Parliament of Australia · Senate · 15 October 2026

Committees: Selection of Bills Committee: report

Voting yes supported adopting the amendment moved by Minister Gallagher to the Selection of Bills Committee report, a procedural change to how the committee's report is handled rather than a policy measure.

Passed28 yes 7 no

The question put

That the amendment as moved by Minister Gallagher 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
- YesKaren Grogan
- YesKaty Gallagher
- YesMalarndirri McCarthy
- YesMarielle Smith
- YesMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- YesRichard Dowling
- YesSue Lines
- YesTony Sheldon
- YesVarun Ghosh
GreensAll yes7 yes · 0 no
7 members
- YesBarbara Pocock
- 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
Smaller parties and independents
- YesJonathon DuniamLiberal
- YesMaria KovacicLiberal
- NoFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- NoDavid PocockIndependent
- 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.