--- title: "Matters of Urgency: Taxation (Senate, 31 March 2026) | Politics Computer" description: "Voting yes supported the Senate agreeing to the urgency motion on taxation, which would have allowed the matter to be debated ahead of other business; the motion was defeated. Defeated 10 to 26 in the Senate on 31 March 2026. How every member voted." url: "https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-03-31/13" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Votes](https://politics.computer/votes) / [Senate](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) Parliament of Australia · Senate · 31 March 2026 # Matters of Urgency: Taxation Voting yes supported the Senate agreeing to the urgency motion on taxation, which would have allowed the matter to be debated ahead of other business; the motion was defeated. Defeated **10** yes **26** no The question put That the urgency motion be agreed to. ## How each party voted - Labor All no 0 yes · 21 no 21 members - 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 [Don Farrell](https://politics.computer/mp/don-farrell) - 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 [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 [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 [Raff Ciccone](https://politics.computer/mp/raff-ciccone) - No [Richard Dowling](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-dowling) - 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) - Liberal All no 0 yes · 3 no 3 members - No [Andrew Bragg](https://politics.computer/mp/andrew-bragg) - No [Kerrynne Liddle](https://politics.computer/mp/kerrynne-liddle) - No [Sarah Henderson](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-henderson) - Smaller parties and independents - Yes Peter Stuart Whish-Wilson Party not recorded - No Wendy Askew Party not recorded - No [James McGrath](https://politics.computer/mp/james-mcgrath) 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 12 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-03-31/12) [All Senate votes](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) [Next Vote 14 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-03-31/14) 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%3A31%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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