Parliament of Australia · Senate · 30 March 2026 · Transport and infrastructure
Matters of Urgency: Public Transport
Voting yes supported the Senate agreeing to the matter of urgency motion on public transport, which was moved by Senator McKim. The motion was defeated.
The question put
That the motion moved by Senator McKim be agreed to.
Crossed the floor: Tammy Tyrrell (Labor, voted yes).
How each party voted
- LaborMostly no1 yes · 24 no
25 members
- YesTammy Tyrrell crossed the floor
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoCorinne Mulholland
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoDorinda Cox
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJess Walsh
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoKaty Gallagher
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMalarndirri McCarthy
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoNita Green
- NoPenny Wong
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun Ghosh
- GreensAll yes9 yes · 0 no
9 members
- LiberalAll no0 yes · 4 no
4 members
Smaller parties and independents
- YesDavid PocockIndependent
- YesLidia ThorpeIndependent
- YesPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- NoWendy AskewParty not recorded
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.