Parliament of Australia · Senate · 5 February 2026

Committees: Selection of Bills Committee: report

Voting yes supported adding Senator McKim's amendment, as moved by Senator Hanson-Young, to the motion adopting the Selection of Bills Committee report, which concerns how Senate bills are chosen for debate.

Defeated19 yes 29 no

The question put

That Senator McKim's amendment, as moved by Senator Hanson-Young, to the motion to adopt the Selection of Bills Committee report be agreed to.

Crossed the floor: Tammy Tyrrell (Labor, voted yes).

How each party voted

LaborMostly no1 yes · 23 no
24 members
- YesTammy Tyrrell crossed the floor
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoCorinne Mulholland
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoKaty Gallagher
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMalarndirri McCarthy
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoMurray Watt
- NoNita Green
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoSue Lines
- 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 · 5 no
5 members
- NoAnne Ruston
- NoJonathon Duniam
- NoPaul Scarr
- NoRichard Colbeck
- NoSlade Brockman
NationalsAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
- YesBridget McKenzie
- YesMatthew Canavan
- YesRoss Cadell
One NationAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
- YesMalcolm Roberts
- YesSean Bell
- YesTyron Whitten
Smaller parties and independents
- YesDavid PocockIndependent
- YesLidia ThorpeIndependent
- 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.