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26 Mar 2025 · 10:14 AM · Division 3

Rearrangement

New schedule for the sitting dayProcedural motion

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

Official title
Business - Rearrangement - New schedule for the sitting day

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
23
No
15
Not recorded voting
38

“Not recorded voting” is everyone eligible who isn't recorded as Aye or No, for example absent, paired, or presiding.

What was decided

The majority voted in favour of an amended motion introduced by South Australian Senator Penny Wong (Labor), which means it passed.

Motion text

That on Wednesday, 26 March 2025:

(a) the hours of meeting be 9 am till adjournment;

(aa) the routine of business after the placing of business be:

(i) general business notices of motion nos 807, 811, 812 and 817, proposing the introduction of bills, and

consideration of proposals under standing order 75

(ii) consideration of the following bills:

A. ...

B. Supply Bill (No. 1) 2025-26

Supply Bill (No. 2) 2025-26

Supply (Parliamentary Departments) Bill 2025-26,

C. Transport Security Amendment (Security of Australia's Transport Sector) Bill 2024,

D. AusCheck Amendment (Global Entry Program) Bill 2025, and

E. Parliamentary Business Resources Legislation Amendment (Machinery of Government Change) Bill 2025;

(ab) the business before the Senate be interrupted at 6 pm to allow senators to make valedictory statements;

(b) at 10 pm the questions on all remaining stages of the bills listed in paragraph (aa) (ii) be put immediately;

(c) divisions may take place after 6.30 pm;

(d) paragraph (b) operate as a limitation of debate under standing order 142; and

(e) the Senate adjourn without debate on the motion of a minister.

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Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
23
No
15
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party201
Australian Greens010
Liberal Party21
Australia's Voice01
Independent01
Jacqui Lambie Network01
Senate President10

How each member voted

Aye · 23

No · 15

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