Parliament of Australia · Senate · 15 October 2026

Committees: Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee: direction to committee

Voting yes supported agreeing to Senator David Pocock's notice of motion 790 directing the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee to inquire into a matter, a procedural step that does not itself set policy.

Defeated15 yes 26 no

The question put

That general business notice of motion 790 standing in the name of Senator David Pocock be agreed to.

How each party voted

LaborAll no0 yes · 19 no
19 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJess Walsh
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoKaty Gallagher
- NoMalarndirri McCarthy
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoSue Lines
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun 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
LiberalAll no0 yes · 4 no
4 members
- NoAnne Ruston
- NoMaria Kovacic
- NoMatt O'Sullivan
- NoRichard Colbeck
One NationAll yes4 yes · 0 no
4 members
- YesMalcolm Roberts
- YesPauline Hanson
- YesSean Bell
- YesTyron Whitten
Smaller parties and independents
- NoBridget McKenzieNationals
- NoRoss CadellNationals
- YesFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- YesDavid PocockIndependent
- YesJacqui LambieJacqui Lambie Network
- NoSusan McDonaldLNP
- 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.