Parliament of Australia · Senate · 12 March 2026
Business: Rearrangement
Voting yes supported agreeing to the government's motion to rearrange the order of business in the Senate, which changes the sequence of items on the agenda rather than a policy.
The question put
That the motion as moved by Minister Gallagher, government business, paragraph (a)(ii), be agreed to.
Crossed the floor: Tammy Tyrrell (Labor, voted no).
How each party voted
- LaborMostly yes21 yes · 1 no
22 members
- YesAnthony Chisholm
- YesCarol Brown
- YesDorinda Cox
- YesHelen Polley
- YesJana Stewart
- YesJenny McAllister
- YesJess Walsh
- YesJosh Dolega
- YesKaren Grogan
- YesKaty Gallagher
- YesLisa Darmanin
- YesMalarndirri McCarthy
- YesMarielle Smith
- YesMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- YesMurray Watt
- YesRaff Ciccone
- YesRichard Dowling
- YesSue Lines
- YesTim Ayres
- YesTony Sheldon
- YesVarun Ghosh
- NoTammy Tyrrell crossed the floor
- GreensAll no0 yes · 8 no
Smaller parties and independents
- NoDavid PocockIndependent
- NoLidia ThorpeIndependent
- YesWendy AskewParty not recorded
- NoPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- NoFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- YesMatt O'SullivanLiberal
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.