Parliament of Australia · Senate · 25 June 2026

Committees: Appointment

Voting yes supported agreeing to general business notice of motion No. 486 in the Senate concerning the appointment of committee members, which was defeated.

Defeated24 yes 32 no

The question put

That general business notice of motion No. 486 standing in the name of Senator Kovacic be agreed to.

How each party voted

LaborAll no0 yes · 21 no
21 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoCorinne Mulholland
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoDorinda Cox
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJess Walsh
- NoKaty Gallagher
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMalarndirri McCarthy
- NoMurray Watt
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoSue Lines
- NoTammy Tyrrell
- NoTim Ayres
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun Ghosh
LiberalAll yes14 yes · 0 no
14 members
- YesAlex Antic
- YesAndrew McLachlan
- YesAnne Ruston
- YesClaire Chandler
- YesDean Smith
- YesJames Paterson
- YesJessica Collins
- YesJonathon Duniam
- YesLeah Blyth
- YesMaria Kovacic
- YesMatt O'Sullivan
- YesPaul Scarr
- YesRichard Colbeck
- YesSlade Brockman
GreensAll no0 yes · 9 no
9 members
- NoBarbara Pocock
- NoDavid Shoebridge
- NoJordon Steele-John
- NoLarissa Waters
- NoMehreen Faruqi
- NoNick McKim
- NoPenny Allman-Payne
- NoSarah Hanson-Young
- NoSteph Hodgins-May
One NationAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
- YesMalcolm Roberts
- YesSean Bell
- YesTyron Whitten
Smaller parties and independents
- YesDavid PocockIndependent
- NoLidia ThorpeIndependent
- YesMatthew CanavanNationals
- YesRoss CadellNationals
- YesWendy AskewParty not recorded
- NoPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- YesJacinta Nampijinpa PriceCLP
- 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.