Parliament of Australia · Senate · 26 November 2025
Matters of Urgency: Housing
Voting yes supported the Senate agreeing to the matter of urgency motion on housing, which would have allowed debate on that topic; the motion was defeated.
Defeated3 yes 39 no
The question put
That the motion moved by Senator Roberts be agreed to.
How each party voted
- LaborAll no0 yes · 21 no
21 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoCorinne Mulholland
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoDorinda Cox
- 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
- NoTim Ayres
- NoVarun Ghosh
- GreensAll no0 yes · 9 no
- LiberalAll no0 yes · 4 no
4 members
- One NationAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
Smaller parties and independents
- NoDavid PocockIndependent
- NoLidia ThorpeIndependent
- NoPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- NoWendy AskewParty not recorded
- NoFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
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.