Parliament of Australia · Senate · 19 January 2026
Business: Days and Hours of Meeting
Voting yes supported making the amendment moved by Senator Duniam to the motion on the Senate's days and hours of meeting.
Defeated27 yes 35 no
The question put
That the amendment as moved by Senator Duniam be agreed to.
How each party voted
- LaborAll no0 yes · 25 no
25 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoCorinne Mulholland
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoDon Farrell
- NoDorinda Cox
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJess Walsh
- NoKaty Gallagher
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMalarndirri McCarthy
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoMurray Watt
- NoNita Green
- NoPenny Wong
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoSue Lines
- NoTammy Tyrrell
- NoTim Ayres
- NoTony Sheldon
- LiberalAll yes15 yes · 0 no
15 members
- GreensAll no0 yes · 9 no
- NationalsAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
- One NationAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
Smaller parties and independents
- YesJames McGrathLNP
- YesSusan McDonaldLNP
- YesWendy AskewParty not recorded
- NoPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- YesFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- YesJacinta Nampijinpa PriceCLP
- 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.