Parliament of Australia · Senate · 3 February 2026 · Housing

Matters of Urgency: Housing

Voting yes supported the Greens' urgency motion on housing being agreed to, which would have given the matter priority debate time in the Senate.

Defeated10 yes 30 no

The question put

That the Greens' urgency motion be agreed to.

How each party voted

LaborAll no0 yes · 24 no
24 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
- NoNita Green
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoTim Ayres
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun Ghosh
GreensAll yes8 yes · 0 no
8 members
- YesBarbara Pocock
- YesDavid Shoebridge
- YesLarissa Waters
- YesMehreen Faruqi
- YesNick McKim
- YesPenny Allman-Payne
- YesSarah Hanson-Young
- YesSteph Hodgins-May
LiberalAll no0 yes · 3 no
3 members
- NoJane Hume
- NoMaria Kovacic
- NoSlade Brockman
Smaller parties and independents
- NoBridget McKenzieNationals
- NoMatthew CanavanNationals
- YesPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- NoWendy AskewParty not recorded
- YesFatima 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.