7 Aug 2023 · 4:46 PM · Division 11
Matters of Urgency
- Official title
- Matters of Urgency - Covid-19 - Pandemic Response Inquiry
Tied vote
- Aye
- 29
- No
- 29
- Not recorded voting
- 18
“Not recorded voting” is everyone eligible who isn't recorded as Aye or No, for example absent, paired, or presiding.
What was decided
The same number of senators voted for and against a motion introduced by Victorian Senator Ralph Babet (United Australia Party), which means it failed.
Motion text
That, in the opinion of the Senate, the following is a matter of urgency:
"It's been more than two years since some Labor MP's called for a Royal Commission into Australia's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. It's been 16 months since Labor Senator Katy Gallagher backed a Royal Commission into Australia's pandemic response. It's been over a year since Prime Minister Anthony Albanese promised the Australian people a Royal Commission or a similar inquiry into Australia's response to the COVID pandemic. He said an inquiry would be established 'as soon as practicable'."
The Labor Government must honour their promises and establish a Royal Commission into the pandemic response immediately."
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Votes by party
Votes by party as a table
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Labor Party | 1 | 19 |
| Liberal Party | 16 | 0 |
| Australian Greens | 0 | 8 |
| National Party | 3 | 0 |
| Liberal National Party | 2 | 0 |
| Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party | 2 | 0 |
| Australia's Voice | 0 | 1 |
| Country Liberal Party | 1 | 0 |
| Deputy Senate President | 1 | 0 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 |
| Jacqui Lambie Network | 1 | 0 |
| Senate President | 0 | 1 |
| United Australia Party | 1 | 0 |
How each member voted
Aye · 29
- Tammy TyrrellTasmania · Labor
- Jacinta Nampijinpa PriceNT · CLP
- Slade BrockmanWA · Deputy Senate President
- David PocockACT · Independent
- Jacqui LambieTasmania · Jacqui Lambie Network
- Matthew CanavanQueensland · LNP
- James McGrathQueensland · LNP
- Alex AnticSA · Liberal
- Wendy AskewTasmania · Liberal
- Andrew BraggNSW · Liberal
- Claire ChandlerTasmania · Liberal
- Richard ColbeckTasmania · Liberal
- David FawcettSA · Liberal
- Sarah HendersonVictoria · Liberal
- Hollie HughesNSW · Liberal
- Maria KovacicNSW · Liberal
- Kerrynne LiddleSA · Liberal
- Andrew McLachlanSA · Liberal
- Matt O'SullivanWA · Liberal
- Gerard RennickQueensland · Liberal
- Linda ReynoldsWA · Liberal
- Paul ScarrQueensland · Liberal
- Dean SmithWA · Liberal
- Ross CadellNSW · Nationals
- Perin DaveyNSW · Nationals
- Susan McDonaldQueensland · Nationals
- Pauline HansonQueensland · One Nation
- Malcolm RobertsQueensland · One Nation
- Ralph BabetVictoria · United Australia
No · 29
- Fatima PaymanWA · Australia's Voice
- Mehreen FaruqiNSW · Greens
- Sarah Hanson-YoungSA · Greens
- Nick McKimTasmania · Greens
- Barbara PocockSA · Greens
- Janet RiceVictoria · Greens
- David ShoebridgeNSW · Greens
- Larissa WatersQueensland · Greens
- Peter Whish-WilsonTasmania · Greens
- Tim AyresNSW · Labor
- Carol BrownTasmania · Labor
- Anthony ChisholmQueensland · Labor
- Raff CicconeVictoria · Labor
- Dorinda CoxWA · Labor
- Don FarrellSA · Labor
- Katy GallagherACT · Labor
- Nita GreenQueensland · Labor
- Karen GroganSA · Labor
- Malarndirri McCarthyNT · Labor
- Helen PolleyTasmania · Labor
- Louise PrattWA · Labor
- Tony SheldonNSW · Labor
- Marielle SmithSA · Labor
- Glenn SterleWA · Labor
- Jana StewartVictoria · Labor
- Anne UrquhartBraddon · Labor
- Jess WalshVictoria · Labor
- Linda WhiteVictoria · Labor
- Sue LinesWA · Senate President
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