--- title: "Motions: Transport Infrastructure (Senate, 24 March 2026) | Politics Computer" description: "Voting yes meant agreeing to suspend the normal order of business so a motion on transport infrastructure could be debated, which is a procedural step rather than a policy decision. Passed 33 to 23 in the Senate on 24 March 2026. How every member voted." url: "https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-03-24/3" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Votes](https://politics.computer/votes) / [Senate](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) Parliament of Australia · Senate · 24 March 2026 # Motions: Transport Infrastructure Voting yes meant agreeing to suspend the normal order of business so a motion on transport infrastructure could be debated, which is a procedural step rather than a policy decision. Passed **33** yes **23** no The question put That the suspension motion be agreed to. ## How each party voted - Labor All no 0 yes · 23 no 23 members - 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 [Deborah O'Neill](https://politics.computer/mp/deborah-o-neill) - 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 [Lisa Darmanin](https://politics.computer/mp/lisa-darmanin) - No [Marielle Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/marielle-smith) - No [Michelle Ananda-Rajah](https://politics.computer/mp/michelle-ananda-rajah) - 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 [Tony Sheldon](https://politics.computer/mp/tony-sheldon) - No [Varun Ghosh](https://politics.computer/mp/varun-ghosh) - Liberal All yes 16 yes · 0 no 16 members - Yes [Alex Antic](https://politics.computer/mp/alex-antic) - Yes [Andrew Bragg](https://politics.computer/mp/andrew-bragg) - Yes [Anne Ruston](https://politics.computer/mp/anne-ruston) - Yes [Claire Chandler](https://politics.computer/mp/claire-chandler) - Yes [Dave Sharma](https://politics.computer/mp/dave-sharma) - Yes [Dean Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/dean-smith) - Yes [James Paterson](https://politics.computer/mp/james-paterson) - Yes [Jessica Collins](https://politics.computer/mp/jessica-collins) - Yes [Jonathon Duniam](https://politics.computer/mp/jonathon-duniam) - Yes [Leah Blyth](https://politics.computer/mp/leah-blyth) - Yes [Maria Kovacic](https://politics.computer/mp/maria-kovacic) - Yes [Matt O'Sullivan](https://politics.computer/mp/matt-o-sullivan) - Yes [Michaelia Cash](https://politics.computer/mp/michaelia-cash) - Yes [Paul Scarr](https://politics.computer/mp/paul-scarr) - Yes [Richard Colbeck](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-colbeck) - Yes [Sarah Henderson](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-henderson) - 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) - Nationals All yes 3 yes · 0 no 3 members - Yes [Bridget McKenzie](https://politics.computer/mp/bridget-mckenzie) - Yes [Matthew Canavan](https://politics.computer/mp/matthew-canavan) - Yes [Ross Cadell](https://politics.computer/mp/ross-cadell) - Smaller parties and independents - Yes Peter Stuart Whish-Wilson Party not recorded - Yes 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 - Yes [Susan McDonald](https://politics.computer/mp/susan-mcdonald) LNP 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/2026-03-24/2) [All Senate votes](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) [Next Vote 4 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-03-24/4) 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%3A24%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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