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23 Mar 2026 · 10:06 AM · Division 1

Consideration of Legislation

Procedural motion

A vote on how Parliament conducts its business, not on a law itself.

Official title
Business — Consideration of Legislation

Procedural motion agreed to

Aye
31
No
26
Not recorded voting
19

“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

Anthony Chisholm

I seek leave to move a motion relating to the consideration of legislation.

Leave not granted.

Pursuant to contingent notice, I move:

That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent me from moving a motion to provide for the consideration of a matter, namely a motion to allow a motion relating to the consideration of legislation to be moved and determined immediately.

And I move:

That the question be now put.

Sue Lines

The question is that the question be now put on the motion to suspend standing orders.

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
31
No
26
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party201
Liberal Party013
Australian Greens100
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party04
National Party03
Australia's Voice01
Country Liberal Party01
Independent01
Liberal National Party01
Senate President10
United Australia Party01

How each member voted

Aye · 31

No · 26

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