Parliament of Australia · Senate · 7 September 2026 · Health
Matters of Urgency: Tobacco Control
Voting yes supported agreeing to Senator Cash's urgency motion on tobacco control, which would have treated the matter as urgent for debate; the motion was defeated.
Defeated24 yes 30 no
The question put
That the urgency motion, as moved by Senator Cash, be agreed to.
How each party voted
- LaborAll no0 yes · 20 no
20 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJess Walsh
- NoKaren Grogan
- 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
- GreensAll no0 yes · 10 no
- One NationAll yes4 yes · 0 no
4 members
Smaller parties and independents
- YesBridget McKenzieNationals
- YesRoss CadellNationals
- YesFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- YesDavid PocockIndependent
- YesRalph BabetUnited Australia Party
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.