Parliament of Australia · Senate · 26 November 2025
Committees: Environment and Communications References Committee
Voting yes supported the motion moved by Senator Henderson on the Environment and Communications References Committee, which concerns referring a matter to a committee for inquiry.
Defeated20 yes 34 no
The question put
That the motion moved by Senator Henderson be agreed to.
How each party voted
- LaborAll no0 yes · 23 no
23 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoCorinne Mulholland
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- 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
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoSue Lines
- NoTammy Tyrrell
- NoVarun Ghosh
- LiberalAll yes14 yes · 0 no
14 members
- GreensAll no0 yes · 7 no
Smaller parties and independents
- NoDavid PocockIndependent
- NoLidia ThorpeIndependent
- YesBridget McKenzieNationals
- YesMatthew CanavanNationals
- YesMalcolm RobertsOne Nation
- YesTyron WhittenOne Nation
- YesWendy AskewParty not recorded
- NoPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- NoFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- YesSusan McDonaldLNP
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.