Parliament of Australia · Senate · 4 September 2025

Motions: National Security

Voting yes supported suspending the Senate's standing orders so Senator Hanson's national security motion could be moved, a procedural step rather than a policy decision.

Defeated25 yes 35 no

The question put

That the motion moved by Senator Hanson to suspend be agreed to.

How each party voted

LaborAll no0 yes · 24 no
24 members
- 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
- NoKaty Gallagher
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMalarndirri McCarthy
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoNita Green
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoSue Lines
- NoVarun Ghosh
LiberalAll yes16 yes · 0 no
16 members
- YesAlex Antic
- YesAndrew Bragg
- YesAndrew McLachlan
- YesAnne Ruston
- YesDave Sharma
- YesDean Smith
- YesJames Paterson
- YesJessica Collins
- YesJonathon Duniam
- YesLeah Blyth
- YesMaria Kovacic
- YesMatt O'Sullivan
- YesMichaelia Cash
- YesPaul Scarr
- 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
One NationAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
- YesMalcolm Roberts
- YesPauline Hanson
- YesTyron Whitten
Smaller parties and independents
- YesBridget McKenzieNationals
- YesMatthew CanavanNationals
- YesWendy AskewParty not recorded
- NoPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- YesJacinta Nampijinpa PriceCLP
- NoLidia ThorpeIndependent
- 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.