Parliament of Australia · Senate · 2 March 2026
Business: Rearrangement
Voting yes supported suspending standing orders to rearrange the order of business in the Senate, which allows the Senate to change its usual procedure for that sitting.
Passed41 yes 26 no
The question put
That the motion to suspend standing order 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
- NoDorinda Cox
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJess Walsh
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoKaty Gallagher
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMalarndirri McCarthy
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoNita Green
- NoPenny Wong
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoSue Lines
- NoTim Ayres
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun Ghosh
- LiberalAll yes19 yes · 0 no
19 members
- YesAlex Antic
- YesAndrew Bragg
- YesAndrew McLachlan
- YesAnne Ruston
- YesDave Sharma
- YesDean Smith
- YesJames Paterson
- YesJane Hume
- YesJessica Collins
- YesJonathon Duniam
- YesKerrynne Liddle
- YesLeah Blyth
- YesMaria Kovacic
- YesMatt O'Sullivan
- YesMichaelia Cash
- YesPaul Scarr
- YesRichard Colbeck
- YesSarah Henderson
- YesSlade Brockman
- GreensAll yes8 yes · 0 no
8 members
- One NationAll yes4 yes · 0 no
4 members
- NationalsAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
Smaller parties and independents
- YesDavid PocockIndependent
- YesLidia ThorpeIndependent
- YesPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- YesWendy AskewParty not recorded
- YesFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- YesJacinta Nampijinpa PriceCLP
- NoJacqui LambieJacqui Lambie Network
- 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.