Parliament of Australia · Senate · 11 August 2026
Motions: National Security
Voting yes supported suspending standing orders so the Senate could consider a national security motion out of its usual order, a procedural step rather than a policy position.
Defeated24 yes 35 no
The question put
That the suspension of standing orders be agreed to.
How each party voted
- LaborAll no0 yes · 25 no
25 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoDon Farrell
- NoDorinda Cox
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoKaty Gallagher
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMalarndirri McCarthy
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoMurray Watt
- NoNita Green
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoSue Lines
- NoTammy Tyrrell
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun Ghosh
- LiberalAll yes15 yes · 0 no
15 members
- GreensAll no0 yes · 9 no
- One NationAll yes4 yes · 0 no
4 members
Smaller parties and independents
- YesJames McGrathLNP
- YesSusan McDonaldLNP
- YesBridget McKenzieNationals
- YesRoss CadellNationals
- YesJacinta Nampijinpa PriceCLP
- NoPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
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.