Parliament of Australia · Senate · 12 October 2026

Matters of Urgency: Supermarkets

Voting yes supported agreeing to an urgency motion moved by Senator Shoebridge about supermarkets, which would have allowed the Senate to debate that matter urgently.

Defeated11 yes 30 no

The question put

That the urgency motion moved by Senator Shoebridge be agreed to.

How each party voted

LaborAll no0 yes · 18 no
18 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMalarndirri McCarthy
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoNita Green
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoTammy Tyrrell
- NoTony Sheldon
GreensAll yes9 yes · 0 no
9 members
- YesBarbara Pocock
- YesDavid Shoebridge
- YesJordon Steele-John
- YesMehreen Faruqi
- YesNick McKim
- YesPenny Allman-Payne
- YesSarah Hanson-Young
- YesSteph Hodgins-May
- YesVanessa Bleyer
LiberalAll no0 yes · 7 no
7 members
- NoAnne Ruston
- NoChris Gatenby
- NoDave Sharma
- NoJonathon Duniam
- NoKerrynne Liddle
- NoMichaelia Cash
- NoSlade Brockman
One NationAll no0 yes · 4 no
4 members
- NoMalcolm Roberts
- NoPauline Hanson
- NoSean Bell
- NoTyron Whitten
Smaller parties and independents
- YesFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- YesLidia ThorpeIndependent
- NoRalph 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.