Parliament of Australia · Senate · 10 March 2026 · Defence and foreign affairs

Matters of Urgency: Middle East

Voting yes supported the Senate treating the Middle East matter raised by Senator Waters as an urgent matter for debate, which the motion sought to have agreed to.

Defeated10 yes 27 no

The question put

That the urgency motion moved by Senator Waters be agreed to.

How each party voted

LaborAll no0 yes · 20 no
20 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoCorinne Mulholland
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJess Walsh
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoMurray Watt
- NoNita Green
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun Ghosh
GreensAll yes8 yes · 0 no
8 members
- YesBarbara Pocock
- YesJordon Steele-John
- YesLarissa Waters
- YesMehreen Faruqi
- YesNick McKim
- YesPenny Allman-Payne
- YesSarah Hanson-Young
- YesSteph Hodgins-May
LiberalAll no0 yes · 6 no
6 members
- NoClaire Chandler
- NoDean Smith
- NoJane Hume
- NoKerrynne Liddle
- NoRichard Colbeck
- NoSlade Brockman
Smaller parties and independents
- YesPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- NoWendy AskewParty not recorded
- YesFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice

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.