--- title: "Business: Consideration of Legislation (Senate, 12 March 2026) | Politics Computer" description: "Voting yes supported the motion moved by Senator Watt on the order of business for considering legislation, which sets how the Senate handles its agenda rather than a policy change. Passed 33 to 26 in the Senate on 12 March 2026. How every member voted." url: "https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-03-12/3" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Votes](https://politics.computer/votes) / [Senate](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) Parliament of Australia · Senate · 12 March 2026 # Business: Consideration of Legislation Voting yes supported the motion moved by Senator Watt on the order of business for considering legislation, which sets how the Senate handles its agenda rather than a policy change. Passed **33** yes **26** no The question put That the motion moved by Senator Watt 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 [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 [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 [Malarndirri McCarthy](https://politics.computer/mp/malarndirri-mccarthy) - 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 [Tammy Tyrrell](https://politics.computer/mp/tammy-tyrrell) - 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 McLachlan](https://politics.computer/mp/andrew-mclachlan) - No [Anne Ruston](https://politics.computer/mp/anne-ruston) - No [Claire Chandler](https://politics.computer/mp/claire-chandler) - No [Dave Sharma](https://politics.computer/mp/dave-sharma) - 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 [Kerrynne Liddle](https://politics.computer/mp/kerrynne-liddle) - No [Michaelia Cash](https://politics.computer/mp/michaelia-cash) - No [Paul Scarr](https://politics.computer/mp/paul-scarr) - No [Richard Colbeck](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-colbeck) - No [Slade Brockman](https://politics.computer/mp/slade-brockman) - Greens All yes 9 yes · 0 no 9 members - Yes [Barbara Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/barbara-pocock) - Yes [David Shoebridge](https://politics.computer/mp/david-shoebridge) - Yes [Jordon Steele-John](https://politics.computer/mp/jordon-steele-john) - 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) - One Nation All no 0 yes · 4 no 4 members - No [Malcolm Roberts](https://politics.computer/mp/malcolm-roberts) - No [Pauline Hanson](https://politics.computer/mp/pauline-hanson) - No [Sean Bell](https://politics.computer/mp/sean-bell) - No [Tyron Whitten](https://politics.computer/mp/tyron-whitten) - Smaller parties and independents - No [James McGrath](https://politics.computer/mp/james-mcgrath) LNP - No [Susan McDonald](https://politics.computer/mp/susan-mcdonald) LNP - No [Bridget McKenzie](https://politics.computer/mp/bridget-mckenzie) Nationals - No [Ross Cadell](https://politics.computer/mp/ross-cadell) Nationals - 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 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. [Previous Vote 2 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-03-12/2) [All Senate votes](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) [Next Vote 4 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-03-12/4) Source: [Hansard, Parliament of Australia](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;orderBy=%5Ffragment%5Fnumber,doc%5Fdate-rev;page=0;query=Dataset%3Ahansards,hansards80%20Date%3A12%2F3%2F2026;rec=0;resCount=Default), read through [the OpenAustralia Foundation's public Hansard data](https://data.openaustralia.org.au/). The summary is AI-written from the question and the bill's official summary, then checked; the record above is the authority. --- [Politics Computer](https://politics.computer/) A free reference for Australian politics. 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