Parliament of Australia · Senate · 25 November 2025
Committees: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee: reference
Voting yes supported the Senate's motion about the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee, a referral stage motion, so the vote concerns committee procedure rather than a bill's policy.
Defeated12 yes 25 no
The question put
That the motion be agreed to.
How each party voted
- LaborAll no0 yes · 22 no
22 members
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoCorinne Mulholland
- NoDorinda Cox
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- 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
- NoSue Lines
- NoTim Ayres
- NoVarun Ghosh
- GreensAll yes9 yes · 0 no
9 members
Smaller parties and independents
- NoPaul ScarrLiberal
- NoSarah HendersonLiberal
- YesPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- NoWendy AskewParty not recorded
- YesFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- YesDavid PocockIndependent
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.