Parliament of Australia · Senate · 18 August 2026

Matters of Urgency: Privatisation

Voting yes supported the Senate agreeing to the motion moved by Senator Waters on privatisation, which was a matter of urgency debate. The motion was defeated.

Defeated9 yes 22 no

The question put

That the motion moved by Senator Waters be agreed to.

How each party voted

LaborAll no0 yes · 18 no
18 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoDorinda Cox
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJess Walsh
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoTammy Tyrrell
- NoTim Ayres
- 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
- NoDean Smith
- NoKerrynne Liddle
- NoPaul Scarr
- NoSarah Henderson

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.