Parliament of Australia · Senate · 30 October 2025
Committees: Senate Procedure Committee: reference
Voting yes supported agreeing to a motion from Senator Hanson-Young on the Senate's order of business concerning a committee reference, a procedural step rather than a policy change.
The question put
That business of the Senate in the name of Senator Hanson-Young, paragraph (2), be agreed to.
How each party voted
- LaborAll yes24 yes · 0 no
24 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
- YesMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- YesNita Green
- YesRichard Dowling
- YesSue Lines
- YesTammy Tyrrell
- YesTim Ayres
- YesTony Sheldon
- YesVarun Ghosh
- LiberalAll no0 yes · 17 no
- GreensAll yes9 yes · 0 no
9 members
- One NationAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
Smaller parties and independents
- NoMatthew CanavanNationals
- NoRoss CadellNationals
- YesPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- NoWendy AskewParty not recorded
- YesFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- YesLidia ThorpeIndependent
- NoJames McGrathLNP
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.