Parliament of Australia · Senate · 13 May 2026
Committees: Economics References Committee
Voting yes supported the Senate motion moved by Senator Cadell on the Economics References Committee, a reference to a committee for inquiry, but the motion was defeated, so the stated question did not pass.
Defeated26 yes 31 no
The question put
That the motion as moved by Senator Cadell be agreed to.
How each party voted
- LaborAll no0 yes · 21 no
21 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoCorinne Mulholland
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMalarndirri McCarthy
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoMurray Watt
- NoNita Green
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoSue Lines
- NoTim Ayres
- NoTony Sheldon
- LiberalAll yes14 yes · 0 no
14 members
- GreensAll no0 yes · 9 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
- YesDavid 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.