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title: "Motions: Parliamentary Standards (Senate, 4 March 2026) | Politics Computer"
description: "Voting yes supported the motion moved by Senator Thorpe on parliamentary standards being agreed to; the motion was defeated. Defeated 11 to 31 in the Senate on 4 March 2026. How every member voted."
url: "https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-03-04/25"
---

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Parliament of Australia · Senate · 4 March 2026 · [Integrity and democracy](https://politics.computer/votes/senate?topic=integrity%5Fdemocracy) 

# Motions: Parliamentary Standards

Voting yes supported the motion moved by Senator Thorpe on parliamentary standards being agreed to; the motion was defeated.

Defeated **11** yes **31** no 

The question put

That the motion moved by Senator Thorpe be agreed to.

## How each party voted

- Labor All no 0 yes · 23 no  
23 members

  - No [Anthony Chisholm](https://politics.computer/mp/anthony-chisholm)
  - No [Carol Brown](https://politics.computer/mp/carol-brown)
  - No [Charlotte Walker](https://politics.computer/mp/charlotte-walker)
  - No [Corinne Mulholland](https://politics.computer/mp/corinne-mulholland)
  - No [Dorinda Cox](https://politics.computer/mp/dorinda-cox)
  - No [Ellie Whiteaker](https://politics.computer/mp/ellie-whiteaker)
  - No [Glenn Sterle](https://politics.computer/mp/glenn-sterle)
  - No [Helen Polley](https://politics.computer/mp/helen-polley)
  - No [Jana Stewart](https://politics.computer/mp/jana-stewart)
  - No [Jess Walsh](https://politics.computer/mp/jess-walsh)
  - No [Josh Dolega](https://politics.computer/mp/josh-dolega)
  - No [Karen Grogan](https://politics.computer/mp/karen-grogan)
  - No [Lisa Darmanin](https://politics.computer/mp/lisa-darmanin)
  - No [Malarndirri McCarthy](https://politics.computer/mp/malarndirri-mccarthy)
  - No [Marielle Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/marielle-smith)
  - No [Michelle Ananda-Rajah](https://politics.computer/mp/michelle-ananda-rajah)
  - No [Nita Green](https://politics.computer/mp/nita-green)
  - No [Raff Ciccone](https://politics.computer/mp/raff-ciccone)
  - No [Richard Dowling](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-dowling)
  - No [Sue Lines](https://politics.computer/mp/sue-lines)
  - No [Tim Ayres](https://politics.computer/mp/tim-ayres)
  - No [Tony Sheldon](https://politics.computer/mp/tony-sheldon)
  - No [Varun Ghosh](https://politics.computer/mp/varun-ghosh)
- Greens All yes 7 yes · 0 no  
7 members

  - Yes [Barbara Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/barbara-pocock)
  - Yes [David Shoebridge](https://politics.computer/mp/david-shoebridge)
  - Yes [Mehreen Faruqi](https://politics.computer/mp/mehreen-faruqi)
  - Yes [Nick McKim](https://politics.computer/mp/nick-mckim)
  - Yes [Penny Allman-Payne](https://politics.computer/mp/penny-allman-payne)
  - Yes [Sarah Hanson-Young](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-hanson-young)
  - Yes [Steph Hodgins-May](https://politics.computer/mp/steph-hodgins-may)
- Liberal All no 0 yes · 3 no  
3 members

  - No [Alex Antic](https://politics.computer/mp/alex-antic)
  - No [James Paterson](https://politics.computer/mp/james-paterson)
  - No [Matt O'Sullivan](https://politics.computer/mp/matt-o-sullivan)
- One Nation All no 0 yes · 3 no  
3 members

  - No [Malcolm Roberts](https://politics.computer/mp/malcolm-roberts)
  - No [Sean Bell](https://politics.computer/mp/sean-bell)
  - No [Tyron Whitten](https://politics.computer/mp/tyron-whitten)
- Smaller parties and independents

  - Yes [David Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/david-pocock) Independent
  - Yes [Lidia Thorpe](https://politics.computer/mp/lidia-thorpe) Independent
  - Yes Peter Stuart Whish-Wilson Party not recorded
  - No Wendy Askew Party not recorded
  - Yes [Fatima Payman](https://politics.computer/mp/fatima-payman) Australia's Voice
  - No [Ralph Babet](https://politics.computer/mp/ralph-babet) United 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.

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Source: [Hansard, Parliament of Australia](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;orderBy=%5Ffragment%5Fnumber,doc%5Fdate-rev;page=0;query=Dataset%3Ahansards,hansards80%20Date%3A4%2F3%2F2026;rec=0;resCount=Default), read through [the OpenAustralia Foundation's public Hansard data](https://data.openaustralia.org.au/). The summary is AI-written from the question and the bill's official summary, then checked; the record above is the authority.

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