Parliament of Australia · Senate · 30 October 2025
Motions: Questions without Notice
Voting yes supported suspending the standing orders so that the Senate could set aside its normal business and proceed with the motion moved by Senator Marielle Smith; the motion was defeated.
The question put
That the suspension motion as moved by Senator Marielle Smith be agreed to.
Crossed the floor: Tammy Tyrrell (Labor, voted no).
How each party voted
- LaborMostly yes23 yes · 1 no
24 members
- YesAnthony Chisholm
- YesCarol Brown
- YesCharlotte Walker
- YesCorinne Mulholland
- YesDon Farrell
- YesDorinda Cox
- YesEllie Whiteaker
- YesGlenn Sterle
- YesJana Stewart
- YesJenny McAllister
- YesJess Walsh
- YesJosh Dolega
- YesKaren Grogan
- YesKaty Gallagher
- YesLisa Darmanin
- YesMarielle Smith
- YesMurray Watt
- YesNita Green
- YesRichard Dowling
- YesSue Lines
- YesTim Ayres
- YesTony Sheldon
- YesVarun Ghosh
- NoTammy Tyrrell crossed the floor
- LiberalAll no0 yes · 17 no
- GreensAll no0 yes · 8 no
- NationalsAll no0 yes · 3 no
3 members
- One NationAll no0 yes · 3 no
3 members
Smaller parties and independents
- NoDavid PocockIndependent
- NoLidia ThorpeIndependent
- NoJames McGrathLNP
- NoSusan McDonaldLNP
- NoFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- NoWendy AskewParty not recorded
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.