--- title: "Committees: Selection of Bills Committee: report (Senate, 12 March 2026) | Politics Computer" description: "Voting yes supported making the amendment moved by Senator Shoebridge to the Selection of Bills Committee report, which is a procedural matter about how bills are referred. Defeated 13 to 28 in the Senate on 12 March 2026. How every member voted." url: "https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-03-12/9" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Votes](https://politics.computer/votes) / [Senate](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) Parliament of Australia · Senate · 12 March 2026 # Committees: Selection of Bills Committee: report Voting yes supported making the amendment moved by Senator Shoebridge to the Selection of Bills Committee report, which is a procedural matter about how bills are referred. Defeated **13** yes **28** no The question put That the amendment standing in the name of Senator McKim and moved by Senator Shoebridge be agreed to. **Crossed the floor:** [Tammy Tyrrell](https://politics.computer/mp/tammy-tyrrell) (Labor, voted yes). ## How each party voted - Labor Mostly no 1 yes · 26 no 27 members - Yes [Tammy Tyrrell](https://politics.computer/mp/tammy-tyrrell) crossed the floor - No [Anthony Chisholm](https://politics.computer/mp/anthony-chisholm) - No [Carol Brown](https://politics.computer/mp/carol-brown) - No [Charlotte Walker](https://politics.computer/mp/charlotte-walker) - No [Corinne Mulholland](https://politics.computer/mp/corinne-mulholland) - No [Dorinda Cox](https://politics.computer/mp/dorinda-cox) - No [Ellie Whiteaker](https://politics.computer/mp/ellie-whiteaker) - No [Glenn Sterle](https://politics.computer/mp/glenn-sterle) - No [Helen Polley](https://politics.computer/mp/helen-polley) - No [Jana Stewart](https://politics.computer/mp/jana-stewart) - No [Jenny McAllister](https://politics.computer/mp/jenny-mcallister) - No [Jess Walsh](https://politics.computer/mp/jess-walsh) - No [Josh Dolega](https://politics.computer/mp/josh-dolega) - No [Karen Grogan](https://politics.computer/mp/karen-grogan) - No [Katy Gallagher](https://politics.computer/mp/katy-gallagher) - No [Lisa Darmanin](https://politics.computer/mp/lisa-darmanin) - No [Malarndirri McCarthy](https://politics.computer/mp/malarndirri-mccarthy) - No [Marielle Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/marielle-smith) - No [Michelle Ananda-Rajah](https://politics.computer/mp/michelle-ananda-rajah) - No [Murray Watt](https://politics.computer/mp/murray-watt) - No [Nita Green](https://politics.computer/mp/nita-green) - No [Raff Ciccone](https://politics.computer/mp/raff-ciccone) - No [Richard Dowling](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-dowling) - No [Sue Lines](https://politics.computer/mp/sue-lines) - No [Tim Ayres](https://politics.computer/mp/tim-ayres) - No [Tony Sheldon](https://politics.computer/mp/tony-sheldon) - No [Varun Ghosh](https://politics.computer/mp/varun-ghosh) - 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) - Smaller parties and independents - Yes Peter Stuart Whish-Wilson Party not recorded - No Wendy Askew Party not recorded - Yes [Fatima Payman](https://politics.computer/mp/fatima-payman) Australia's Voice - Yes [David Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/david-pocock) Independent - No [Anne Ruston](https://politics.computer/mp/anne-ruston) Liberal 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 8 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-03-12/8) [All Senate votes](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) [Next Vote 10 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-03-12/10) 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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