Senate · 2026-03-23 · Parliament 48, division 567

Proposed suspension of standing orders (Senator Chisholm)

Question recorded in the division register

That the motion to suspend standing orders be agreed to

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Original parliamentary division (includes result)
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Recorded result: agreed

Ayes: 31 · Noes: 26. Outcome as reported by Parliament; it is not inferred from a simple majority.

All 73 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 Party2108
Liberal Party of Australia0148
Australian Greens1000
The Nationals040
One Nation030
Independent020
Australia's Voice010
Country Liberal Party010
United Australia Party010
Ayes — 31 senators

Australian Labor Party (21)

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

Australian Greens (10)

  • Allman-Payne
  • Faruqi
  • Hanson-Young
  • Hodgins-May
  • McKim
  • Pocock, Barbara
  • Shoebridge
  • Steele-John
  • Waters
  • Whish-Wilson
Noes — 26 senators

Liberal Party of Australia (14)

  • Antic
  • Askew
  • Blyth
  • Cash
  • Chandler
  • Collins
  • Henderson
  • Kovacic
  • Liddle
  • McLachlan
  • Paterson
  • Ruston
  • Sharma
  • Smith, Dean

The Nationals (4)

  • Cadell
  • Canavan
  • McDonald
  • McKenzie

One Nation (3)

  • Bell
  • Roberts
  • Whitten

Independent (2)

  • Pocock, David
  • Tyrrell

Australia's Voice (1)

  • Payman

Country Liberal Party (1)

  • Nampijinpa Price

United Australia Party (1)

  • Babet
Reported pairs — 16 senators

Australian Labor Party (8)

  • Ayres · reported aye side of pair
  • Farrell · reported aye side of pair
  • Gallagher · reported aye side of pair
  • McCarthy · reported aye side of pair
  • O'Neill · reported aye side of pair
  • Sterle · reported aye side of pair
  • Watt · reported aye side of pair
  • Wong · reported aye side of pair

Liberal Party of Australia (8)

  • Bragg · reported no side of pair
  • Brockman · reported no side of pair
  • Colbeck · reported no side of pair
  • Duniam · reported no side of pair
  • Hume · reported no side of pair
  • McGrath · reported no side of pair
  • O'Sullivan · reported no side of pair
  • Scarr · reported no side of pair