Parliament of Australia · Senate · 5 November 2025

Matters of Urgency: Housing

Voting yes supported agreeing to the Senate motion moved by Senator Barbara Pocock on housing as a matter of urgency, which was defeated.

Defeated11 yes 29 no

The question put

That the motion moved by Senator Barbara Pocock be agreed to.

How each party voted

LaborAll no0 yes · 21 no
21 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoCorinne Mulholland
- NoDorinda Cox
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaren Grogan
- 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
- YesBarbara Pocock
- YesDavid Shoebridge
- YesJordon Steele-John
- YesLarissa Waters
- YesMehreen Faruqi
- YesNick McKim
- YesPenny Allman-Payne
- YesSarah Hanson-Young
- YesSteph Hodgins-May
LiberalAll no0 yes · 6 no
6 members
- NoJane Hume
- NoJessica Collins
- NoKerrynne Liddle
- NoMaria Kovacic
- NoMatt O'Sullivan
- NoPaul Scarr
Smaller parties and independents
- YesFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- YesDavid PocockIndependent
- NoBridget McKenzieNationals
- NoRalph 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.