Parliament of Australia · Senate · 16 September 2026
Committees: Artificial Intelligence Joint Select Committee: appointment
Voting yes supported the motion to establish or appoint members to an Artificial Intelligence Joint Select Committee, as set out in notice of motion No. 721 by Senators Waters and David Pocock. The motion was defeated.
The question put
That general business notice of motion No. 721, standing in the name of Senators Waters and David Pocock, be agreed to.
How each party voted
- LaborAll no0 yes · 21 no
21 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJess Walsh
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaty Gallagher
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMalarndirri McCarthy
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoNita Green
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoSue Lines
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun Ghosh
- GreensAll yes10 yes · 0 no
10 members
- LiberalAll no0 yes · 4 no
4 members
- One NationAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
Smaller parties and independents
- YesDavid PocockIndependent
- YesLidia ThorpeIndependent
- YesFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- YesJacqui LambieJacqui Lambie Network
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.