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12 Mar 2026 · 12:06 PM · Division 13

Rearrangement

Procedural motion

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.

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Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
23
No
13
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party201
Australian Greens09
Independent02
Liberal Party20
Australia's Voice01
Senate President10

How each member voted

Aye · 23

No · 13

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