by the minister.
How each party voted
- LaborAll yes23 yes · 0 no
23 members
- YesAnthony Chisholm
- YesCarol Brown
- YesCharlotte Walker
- YesCorinne Mulholland
- YesDeborah O'Neill
- YesDorinda Cox
- YesEllie Whiteaker
- YesGlenn Sterle
- YesHelen Polley
- YesJana Stewart
- YesJenny McAllister
- YesJosh Dolega
- YesKaren Grogan
- YesKaty Gallagher
- YesLisa Darmanin
- YesMalarndirri McCarthy
- YesMarielle Smith
- YesMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- YesMurray Watt
- YesNita Green
- YesRaff Ciccone
- YesRichard Dowling
- YesVarun Ghosh
- GreensAll no0 yes · 9 no
- LiberalAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
- YesJames Paterson
- YesJane Hume
- YesLeah Blyth
- One NationAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
Smaller parties and independents
- NoDavid PocockIndependent
- NoLidia ThorpeIndependent
- YesWendy AskewParty not recorded
- NoPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- NoFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- YesBridget McKenzieNationals
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.