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26 Aug 2025 · 5:17 PM · Division 4

Matters of Urgency

Taxation - "Spare bedroom" tax
Official title
Matters of Urgency - Taxation - "Spare bedroom" tax

Noes 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
31
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

The majority voted against a motion introduced by Queensland Senator James McGrath (Liberal), which means it failed.

Senator McGrath claimed that "Labor's productivity round table" proposed a "spare bedroom" tax. Victorian Senator Jana Stewart (Labor) denied this, arguing that Senator McGrath was engaging in a "scare campaign".

Motion text

That, in the opinion of the Senate, the following is a matter of urgency:

The need to protect the family home from Labor's "spare bedroom" tax.

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Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
23
No
31
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party020
Liberal Party140
Australian Greens010
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party30
Liberal National Party20
National Party20
Country Liberal Party10
Senate President01
United Australia Party10

How each member voted

Aye · 23

No · 31

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