Parliament of Australia · Senate · 16 September 2026

Documents: Middle East

Voting yes supported suspending the standing orders so that a motion on Middle East documents could be moved, which is a procedural step rather than a position on the policy itself.

Passed32 yes 20 no

The question put

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

How each party voted

LaborAll yes19 yes · 0 no
19 members
- YesAnthony Chisholm
- YesCarol Brown
- YesCharlotte Walker
- YesDeborah O'Neill
- YesEllie Whiteaker
- YesGlenn Sterle
- YesHelen Polley
- YesJenny McAllister
- YesJess Walsh
- YesJosh Dolega
- YesKaty Gallagher
- YesMarielle Smith
- YesMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- YesNita Green
- YesRaff Ciccone
- YesRichard Dowling
- YesSue Lines
- YesTony Sheldon
- YesVarun Ghosh
LiberalAll no0 yes · 12 no
12 members
- NoAlex Antic
- NoAndrew Bragg
- NoAndrew McLachlan
- NoDave Sharma
- NoDean Smith
- NoJonathon Duniam
- NoLeah Blyth
- NoMaria Kovacic
- NoMatt O'Sullivan
- NoMichaelia Cash
- NoRichard Colbeck
- NoSarah Henderson
GreensAll yes10 yes · 0 no
10 members
- YesBarbara Pocock
- YesDavid Shoebridge
- YesJordon Steele-John
- YesLarissa Waters
- YesMehreen Faruqi
- YesNick McKim
- YesPenny Allman-Payne
- YesSarah Hanson-Young
- YesSteph Hodgins-May
- YesVanessa Bleyer
One NationAll no0 yes · 4 no
4 members
- NoMalcolm Roberts
- NoPauline Hanson
- NoSean Bell
- NoTyron Whitten
NationalsAll no0 yes · 3 no
3 members
- NoBridget McKenzie
- NoMatthew Canavan
- NoRoss Cadell
Smaller parties and independents
- YesDavid PocockIndependent
- YesLidia ThorpeIndependent
- YesFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- NoSusan 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.