Parliament of Australia · Senate · 27 November 2025
Committees: Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee
Voting yes supported agreeing to Senate business No. 9, a reference to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee, which sets up an inquiry into a matter without stating a policy outcome.
The question put
That business of the Senate No. 9, standing in the name of Senator Duniam, be agreed to.
Crossed the floor: Tammy Tyrrell (Labor, voted yes).
How each party voted
- LaborMostly no1 yes · 22 no
23 members
- YesTammy Tyrrell crossed the floor
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoCorinne Mulholland
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoDon Farrell
- NoDorinda Cox
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoKaty Gallagher
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMalarndirri McCarthy
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoSue Lines
- NoVarun Ghosh
- LiberalAll yes17 yes · 0 no
17 members
- GreensAll yes8 yes · 0 no
8 members
- One NationAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
Smaller parties and independents
- YesMatthew CanavanNationals
- YesRoss CadellNationals
- YesPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- YesWendy AskewParty not recorded
- YesFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- YesJacinta Nampijinpa PriceCLP
- NoDavid PocockIndependent
- 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.