--- title: "Committees: Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee (Senate, 3 November 2025) | Politics Computer" description: "Voting yes supported Senator Bell's motion (business of the Senate motion No. 2) being agreed to, which concerns referring a matter to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee. Defeated 23 to 34 in the Senate on 3 November 2025. How every member voted." url: "https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2025-11-03/6" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Votes](https://politics.computer/votes) / [Senate](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) Parliament of Australia · Senate · 3 November 2025 # Committees: Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee Voting yes supported Senator Bell's motion (business of the Senate motion No. 2) being agreed to, which concerns referring a matter to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee. Defeated **23** yes **34** no The question put That the motion moved by Senator Bell, business of the Senate motion No. 2, be agreed to. ## How each party voted - Labor All no 0 yes · 22 no 22 members - No [Anthony Chisholm](https://politics.computer/mp/anthony-chisholm) - No [Carol Brown](https://politics.computer/mp/carol-brown) - No [Charlotte Walker](https://politics.computer/mp/charlotte-walker) - No [Corinne Mulholland](https://politics.computer/mp/corinne-mulholland) - No [Deborah O'Neill](https://politics.computer/mp/deborah-o-neill) - No [Dorinda Cox](https://politics.computer/mp/dorinda-cox) - No [Ellie Whiteaker](https://politics.computer/mp/ellie-whiteaker) - No [Glenn Sterle](https://politics.computer/mp/glenn-sterle) - No [Helen Polley](https://politics.computer/mp/helen-polley) - No [Jana Stewart](https://politics.computer/mp/jana-stewart) - No [Josh Dolega](https://politics.computer/mp/josh-dolega) - No [Karen Grogan](https://politics.computer/mp/karen-grogan) - No [Katy Gallagher](https://politics.computer/mp/katy-gallagher) - No [Lisa Darmanin](https://politics.computer/mp/lisa-darmanin) - No [Marielle Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/marielle-smith) - No [Michelle Ananda-Rajah](https://politics.computer/mp/michelle-ananda-rajah) - No [Nita Green](https://politics.computer/mp/nita-green) - No [Raff Ciccone](https://politics.computer/mp/raff-ciccone) - No [Richard Dowling](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-dowling) - No [Tammy Tyrrell](https://politics.computer/mp/tammy-tyrrell) - No [Tony Sheldon](https://politics.computer/mp/tony-sheldon) - No [Varun Ghosh](https://politics.computer/mp/varun-ghosh) - Liberal All yes 14 yes · 0 no 14 members - Yes [Alex Antic](https://politics.computer/mp/alex-antic) - Yes [Andrew Bragg](https://politics.computer/mp/andrew-bragg) - Yes [Andrew McLachlan](https://politics.computer/mp/andrew-mclachlan) - Yes [Claire Chandler](https://politics.computer/mp/claire-chandler) - Yes [Dave Sharma](https://politics.computer/mp/dave-sharma) - Yes [Dean Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/dean-smith) - Yes [Jane Hume](https://politics.computer/mp/jane-hume) - Yes [Jessica Collins](https://politics.computer/mp/jessica-collins) - Yes [Kerrynne Liddle](https://politics.computer/mp/kerrynne-liddle) - Yes [Leah Blyth](https://politics.computer/mp/leah-blyth) - Yes [Matt O'Sullivan](https://politics.computer/mp/matt-o-sullivan) - Yes [Paul Scarr](https://politics.computer/mp/paul-scarr) - Yes [Richard Colbeck](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-colbeck) - Yes [Sarah Henderson](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-henderson) - Greens All no 0 yes · 8 no 8 members - No [Barbara Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/barbara-pocock) - No [David Shoebridge](https://politics.computer/mp/david-shoebridge) - No [Jordon Steele-John](https://politics.computer/mp/jordon-steele-john) - No [Mehreen Faruqi](https://politics.computer/mp/mehreen-faruqi) - No [Nick McKim](https://politics.computer/mp/nick-mckim) - No [Penny Allman-Payne](https://politics.computer/mp/penny-allman-payne) - No [Sarah Hanson-Young](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-hanson-young) - No [Steph Hodgins-May](https://politics.computer/mp/steph-hodgins-may) - One Nation All yes 3 yes · 0 no 3 members - Yes [Malcolm Roberts](https://politics.computer/mp/malcolm-roberts) - Yes [Sean Bell](https://politics.computer/mp/sean-bell) - Yes [Tyron Whitten](https://politics.computer/mp/tyron-whitten) - Smaller parties and independents - No [David Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/david-pocock) Independent - No [Lidia Thorpe](https://politics.computer/mp/lidia-thorpe) Independent - Yes [James McGrath](https://politics.computer/mp/james-mcgrath) LNP - Yes [Susan McDonald](https://politics.computer/mp/susan-mcdonald) LNP - Yes Wendy Askew Party not recorded - No Peter Stuart Whish-Wilson Party not recorded - No [Fatima Payman](https://politics.computer/mp/fatima-payman) Australia's Voice - Yes [Jacinta Nampijinpa Price](https://politics.computer/mp/jacinta-nampijinpa-price) CLP - Yes [Matthew Canavan](https://politics.computer/mp/matthew-canavan) Nationals - Yes [Ralph Babet](https://politics.computer/mp/ralph-babet) United 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. [Previous Vote 5 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2025-11-03/5) [All Senate votes](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) [Next Vote 7 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2025-11-03/7) Source: [Hansard, Parliament of Australia](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;orderBy=%5Ffragment%5Fnumber,doc%5Fdate-rev;page=0;query=Dataset%3Ahansards,hansards80%20Date%3A3%2F11%2F2025;rec=0;resCount=Default), read through [the OpenAustralia Foundation's public Hansard data](https://data.openaustralia.org.au/). The summary is AI-written from the question and the bill's official summary, then checked; the record above is the authority. --- [Politics Computer](https://politics.computer/) A free reference for Australian politics. 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