12 Mar 2026 · 12:06 PM · Division 13
Rearrangement
A vote on how Parliament conducts its business, not on a law itself.
- Official title
- Business — Rearrangement
Motion agreed to
- Aye
- 23
- No
- 13
- Not recorded voting
- 40
“Not recorded voting” is everyone eligible who isn't recorded as Aye or No, for example absent, paired, or presiding.
What was decided
No plain-English summary has been written for this division yet. The result above is read from the question recorded in the chamber, shown below.
Text recorded with this division
Katy Gallagher
I move:
That on Thursday, 12 March 2026:
(a) during government business, the time for the consideration of the following bills be:
(i) Royal Commissions Legislation Amendment (Protections for Providing Information) Bill 2026—45 minutes, and
(ii) Migration Amendment (2026 Measures No. 1) Bill 2026—1 hour and 15 minutes;
(b) once the total time allotted for consideration of the bills listed in paragraph (a) has expired, the questions be put on all remaining stages of the bills and the Parliamentary Frameworks Legislation Amendment (Reviews) Bill 2026;
(c) if consideration of the bills has not concluded by 1.30 pm:
(i) the routine of business after motions to take note of answers be consideration of the bills, and
(ii) the Senate return to its routine of business after consideration of the bills has concluded;
(d) paragraph (b) operate as a limitation of debate under standing order 142; and
(e) divisions may take place after 4.30 pm for the purposes of the bills.
David Pocock
I ask that paragraph (a)(ii) be put separately.
Sue Lines
The question is that the motion as moved by Minister Gallagher, government business, paragraph (a)(ii), be agreed to.
This is the question as put in the chamber, with the name of the member who spoke before the vote. It isn't a summary of the bill or motion.
Votes by party
Votes by party as a table
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Labor Party | 20 | 1 |
| Australian Greens | 0 | 9 |
| Independent | 0 | 2 |
| Liberal Party | 2 | 0 |
| Australia's Voice | 0 | 1 |
| Senate President | 1 | 0 |
How each member voted
Aye · 23
- Michelle Ananda-RajahVictoria · Labor
- Tim AyresNSW · Labor
- Carol BrownTasmania · Labor
- Anthony ChisholmQueensland · Labor
- Raff CicconeVictoria · Labor
- Dorinda CoxWA · Labor
- Lisa DarmaninVictoria · Labor
- Josh DolegaTasmania · Labor
- Richard DowlingTasmania · Labor
- Katy GallagherACT · Labor
- Varun GhoshWA · Labor
- Karen GroganSA · Labor
- Jenny McAllisterNSW · Labor
- Malarndirri McCarthyNT · Labor
- Helen PolleyTasmania · Labor
- Tony SheldonNSW · Labor
- Marielle SmithSA · Labor
- Jana StewartVictoria · Labor
- Jess WalshVictoria · Labor
- Murray WattQueensland · Labor
- Wendy AskewTasmania · Liberal
- Matt O'SullivanWA · Liberal
- Sue LinesWA · Senate President
No · 13
- Fatima PaymanWA · Australia's Voice
- Penny Allman-PayneQueensland · Greens
- Mehreen FaruqiNSW · Greens
- Sarah Hanson-YoungSA · Greens
- Steph Hodgins-MayVictoria · Greens
- Nick McKimTasmania · Greens
- Barbara PocockSA · Greens
- David ShoebridgeNSW · Greens
- Larissa WatersQueensland · Greens
- Peter Whish-WilsonTasmania · Greens
- Tammy TyrrellTasmania · Labor
- David PocockACT · Independent
- Lidia ThorpeVictoria · Independent
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