Parliament of Australia · Senate · 18 August 2026
Business: Rearrangement
Voting yes supported agreeing to the Senate's rearrangement of its business, minus two items, which sets the order of business for the sitting.
Passed28 yes 16 no
The question put
That the substantive motion, minus 2(a) and (b), be agreed to.
How each party voted
- LaborAll yes25 yes · 0 no
25 members
- YesAnthony Chisholm
- YesCarol Brown
- YesCharlotte Walker
- YesDeborah O'Neill
- YesDon Farrell
- YesDorinda Cox
- YesGlenn Sterle
- YesHelen Polley
- YesJana Stewart
- YesJenny McAllister
- YesJosh Dolega
- YesKaren Grogan
- YesKaty Gallagher
- YesLisa Darmanin
- YesMalarndirri McCarthy
- YesMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- YesNita Green
- YesPenny Wong
- YesRaff Ciccone
- YesRichard Dowling
- YesSue Lines
- YesTammy Tyrrell
- YesTim Ayres
- YesTony Sheldon
- YesVarun Ghosh
- GreensAll no0 yes · 9 no
- One NationAll no0 yes · 4 no
4 members
Smaller parties and independents
- NoDavid PocockIndependent
- NoLidia ThorpeIndependent
- YesJonathon DuniamLiberal
- YesKerrynne LiddleLiberal
- NoJacqui LambieJacqui Lambie Network
- YesSusan McDonaldLNP
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.