Parliament of Australia · Senate · 7 September 2026

Business: Consideration of Legislation

Voting yes supported suspending standing orders so the Senate could consider legislation out of the usual order, a procedural motion moved by Senator Bell.

Defeated25 yes 33 no

The question put

That the motion to suspend standing orders moved by Senator Bell be agreed to.

How each party voted

LaborAll no0 yes · 22 no
22 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaty Gallagher
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMalarndirri McCarthy
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoNita Green
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoSue Lines
- NoTim Ayres
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun Ghosh
LiberalAll yes15 yes · 0 no
15 members
- YesAlex Antic
- YesAndrew Bragg
- YesAndrew McLachlan
- YesAnne Ruston
- YesChris Gatenby
- YesDave Sharma
- YesDean Smith
- YesJane Hume
- YesJessica Collins
- YesJonathon Duniam
- YesKerrynne Liddle
- YesLeah Blyth
- YesPaul Scarr
- YesSarah Henderson
- YesSlade Brockman
GreensAll no0 yes · 10 no
10 members
- NoBarbara Pocock
- NoDavid Shoebridge
- NoJordon Steele-John
- NoLarissa Waters
- NoMehreen Faruqi
- NoNick McKim
- NoPenny Allman-Payne
- NoSarah Hanson-Young
- NoSteph Hodgins-May
- NoVanessa Bleyer
One NationAll yes4 yes · 0 no
4 members
- YesMalcolm Roberts
- YesPauline Hanson
- YesSean Bell
- YesTyron Whitten
NationalsAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
- YesBridget McKenzie
- YesMatthew Canavan
- YesRoss Cadell
Smaller parties and independents
- YesDavid PocockIndependent
- NoLidia ThorpeIndependent
- YesFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- YesJames McGrathLNP

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.