Parliament of Australia · Senate · 14 May 2026
Committees: Directions to Committees
Voting yes supported agreeing to Senator Pocock's motion No. 451 directing a committee, a procedural step about how the Senate operates rather than a specific policy.
The question put
That general business notice of motion No. 451, standing in the name of Senator David Pocock, be agreed to.
How each party voted
- LaborAll no0 yes · 22 no
22 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
- NoMalarndirri McCarthy
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoSue Lines
- NoTim Ayres
- NoVarun Ghosh
- GreensAll no0 yes · 9 no
- One NationAll yes4 yes · 0 no
4 members
Smaller parties and independents
- YesDavid PocockIndependent
- YesLidia ThorpeIndependent
- NoJessica CollinsLiberal
- NoMatt O'SullivanLiberal
- NoPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- NoWendy AskewParty not recorded
- 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.