--- title: "Business: Rearrangement (Senate, 5 March 2026) | Politics Computer" description: "Voting yes supported the motion to close debate on the business of the Senate, allowing the Senate to move on without further discussion of the item. Passed 32 to 25 in the Senate on 5 March 2026. How every member voted." url: "https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-03-05/1" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Votes](https://politics.computer/votes) / [Senate](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) Parliament of Australia · Senate · 5 March 2026 # Business: Rearrangement Voting yes supported the motion to close debate on the business of the Senate, allowing the Senate to move on without further discussion of the item. Passed **32** yes **25** no The question put That the motion as moved by Minister Watt to close debate be agreed to. ## How each party voted - Labor All yes 23 yes · 0 no 23 members - Yes [Anthony Chisholm](https://politics.computer/mp/anthony-chisholm) - Yes [Carol Brown](https://politics.computer/mp/carol-brown) - Yes [Charlotte Walker](https://politics.computer/mp/charlotte-walker) - Yes [Corinne Mulholland](https://politics.computer/mp/corinne-mulholland) - Yes [Deborah O'Neill](https://politics.computer/mp/deborah-o-neill) - Yes [Dorinda Cox](https://politics.computer/mp/dorinda-cox) - Yes [Ellie Whiteaker](https://politics.computer/mp/ellie-whiteaker) - Yes [Glenn Sterle](https://politics.computer/mp/glenn-sterle) - Yes [Helen Polley](https://politics.computer/mp/helen-polley) - Yes [Jana Stewart](https://politics.computer/mp/jana-stewart) - Yes [Jenny McAllister](https://politics.computer/mp/jenny-mcallister) - Yes [Josh Dolega](https://politics.computer/mp/josh-dolega) - Yes [Karen Grogan](https://politics.computer/mp/karen-grogan) - Yes [Lisa Darmanin](https://politics.computer/mp/lisa-darmanin) - Yes [Marielle Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/marielle-smith) - Yes [Michelle Ananda-Rajah](https://politics.computer/mp/michelle-ananda-rajah) - Yes [Murray Watt](https://politics.computer/mp/murray-watt) - Yes [Nita Green](https://politics.computer/mp/nita-green) - Yes [Raff Ciccone](https://politics.computer/mp/raff-ciccone) - Yes [Richard Dowling](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-dowling) - Yes [Sue Lines](https://politics.computer/mp/sue-lines) - Yes [Tony Sheldon](https://politics.computer/mp/tony-sheldon) - Yes [Varun Ghosh](https://politics.computer/mp/varun-ghosh) - Liberal All no 0 yes · 14 no 14 members - No [Andrew Bragg](https://politics.computer/mp/andrew-bragg) - No [Anne Ruston](https://politics.computer/mp/anne-ruston) - No [Claire Chandler](https://politics.computer/mp/claire-chandler) - No [Dean Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/dean-smith) - No [James Paterson](https://politics.computer/mp/james-paterson) - No [Jane Hume](https://politics.computer/mp/jane-hume) - No [Jessica Collins](https://politics.computer/mp/jessica-collins) - No [Jonathon Duniam](https://politics.computer/mp/jonathon-duniam) - No [Leah Blyth](https://politics.computer/mp/leah-blyth) - No [Maria Kovacic](https://politics.computer/mp/maria-kovacic) - No [Matt O'Sullivan](https://politics.computer/mp/matt-o-sullivan) - No [Michaelia Cash](https://politics.computer/mp/michaelia-cash) - No [Sarah Henderson](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-henderson) - No [Slade Brockman](https://politics.computer/mp/slade-brockman) - Greens All yes 8 yes · 0 no 8 members - Yes [Barbara Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/barbara-pocock) - Yes [David Shoebridge](https://politics.computer/mp/david-shoebridge) - Yes [Larissa Waters](https://politics.computer/mp/larissa-waters) - 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) - Nationals All no 0 yes · 3 no 3 members - No [Bridget McKenzie](https://politics.computer/mp/bridget-mckenzie) - No [Matthew Canavan](https://politics.computer/mp/matthew-canavan) - No [Ross Cadell](https://politics.computer/mp/ross-cadell) - 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 Peter Stuart Whish-Wilson Party not recorded - No Wendy Askew Party not recorded - No [Fatima Payman](https://politics.computer/mp/fatima-payman) Australia's Voice - No [Jacinta Nampijinpa Price](https://politics.computer/mp/jacinta-nampijinpa-price) CLP - No [David Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/david-pocock) Independent - No [James McGrath](https://politics.computer/mp/james-mcgrath) LNP Members who didn't vote (absent, paired or in the chair) aren't listed. 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