Parliament of Australia · Senate · 5 March 2026
Business: Consideration of Legislation
Voting yes supported taking now a deferred vote, moved by Senator Duniam, on the consideration of legislation, rather than leaving it until later in the sitting.
Defeated26 yes 37 no
The question put
That the deferred vote, as moved by Senator Duniam on Tuesday 3 March, be taken now.
How each party voted
- LaborAll no0 yes · 25 no
25 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoCorinne Mulholland
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- 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
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoSue Lines
- NoTim Ayres
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun Ghosh
- LiberalAll yes16 yes · 0 no
16 members
- GreensAll no0 yes · 8 no
- NationalsAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
- One NationAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
- YesPauline Hanson
- YesSean Bell
- YesTyron Whitten
Smaller parties and independents
- NoDavid PocockIndependent
- NoLidia ThorpeIndependent
- YesWendy AskewParty not recorded
- NoPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- NoFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- YesJacinta Nampijinpa PriceCLP
- YesSusan McDonaldLNP
- 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.