--- title: "Committees: Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee: direction to committee (Senate, 15 October 2026) | Politics Computer" description: "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. Defeated 15 to 26 in the Senate on 15 October 2026. How every member voted." url: "https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-10-15/4" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Votes](https://politics.computer/votes) / [Senate](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) 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. Defeated **15** 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 - Labor All no 0 yes · 19 no 19 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 [Jenny McAllister](https://politics.computer/mp/jenny-mcallister) - No [Jess Walsh](https://politics.computer/mp/jess-walsh) - No [Josh Dolega](https://politics.computer/mp/josh-dolega) - No [Karen Grogan](https://politics.computer/mp/karen-grogan) - No [Katy Gallagher](https://politics.computer/mp/katy-gallagher) - 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 [Richard Dowling](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-dowling) - No [Sue Lines](https://politics.computer/mp/sue-lines) - No [Tony Sheldon](https://politics.computer/mp/tony-sheldon) - No [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) - Liberal All no 0 yes · 4 no 4 members - No [Anne Ruston](https://politics.computer/mp/anne-ruston) - No [Maria Kovacic](https://politics.computer/mp/maria-kovacic) - No [Matt O'Sullivan](https://politics.computer/mp/matt-o-sullivan) - No [Richard Colbeck](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-colbeck) - One Nation All yes 4 yes · 0 no 4 members - Yes [Malcolm Roberts](https://politics.computer/mp/malcolm-roberts) - Yes [Pauline Hanson](https://politics.computer/mp/pauline-hanson) - Yes [Sean Bell](https://politics.computer/mp/sean-bell) - Yes [Tyron Whitten](https://politics.computer/mp/tyron-whitten) - Smaller parties and independents - No [Bridget McKenzie](https://politics.computer/mp/bridget-mckenzie) Nationals - No [Ross Cadell](https://politics.computer/mp/ross-cadell) Nationals - Yes [Fatima Payman](https://politics.computer/mp/fatima-payman) Australia's Voice - Yes [David Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/david-pocock) Independent - Yes [Jacqui Lambie](https://politics.computer/mp/jacqui-lambie) Jacqui Lambie Network - No [Susan McDonald](https://politics.computer/mp/susan-mcdonald) LNP - Yes [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. 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