--- title: "Business: Consideration of Legislation (Senate, 5 November 2025) | Politics Computer" description: "Voting yes supported closing debate on the business of considering legislation so the question could be put to a vote immediately. Passed 30 to 26 in the Senate on 5 November 2025. How every member voted." url: "https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2025-11-05/6" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Votes](https://politics.computer/votes) / [Senate](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) Parliament of Australia · Senate · 5 November 2025 # Business: Consideration of Legislation Voting yes supported closing debate on the business of considering legislation so the question could be put to a vote immediately. Passed **30** yes **26** no The question put That the question be put. **Crossed the floor:** [Tammy Tyrrell](https://politics.computer/mp/tammy-tyrrell) (Labor, voted no). ## How each party voted - Labor Mostly yes 20 yes · 1 no 21 members - Yes [Anthony Chisholm](https://politics.computer/mp/anthony-chisholm) - Yes [Carol Brown](https://politics.computer/mp/carol-brown) - Yes [Charlotte Walker](https://politics.computer/mp/charlotte-walker) - Yes [Corinne Mulholland](https://politics.computer/mp/corinne-mulholland) - Yes [Dorinda Cox](https://politics.computer/mp/dorinda-cox) - Yes [Ellie Whiteaker](https://politics.computer/mp/ellie-whiteaker) - Yes [Glenn Sterle](https://politics.computer/mp/glenn-sterle) - Yes [Jana Stewart](https://politics.computer/mp/jana-stewart) - Yes [Jenny McAllister](https://politics.computer/mp/jenny-mcallister) - Yes [Jess Walsh](https://politics.computer/mp/jess-walsh) - Yes [Josh Dolega](https://politics.computer/mp/josh-dolega) - Yes [Karen Grogan](https://politics.computer/mp/karen-grogan) - Yes [Lisa Darmanin](https://politics.computer/mp/lisa-darmanin) - Yes [Malarndirri McCarthy](https://politics.computer/mp/malarndirri-mccarthy) - Yes [Marielle Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/marielle-smith) - Yes [Michelle Ananda-Rajah](https://politics.computer/mp/michelle-ananda-rajah) - Yes [Nita Green](https://politics.computer/mp/nita-green) - Yes [Raff Ciccone](https://politics.computer/mp/raff-ciccone) - Yes [Richard Dowling](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-dowling) - Yes [Varun Ghosh](https://politics.computer/mp/varun-ghosh) - No [Tammy Tyrrell](https://politics.computer/mp/tammy-tyrrell) crossed the floor - Liberal All no 0 yes · 14 no 14 members - No [Alex Antic](https://politics.computer/mp/alex-antic) - No [Andrew McLachlan](https://politics.computer/mp/andrew-mclachlan) - No [Anne Ruston](https://politics.computer/mp/anne-ruston) - No [Claire Chandler](https://politics.computer/mp/claire-chandler) - No [James Paterson](https://politics.computer/mp/james-paterson) - No [Jane Hume](https://politics.computer/mp/jane-hume) - No [Jonathon Duniam](https://politics.computer/mp/jonathon-duniam) - No [Kerrynne Liddle](https://politics.computer/mp/kerrynne-liddle) - No [Leah Blyth](https://politics.computer/mp/leah-blyth) - No [Maria Kovacic](https://politics.computer/mp/maria-kovacic) - No [Matt O'Sullivan](https://politics.computer/mp/matt-o-sullivan) - No [Richard Colbeck](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-colbeck) - No [Sarah Henderson](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-henderson) - No [Slade Brockman](https://politics.computer/mp/slade-brockman) - Greens All yes 9 yes · 0 no 9 members - Yes [Barbara Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/barbara-pocock) - Yes [David Shoebridge](https://politics.computer/mp/david-shoebridge) - Yes [Jordon Steele-John](https://politics.computer/mp/jordon-steele-john) - Yes [Larissa Waters](https://politics.computer/mp/larissa-waters) - Yes [Mehreen Faruqi](https://politics.computer/mp/mehreen-faruqi) - Yes [Nick McKim](https://politics.computer/mp/nick-mckim) - Yes [Penny Allman-Payne](https://politics.computer/mp/penny-allman-payne) - Yes [Sarah Hanson-Young](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-hanson-young) - Yes [Steph Hodgins-May](https://politics.computer/mp/steph-hodgins-may) - One Nation All no 0 yes · 3 no 3 members - No [Malcolm Roberts](https://politics.computer/mp/malcolm-roberts) - No [Sean Bell](https://politics.computer/mp/sean-bell) - No [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 - No [Bridget McKenzie](https://politics.computer/mp/bridget-mckenzie) Nationals - No [Matthew Canavan](https://politics.computer/mp/matthew-canavan) Nationals - Yes Peter Stuart Whish-Wilson Party not recorded - No Wendy Askew Party not recorded - No [Fatima Payman](https://politics.computer/mp/fatima-payman) Australia's Voice - No [James McGrath](https://politics.computer/mp/james-mcgrath) LNP - No [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/2025-11-05/5) [All Senate votes](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) [Next Vote 7 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2025-11-05/7) 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%3A5%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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