Parliament of Australia · Senate · 5 November 2025
Business: Consideration of Legislation
Voting yes supported suspending the Senate's standing orders to allow consideration of legislation out of the usual order, as moved by Senator David Pocock.
The question put
That the suspension motion moved by Senator David Pocock be agreed to.
Crossed the floor: Alex Antic (Liberal, voted yes), Tammy Tyrrell (Labor, voted yes).
How each party voted
- LaborMostly no1 yes · 20 no
21 members
- YesTammy Tyrrell crossed the floor
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoCorinne Mulholland
- NoDorinda Cox
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJess Walsh
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMalarndirri McCarthy
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoNita Green
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoVarun Ghosh
- GreensAll no0 yes · 9 no
- LiberalMostly no1 yes · 6 no
7 members
- YesAlex Antic crossed the floor
- One NationAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
Smaller parties and independents
- YesDavid PocockIndependent
- YesLidia ThorpeIndependent
- NoPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- NoWendy AskewParty not recorded
- YesFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- YesMatthew CanavanNationals
- 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.