Parliament of Australia · Senate · 20 August 2026
Committees: Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee
Voting yes supported agreeing to a motion from Senator Bell, listed as business of the Senate No. 6, concerning the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee.
Defeated26 yes 33 no
The question put
That business of the Senate No. 6, standing in the name of Senator Bell, be agreed to.
How each party voted
- LaborAll no0 yes · 24 no
24 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoDorinda Cox
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJess Walsh
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoKaty Gallagher
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMalarndirri McCarthy
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoNita Green
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoSue Lines
- NoTammy Tyrrell
- NoTim Ayres
- NoTony Sheldon
- LiberalAll yes18 yes · 0 no
18 members
- GreensAll no0 yes · 9 no
- One NationAll yes4 yes · 0 no
4 members
Smaller parties and independents
- YesJames McGrathLNP
- YesSusan McDonaldLNP
- YesDavid PocockIndependent
- YesRoss CadellNationals
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.