Parliament of Australia · Senate · 23 March 2026
Business: Consideration of Legislation
Voting yes supported closing debate on the motion to suspend standing orders, so the question would be put to a vote straight away.
Passed31 yes 26 no
The question put
That the question be now put on the motion to suspend standing orders.
Crossed the floor: Tammy Tyrrell (Labor, voted no).
How each party voted
- LaborMostly yes21 yes · 1 no
22 members
- YesAnthony Chisholm
- YesCarol Brown
- YesCharlotte Walker
- YesCorinne Mulholland
- YesDorinda Cox
- YesEllie Whiteaker
- YesHelen Polley
- YesJana Stewart
- YesJenny McAllister
- YesJess Walsh
- YesJosh Dolega
- YesKaren Grogan
- YesLisa Darmanin
- YesMarielle Smith
- YesMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- YesNita Green
- YesRaff Ciccone
- YesRichard Dowling
- YesSue Lines
- YesTony Sheldon
- YesVarun Ghosh
- NoTammy Tyrrell crossed the floor
- LiberalAll no0 yes · 12 no
- GreensAll yes9 yes · 0 no
9 members
- One NationAll no0 yes · 4 no
4 members
- NationalsAll no0 yes · 3 no
3 members
Smaller parties and independents
- YesPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- NoWendy AskewParty not recorded
- NoFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- NoJacinta Nampijinpa PriceCLP
- NoDavid PocockIndependent
- NoSusan McDonaldLNP
- NoRalph 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.