Parliament of Australia · Senate · 3 March 2026 · Defence and foreign affairs

Defence Amendment (Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defence) Bill 2025: in committee

Voting yes supported making the amendment to the Defence Amendment (Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defence) Bill 2025, which was defeated.

Defeated16 yes 28 no

The question put

That the amendment be agreed to.

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

How each party voted

LaborMostly no1 yes · 26 no
27 members
- YesTammy Tyrrell crossed the floor
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoCorinne Mulholland
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoDon Farrell
- NoDorinda Cox
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoKaty Gallagher
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMalarndirri McCarthy
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoMurray Watt
- NoNita Green
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoTim Ayres
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun Ghosh
GreensAll yes7 yes · 0 no
7 members
- YesBarbara Pocock
- YesDavid Shoebridge
- YesMehreen Faruqi
- YesNick McKim
- YesPenny Allman-Payne
- YesSarah Hanson-Young
- YesSteph Hodgins-May
One NationAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
- YesMalcolm Roberts
- YesSean Bell
- YesTyron Whitten
Smaller parties and independents
- YesDavid PocockIndependent
- YesLidia ThorpeIndependent
- NoJessica CollinsLiberal
- NoKerrynne LiddleLiberal
- YesFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- YesJacqui LambieJacqui Lambie Network
- YesPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded

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.