Parliament of Australia · Senate · 4 November 2025 · Energy
Matters of Urgency: Gas Industry
Voting yes supported the Senate agreeing to the matter of urgency motion on the gas industry moved by Senator David Pocock, which would have put the topic on the Senate's agenda for debate.
The question put
That the motion moved by Senator David Pocock be agreed to.
Crossed the floor: Andrew McLachlan (Liberal, voted yes).
How each party voted
- LaborAll no0 yes · 22 no
22 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
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMalarndirri McCarthy
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoNita Green
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoTim Ayres
- NoVarun Ghosh
- GreensAll yes9 yes · 0 no
9 members
- LiberalMostly no1 yes · 5 no
6 members
- YesAndrew McLachlan crossed the floor
- One NationAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
Smaller parties and independents
- YesDavid PocockIndependent
- YesLidia ThorpeIndependent
- YesPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- NoWendy AskewParty not recorded
- YesFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- NoSusan McDonaldLNP
- 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.