Parliament of Australia · Senate · 12 May 2026 · Climate and environment
Matters of Urgency: Climate Change
Voting yes supported agreeing to Senator Faruqi's urgency motion on climate change, which would have made it a matter of urgent debate in the Senate on 1 April 2026.
Defeated9 yes 28 no
The question put
That the urgency motion moved by Senator Faruqi on 1 April 2026 be agreed to.
How each party voted
- LaborAll no0 yes · 23 no
23 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoCorinne Mulholland
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoDon Farrell
- NoDorinda Cox
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJess Walsh
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoNita Green
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoSue Lines
- NoTim Ayres
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun Ghosh
- GreensAll yes8 yes · 0 no
8 members
Smaller parties and independents
- NoAnne RustonLiberal
- NoMatt O'SullivanLiberal
- NoSean BellOne Nation
- NoTyron WhittenOne Nation
- 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.