Parliament of Australia · Senate · 17 August 2026

Matters of Urgency: Prime Minister

Voting yes supported the urgency motion moved by Senator Cash on the Prime Minister being debated as a matter of urgency in the Senate, which would set aside the normal order of business for that debate.

Passed25 yes 23 no

The question put

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

How each party voted

LaborAll no0 yes · 23 no
23 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoDorinda Cox
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoKaty Gallagher
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoSue Lines
- NoTammy Tyrrell
- NoTim Ayres
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun Ghosh
LiberalAll yes18 yes · 0 no
18 members
- YesAlex Antic
- YesAndrew Bragg
- YesAndrew McLachlan
- YesAnne Ruston
- YesChris Gatenby
- YesClaire Chandler
- YesDave Sharma
- YesDean Smith
- YesJane Hume
- YesJessica Collins
- YesJonathon Duniam
- YesKerrynne Liddle
- YesLeah Blyth
- YesMaria Kovacic
- YesMatt O'Sullivan
- 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
- YesDavid PocockIndependent
- YesSusan McDonaldLNP
- YesMatthew CanavanNationals

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.