Parliament of Australia · Senate · 2 March 2026
Motions: Racism: Islamophobia
Voting yes supported suspending standing orders so that a motion on Islamophobia could be moved, a procedural step to bring the motion forward out of normal order.
Defeated11 yes 29 no
The question put
That the motion to suspend standing orders, as moved by Senator Faruqi, be agreed to.
How each party voted
- LaborAll no0 yes · 24 no
24 members
- 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
- NoKaty Gallagher
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoMurray Watt
- NoNita Green
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoSue Lines
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun Ghosh
- GreensAll yes8 yes · 0 no
8 members
- LiberalAll no0 yes · 3 no
3 members
Smaller parties and independents
- YesPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- NoWendy AskewParty not recorded
- YesFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- YesLidia ThorpeIndependent
- NoRalph BabetUnited Australia Party
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.