Parliament of Australia · Senate · 12 August 2026

Matters of Urgency: Gas Industry: Taxation

Voting yes supported Senator McKim's motion on gas industry taxation being treated as a matter of urgency, which was defeated, so a yes vote would have backed debating it urgently.

Defeated11 yes 30 no

The question put

That Senator McKim's motion, as moved by Senator Hodgins-May, be agreed to.

How each party voted

LaborAll no0 yes · 21 no
21 members
- 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
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoNita Green
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoTammy Tyrrell
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun Ghosh
GreensAll yes9 yes · 0 no
9 members
- YesBarbara Pocock
- YesDavid Shoebridge
- YesJordon Steele-John
- YesLarissa Waters
- YesMehreen Faruqi
- YesNick McKim
- YesPenny Allman-Payne
- YesSarah Hanson-Young
- YesSteph Hodgins-May
LiberalAll no0 yes · 4 no
4 members
- NoDave Sharma
- NoJane Hume
- NoKerrynne Liddle
- NoMaria Kovacic
One NationAll no0 yes · 4 no
4 members
- NoMalcolm Roberts
- NoPauline Hanson
- NoSean Bell
- NoTyron Whitten
Smaller parties and independents
- 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.