Senate · 2026-04-01 · Parliament 48, division 687

Proposed suspension of standing orders (Senator Cash)

Question recorded in the division register

That the question be now put

Source context: Closure motion

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Original parliamentary division (includes result)
Show recorded result and member votes

Recorded result: agreed

Ayes: 33 · Noes: 27. 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 Party2306
Liberal Party of Australia0184
Australian Greens1000
One Nation040
The Nationals031
Country Liberal Party001
Independent010
United Australia Party010
Ayes — 33 senators

Australian Labor Party (23)

  • Ananda-Rajah
  • Ayres
  • Brown
  • Chisholm
  • Ciccone
  • Cox
  • Darmanin
  • Dolega
  • Dowling
  • Gallagher
  • Ghosh
  • Grogan
  • McAllister
  • McCarthy
  • Mulholland
  • O'Neill
  • Polley
  • Smith, Marielle
  • Sterle
  • Stewart
  • Walker
  • Watt
  • Whiteaker

Australian Greens (10)

  • Allman-Payne
  • Faruqi
  • Hanson-Young
  • Hodgins-May
  • McKim
  • Pocock, Barbara
  • Shoebridge
  • Steele-John
  • Waters
  • Whish-Wilson
Noes — 27 senators

Liberal Party of Australia (18)

  • Antic
  • Askew
  • Blyth
  • Brockman
  • Cash
  • Chandler
  • Colbeck
  • Collins
  • Duniam
  • Hume
  • Kovacic
  • Liddle
  • McGrath
  • McLachlan
  • O'Sullivan
  • Ruston
  • Scarr
  • Sharma

One Nation (4)

  • Bell
  • Hanson
  • Roberts
  • Whitten

The Nationals (3)

  • Cadell
  • Canavan
  • McDonald

Independent (1)

  • Pocock, David

United Australia Party (1)

  • Babet
Reported pairs — 12 senators

Australian Labor Party (6)

  • Farrell · reported aye side of pair
  • Green · reported aye side of pair
  • Lines · reported aye side of pair
  • Sheldon · reported aye side of pair
  • Walsh · reported aye side of pair
  • Wong · reported aye side of pair

Liberal Party of Australia (4)

  • Bragg · reported no side of pair
  • Henderson · reported no side of pair
  • Paterson · reported no side of pair
  • Smith, Dean · reported no side of pair

Country Liberal Party (1)

  • Nampijinpa Price · reported no side of pair

The Nationals (1)

  • McKenzie · reported no side of pair