Parliament of Australia · Senate · 31 March 2026
Motions: Australian Defence Force
Voting yes supported closing debate on the motion about the Australian Defence Force, so the question was put to a vote now.
Passed23 yes 10 no
The question put
That the question be now put.
How each party voted
- LaborAll yes23 yes · 0 no
23 members
- YesAnthony Chisholm
- YesCarol Brown
- YesCharlotte Walker
- YesCorinne Mulholland
- YesDeborah O'Neill
- YesDorinda Cox
- YesEllie Whiteaker
- YesHelen Polley
- YesJana Stewart
- YesJenny McAllister
- YesJosh Dolega
- YesKaren Grogan
- YesKaty Gallagher
- YesLisa Darmanin
- YesMalarndirri McCarthy
- YesMarielle Smith
- YesMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- YesNita Green
- YesRaff Ciccone
- YesRichard Dowling
- YesTim Ayres
- YesTony Sheldon
- YesVarun Ghosh
- GreensAll no0 yes · 9 no
Smaller parties and independents
- NoPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty 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.