--- title: "Committees: Selection of Bills Committee: report (Senate, 15 October 2026) | Politics Computer" description: "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. Passed 28 to 7 in the Senate on 15 October 2026. How every member voted." url: "https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-10-15/3" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Votes](https://politics.computer/votes) / [Senate](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) 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. Passed **28** yes **7** no The question put That the amendment as moved by Minister Gallagher be agreed to. ## How each party voted - Labor All yes 19 yes · 0 no 19 members - Yes [Anthony Chisholm](https://politics.computer/mp/anthony-chisholm) - Yes [Carol Brown](https://politics.computer/mp/carol-brown) - Yes [Charlotte Walker](https://politics.computer/mp/charlotte-walker) - Yes [Deborah O'Neill](https://politics.computer/mp/deborah-o-neill) - Yes [Ellie Whiteaker](https://politics.computer/mp/ellie-whiteaker) - Yes [Glenn Sterle](https://politics.computer/mp/glenn-sterle) - Yes [Helen Polley](https://politics.computer/mp/helen-polley) - Yes [Jenny McAllister](https://politics.computer/mp/jenny-mcallister) - Yes [Jess Walsh](https://politics.computer/mp/jess-walsh) - Yes [Josh Dolega](https://politics.computer/mp/josh-dolega) - Yes [Karen Grogan](https://politics.computer/mp/karen-grogan) - Yes [Katy Gallagher](https://politics.computer/mp/katy-gallagher) - Yes [Malarndirri McCarthy](https://politics.computer/mp/malarndirri-mccarthy) - Yes [Marielle Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/marielle-smith) - Yes [Michelle Ananda-Rajah](https://politics.computer/mp/michelle-ananda-rajah) - Yes [Richard Dowling](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-dowling) - Yes [Sue Lines](https://politics.computer/mp/sue-lines) - Yes [Tony Sheldon](https://politics.computer/mp/tony-sheldon) - Yes [Varun Ghosh](https://politics.computer/mp/varun-ghosh) - Greens All yes 7 yes · 0 no 7 members - Yes [Barbara Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/barbara-pocock) - 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) - 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 [Jonathon Duniam](https://politics.computer/mp/jonathon-duniam) Liberal - Yes [Maria Kovacic](https://politics.computer/mp/maria-kovacic) Liberal - No [Fatima Payman](https://politics.computer/mp/fatima-payman) Australia's Voice - No [David Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/david-pocock) 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 2 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-10-15/2) [All Senate votes](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) [Next Vote 4 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-10-15/4) 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%3A15%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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