Parliament of Australia · Senate · 13 October 2026 · Energy

Matters of Urgency: Fossil Fuel Industry

Voting yes supported agreeing to the urgency motion moved by Senator McDonald on the fossil fuel industry, which would have had the Senate treat it as a matter of urgent debate.

Defeated19 yes 31 no

The question put

That the urgency motion as moved by Senator McDonald be agreed to.

How each party voted

LaborAll no0 yes · 20 no
20 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJess Walsh
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoSue Lines
- NoTammy Tyrrell
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun Ghosh
LiberalAll yes14 yes · 0 no
14 members
- YesAlex Antic
- YesAndrew Bragg
- YesAnne Ruston
- YesChris Gatenby
- YesDave Sharma
- YesDean Smith
- YesJames Paterson
- YesJessica Collins
- YesJonathon Duniam
- YesKerrynne Liddle
- YesLeah Blyth
- YesMaria Kovacic
- YesPaul Scarr
- YesSarah Henderson
GreensAll no0 yes · 9 no
9 members
- NoBarbara Pocock
- NoDavid Shoebridge
- NoJordon Steele-John
- NoMehreen Faruqi
- NoNick McKim
- NoPenny Allman-Payne
- NoSarah Hanson-Young
- NoSteph Hodgins-May
- NoVanessa Bleyer
One NationAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
- YesMalcolm Roberts
- YesPauline Hanson
- YesTyron Whitten
Smaller parties and independents
- NoFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- NoDavid PocockIndependent
- YesJames McGrathLNP
- 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.