--- title: "Committees: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee: reference (Senate, 25 November 2025) | Politics Computer" description: "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. Defeated 12 to 25 in the Senate on 25 November 2025. How every member voted." url: "https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2025-11-25/23" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Votes](https://politics.computer/votes) / [Senate](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) 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. Defeated **12** yes **25** no The question put That the motion be agreed to. ## How each party voted - Labor All no 0 yes · 22 no 22 members - No [Carol Brown](https://politics.computer/mp/carol-brown) - No [Charlotte Walker](https://politics.computer/mp/charlotte-walker) - No [Corinne Mulholland](https://politics.computer/mp/corinne-mulholland) - No [Dorinda Cox](https://politics.computer/mp/dorinda-cox) - No [Ellie Whiteaker](https://politics.computer/mp/ellie-whiteaker) - No [Glenn Sterle](https://politics.computer/mp/glenn-sterle) - No [Helen Polley](https://politics.computer/mp/helen-polley) - No [Jana Stewart](https://politics.computer/mp/jana-stewart) - No [Jenny McAllister](https://politics.computer/mp/jenny-mcallister) - No [Jess Walsh](https://politics.computer/mp/jess-walsh) - No [Josh Dolega](https://politics.computer/mp/josh-dolega) - No [Karen Grogan](https://politics.computer/mp/karen-grogan) - No [Lisa Darmanin](https://politics.computer/mp/lisa-darmanin) - No [Malarndirri McCarthy](https://politics.computer/mp/malarndirri-mccarthy) - No [Marielle Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/marielle-smith) - No [Michelle Ananda-Rajah](https://politics.computer/mp/michelle-ananda-rajah) - No [Nita Green](https://politics.computer/mp/nita-green) - No [Raff Ciccone](https://politics.computer/mp/raff-ciccone) - No [Richard Dowling](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-dowling) - No [Sue Lines](https://politics.computer/mp/sue-lines) - No [Tim Ayres](https://politics.computer/mp/tim-ayres) - No [Varun Ghosh](https://politics.computer/mp/varun-ghosh) - 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) - Smaller parties and independents - No [Paul Scarr](https://politics.computer/mp/paul-scarr) Liberal - No [Sarah Henderson](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-henderson) Liberal - Yes Peter Stuart Whish-Wilson Party not recorded - No Wendy Askew Party not recorded - Yes [Fatima Payman](https://politics.computer/mp/fatima-payman) Australia's Voice - Yes [David Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/david-pocock) Independent 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 22 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2025-11-25/22) [All Senate votes](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) [Next Vote 24 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2025-11-25/24) 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%3A25%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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