Parliament of Australia · Senate · 18 August 2026
Committees: Select Committee on Corruption in the Construction Industry: appointment
Voting yes supported agreeing to general business motion No. 602, which would establish the Select Committee on Corruption in the Construction Industry.
Defeated24 yes 31 no
The question put
That general business motion No. 602, standing in the name of Senator Kovacic, be agreed to.
How each party voted
- LaborAll no0 yes · 22 no
22 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
- NoNita Green
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoSue Lines
- NoTammy Tyrrell
- NoTim Ayres
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun Ghosh
- LiberalAll yes16 yes · 0 no
16 members
- GreensAll no0 yes · 9 no
- 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.