--- title: "Matters of Urgency: Budget (Senate, 13 May 2026) | Politics Computer" description: "Voting yes supported the Senate agreeing to the matter of urgency motion on the Budget moved by Senator David Pocock, which was defeated 13 to 24. Defeated 13 to 24 in the Senate on 13 May 2026. How every member voted." url: "https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-05-13/6" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Votes](https://politics.computer/votes) / [Senate](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) Parliament of Australia · Senate · 13 May 2026 · [Economy and tax](https://politics.computer/votes/senate?topic=economy%5Ftax) # Matters of Urgency: Budget Voting yes supported the Senate agreeing to the matter of urgency motion on the Budget moved by Senator David Pocock, which was defeated 13 to 24. Defeated **13** yes **24** no The question put That the motion moved by Senator David Pocock be agreed to. ## How each party voted - Labor All no 0 yes · 22 no 22 members - No [Anthony Chisholm](https://politics.computer/mp/anthony-chisholm) - 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 [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 [Jess Walsh](https://politics.computer/mp/jess-walsh) - 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 [Nita Green](https://politics.computer/mp/nita-green) - No [Raff Ciccone](https://politics.computer/mp/raff-ciccone) - 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) - Smaller parties and independents - Yes [Malcolm Roberts](https://politics.computer/mp/malcolm-roberts) One Nation - Yes [Tyron Whitten](https://politics.computer/mp/tyron-whitten) One Nation - Yes Peter Stuart Whish-Wilson Party not recorded - No Wendy Askew Party not recorded - Yes [David Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/david-pocock) Independent - No [Dean Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/dean-smith) Liberal 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 5 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-05-13/5) [All Senate votes](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) [Next Vote 7 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-05-13/7) 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%3A13%2F5%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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