Parliament of Australia · Senate · 18 August 2026
Motions: Aged Care
Voting yes supported suspending the standing orders so the Senate could consider a motion on aged care, which is a procedural step rather than a decision on aged care policy.
Passed34 yes 23 no
The question put
That the motion to suspend standing orders 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
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoMurray Watt
- NoPenny Wong
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoSue Lines
- NoTammy Tyrrell
- NoTim Ayres
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun Ghosh
- LiberalAll yes17 yes · 0 no
17 members
- GreensAll yes9 yes · 0 no
9 members
- One NationAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
Smaller parties and independents
- YesBridget McKenzieNationals
- YesMatthew CanavanNationals
- YesDavid PocockIndependent
- YesJacqui 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.