Senate · 2026-03-12 · Parliament 48, division 558

Proposed suspension of standing orders

Question recorded in the division register

That the motion be agreed to

Source context: Closure motion

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Original parliamentary division (includes result)
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Recorded result: agreed

Ayes: 34 · Noes: 28. Outcome as reported by Parliament; it is not inferred from a simple majority.

All 72 member records supplied for this division. Pairs are listed separately from cast votes. No other members or positions are inferred.

Votes by party, as reported
PartyAyesNoesReported pairs
Australian Labor Party2504
Liberal Party of Australia0175
Australian Greens901
The Nationals040
One Nation030
Australia's Voice010
Country Liberal Party010
Independent010
United Australia Party010
Ayes — 34 senators

Australian Labor Party (25)

  • Ananda-Rajah
  • Brown
  • Chisholm
  • Ciccone
  • Cox
  • Darmanin
  • Dolega
  • Dowling
  • Farrell
  • Gallagher
  • Ghosh
  • Green
  • Grogan
  • Lines
  • McAllister
  • Mulholland
  • Polley
  • Sheldon
  • Smith, Marielle
  • Sterle
  • Stewart
  • Walker
  • Walsh
  • Whiteaker
  • Wong

Australian Greens (9)

  • Allman-Payne
  • Faruqi
  • Hodgins-May
  • McKim
  • Pocock, Barbara
  • Shoebridge
  • Steele-John
  • Waters
  • Whish-Wilson
Noes — 28 senators

Liberal Party of Australia (17)

  • Askew
  • Blyth
  • Brockman
  • Cash
  • Chandler
  • Colbeck
  • Collins
  • Duniam
  • Hume
  • Liddle
  • McGrath
  • McLachlan
  • O'Sullivan
  • Ruston
  • Scarr
  • Sharma
  • Smith, Dean

The Nationals (4)

  • Cadell
  • Canavan
  • McDonald
  • McKenzie

One Nation (3)

  • Bell
  • Roberts
  • Whitten

Australia's Voice (1)

  • Payman

Country Liberal Party (1)

  • Nampijinpa Price

Independent (1)

  • Pocock, David

United Australia Party (1)

  • Babet
Reported pairs — 10 senators

Liberal Party of Australia (5)

  • Antic · reported no side of pair
  • Bragg · reported no side of pair
  • Henderson · reported no side of pair
  • Kovacic · reported no side of pair
  • Paterson · reported no side of pair

Australian Labor Party (4)

  • Ayres · reported aye side of pair
  • McCarthy · reported aye side of pair
  • O'Neill · reported aye side of pair
  • Watt · reported aye side of pair

Australian Greens (1)

  • Hanson-Young · reported aye side of pair