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16 Sept 2026 · 6:05 PM · Division 8

Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders

Procedural motion

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

Official title
Business — Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders

Ayes in the majority

This says only which side won the vote, because what Aye and No meant here depends on the exact question put in the chamber.

Aye
85
No
44
Not recorded voting
21

“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 official title above is the most reliable description of the question.

Text recorded with this division

Dan Tehan

I move:

That so much of standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the member for Wannon for moving the following motion immediately:

That this House condemns the Albanese Labor government for its betrayal of older Australians with its cruel $11 billion cut to the private health insurance rebate.

As they leave—and only 12 per cent of them had the courage to vote for this—know that 1.5 million pensioners are poorer because of what they just did. That is 1.5 million pensioners.

Tony Burke

I move:

That order of the day No. 3, government business, be called on immediately.

Milton Dick

The question is that government order of the day No. 3 be called on immediately.

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
85
No
44
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party850
Liberal Party016
Liberal National Party010
National Party010
Independent05
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party02
Centre Alliance01

How each member voted

Aye · 85

No · 44

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