Parliament of Australia · Senate · 1 July 2026

Matters of Urgency: Cost of Living

Voting yes supported the Senate agreeing to the urgency motion moved by Senator Bell on cost of living, which lets the matter be debated ahead of other business.

Passed21 yes 19 no

The question put

That the urgency motion moved by Senator Bell be agreed to.

How each party voted

LaborAll no0 yes · 19 no
19 members
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJess Walsh
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoMurray Watt
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoSue Lines
- NoTammy Tyrrell
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun Ghosh
LiberalAll yes11 yes · 0 no
11 members
- YesAndrew McLachlan
- YesAnne Ruston
- YesJames Paterson
- YesKerrynne Liddle
- YesMaria Kovacic
- YesMatt O'Sullivan
- YesMichaelia Cash
- YesPaul Scarr
- YesRichard Colbeck
- YesSarah Henderson
- YesSlade Brockman
One NationAll yes4 yes · 0 no
4 members
- YesMalcolm Roberts
- YesPauline Hanson
- YesSean Bell
- YesTyron Whitten
Smaller parties and independents
- YesJacinta Nampijinpa PriceCLP
- YesDavid PocockIndependent
- YesSusan McDonaldLNP
- YesRoss CadellNationals
- YesWendy 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.