Parliament of Australia · Senate · 4 March 2026
Committees: Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee
Voting yes supported the Senate giving the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee a reference, as set out in Senator Hanson's notice of motion No. 2 moved by Senator Bell.
The question put
That business of the Senate notice of motion No. 2, standing in the name of Senator Hanson and moved by Senator Bell, be agreed to.
How each party voted
- LaborAll no0 yes · 23 no
23 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoCorinne Mulholland
- NoDorinda Cox
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJess Walsh
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMalarndirri McCarthy
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoNita Green
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoSue Lines
- NoTim Ayres
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun Ghosh
- LiberalAll yes17 yes · 0 no
17 members
- GreensAll no0 yes · 7 no
- One NationAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
Smaller parties and independents
- YesWendy AskewParty not recorded
- NoPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- YesFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- YesJacinta Nampijinpa PriceCLP
- YesDavid PocockIndependent
- YesJacqui LambieJacqui Lambie Network
- YesMatthew CanavanNationals
- YesRalph 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.