Parliament of Australia · Senate · 23 June 2026
Business: Rearrangement
Voting yes supported suspending the standing orders, which lets the Senate set aside its normal procedural rules to rearrange its business.
Passed36 yes 29 no
The question put
That the suspension of standing orders be agreed to.
How each party voted
- LaborAll yes26 yes · 0 no
26 members
- YesAnthony Chisholm
- YesCarol Brown
- YesCharlotte Walker
- YesCorinne Mulholland
- YesDeborah O'Neill
- YesDon Farrell
- YesDorinda Cox
- YesEllie Whiteaker
- YesGlenn Sterle
- YesHelen Polley
- YesJana Stewart
- YesJenny McAllister
- YesJosh Dolega
- YesKaren Grogan
- YesKaty Gallagher
- YesLisa Darmanin
- YesMalarndirri McCarthy
- YesMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- YesNita Green
- YesPenny Wong
- YesRaff Ciccone
- YesSue Lines
- YesTammy Tyrrell
- YesTim Ayres
- YesTony Sheldon
- YesVarun Ghosh
- LiberalAll no0 yes · 19 no
- GreensAll yes9 yes · 0 no
9 members
- One NationAll no0 yes · 4 no
4 members
Smaller parties and independents
- YesPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- NoWendy AskewParty not recorded
- NoJacinta Nampijinpa PriceCLP
- NoDavid PocockIndependent
- NoSusan McDonaldLNP
- NoRoss CadellNationals
- NoRalph 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.