--- title: "Matters of Urgency: Supermarkets (Senate, 12 October 2026) | Politics Computer" description: "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. Defeated 11 to 30 in the Senate on 12 October 2026. How every member voted." url: "https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-10-12/18" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Votes](https://politics.computer/votes) / [Senate](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) 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. Defeated **11** yes **30** no The question put That the urgency motion moved by Senator Shoebridge be agreed to. ## How each party voted - Labor All no 0 yes · 18 no 18 members - No [Anthony Chisholm](https://politics.computer/mp/anthony-chisholm) - No [Carol Brown](https://politics.computer/mp/carol-brown) - No [Charlotte Walker](https://politics.computer/mp/charlotte-walker) - No [Deborah O'Neill](https://politics.computer/mp/deborah-o-neill) - No [Ellie Whiteaker](https://politics.computer/mp/ellie-whiteaker) - No [Glenn Sterle](https://politics.computer/mp/glenn-sterle) - No [Helen Polley](https://politics.computer/mp/helen-polley) - No [Jana Stewart](https://politics.computer/mp/jana-stewart) - No [Karen Grogan](https://politics.computer/mp/karen-grogan) - No [Lisa Darmanin](https://politics.computer/mp/lisa-darmanin) - No [Malarndirri McCarthy](https://politics.computer/mp/malarndirri-mccarthy) - No [Marielle Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/marielle-smith) - No [Michelle Ananda-Rajah](https://politics.computer/mp/michelle-ananda-rajah) - No [Nita Green](https://politics.computer/mp/nita-green) - No [Raff Ciccone](https://politics.computer/mp/raff-ciccone) - No [Richard Dowling](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-dowling) - No [Tammy Tyrrell](https://politics.computer/mp/tammy-tyrrell) - No [Tony Sheldon](https://politics.computer/mp/tony-sheldon) - Greens All yes 9 yes · 0 no 9 members - Yes [Barbara Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/barbara-pocock) - Yes [David Shoebridge](https://politics.computer/mp/david-shoebridge) - Yes [Jordon Steele-John](https://politics.computer/mp/jordon-steele-john) - Yes [Mehreen Faruqi](https://politics.computer/mp/mehreen-faruqi) - Yes [Nick McKim](https://politics.computer/mp/nick-mckim) - Yes [Penny Allman-Payne](https://politics.computer/mp/penny-allman-payne) - Yes [Sarah Hanson-Young](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-hanson-young) - Yes [Steph Hodgins-May](https://politics.computer/mp/steph-hodgins-may) - Yes [Vanessa Bleyer](https://politics.computer/mp/vanessa-bleyer) - Liberal All no 0 yes · 7 no 7 members - No [Anne Ruston](https://politics.computer/mp/anne-ruston) - No [Chris Gatenby](https://politics.computer/mp/chris-gatenby) - No [Dave Sharma](https://politics.computer/mp/dave-sharma) - No [Jonathon Duniam](https://politics.computer/mp/jonathon-duniam) - No [Kerrynne Liddle](https://politics.computer/mp/kerrynne-liddle) - No [Michaelia Cash](https://politics.computer/mp/michaelia-cash) - No [Slade Brockman](https://politics.computer/mp/slade-brockman) - One Nation All no 0 yes · 4 no 4 members - No [Malcolm Roberts](https://politics.computer/mp/malcolm-roberts) - No [Pauline Hanson](https://politics.computer/mp/pauline-hanson) - No [Sean Bell](https://politics.computer/mp/sean-bell) - No [Tyron Whitten](https://politics.computer/mp/tyron-whitten) - Smaller parties and independents - Yes [Fatima Payman](https://politics.computer/mp/fatima-payman) Australia's Voice - Yes [Lidia Thorpe](https://politics.computer/mp/lidia-thorpe) Independent - No [Ralph Babet](https://politics.computer/mp/ralph-babet) United 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. [Previous Vote 17 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-10-12/17) [All Senate votes](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) [Next Vote 19 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-10-12/19) Source: [Hansard, Parliament of Australia](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;orderBy=%5Ffragment%5Fnumber,doc%5Fdate-rev;page=0;query=Dataset%3Ahansards,hansards80%20Date%3A12%2F10%2F2026;rec=0;resCount=Default), read through [the OpenAustralia Foundation's public Hansard data](https://data.openaustralia.org.au/). The summary is AI-written from the question and the bill's official summary, then checked; the record above is the authority. --- [Politics Computer](https://politics.computer/) A free reference for Australian politics. 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