Parliament of Australia · Senate · 13 May 2026
Committees: Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee
Voting yes supported making Senator Cash's amendment to the Senate's business of No. 5, which concerns referring a matter to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee.
Defeated27 yes 35 no
The question put
That an amendment to business of the Senate No. 5 moved by Senator Cash be agreed to.
How each party voted
- LaborAll no0 yes · 25 no
25 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoCorinne Mulholland
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoDorinda Cox
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJess Walsh
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoKaty Gallagher
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoMurray Watt
- NoNita Green
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoSue Lines
- NoTim Ayres
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun Ghosh
- LiberalAll yes16 yes · 0 no
16 members
- GreensAll no0 yes · 8 no
- One NationAll yes4 yes · 0 no
4 members
- NationalsAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
Smaller parties and independents
- YesWendy AskewParty not recorded
- NoPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- YesJacinta Nampijinpa PriceCLP
- NoDavid PocockIndependent
- YesSusan McDonaldLNP
- YesRalph BabetUnited Australia Party
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.