Parliament of Australia · Senate · 12 August 2026
Committees: Community Affairs Legislation Committee: reporting date
Voting yes supported agreeing to Senator Steele-John's general business notice of motion No. 580 concerning the Community Affairs Legislation Committee's reporting date, which was defeated.
The question put
That general business notice of motion No. 580, standing in the name of Senator Steele-John, be agreed to.
How each party voted
- LaborAll no0 yes · 24 no
24 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoDorinda Cox
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJess Walsh
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMalarndirri McCarthy
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoNita Green
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoSue Lines
- NoTammy Tyrrell
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun Ghosh
- GreensAll yes9 yes · 0 no
9 members
- LiberalAll no0 yes · 5 no
5 members
- One NationAll no0 yes · 3 no
3 members
Smaller parties and independents
- NoBridget McKenzieNationals
- NoMatthew CanavanNationals
- YesDavid PocockIndependent
- NoSusan McDonaldLNP
- YesPeter 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.