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The majority voted against a motion to pause (or 'suspend') the normal rules for how the Senate runs ('standing orders') in order to give priority to motion 621, which means it failed.

Motion 621 is a call for the Australian Government to independently investigate the death of over 300 aid workers in Gaza. Importantly, this motion 621 wasn't voted against - the idea of treating it with priority over normal business was.

Motion Text

The text of this motion was:

That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent me moving a motion relating to the conduct of the business of the Senate, namely a motion to give precedence to general business notice of motion No. 621.

Motion 621

The voted-on motion refers to motion 621, which says:

That the Senate—

(a) notes:

(i) it has been more than 5 months since Israeli forces killed Zomi Frankcom, an Australian citizen and aid worker, along with 6 other World Central Kitchen aid workers, and there has been no credible investigation into the killing,

(ii) nearly 300 aid workers have been killed since Israel began its genocide in Gaza, including at least 220 United Nation workers, making it likely that 2024 will be the deadliest year for aid workers,

(iii) humanitarian organisations have accused Israel of systematically targeting aid workers in Gaza, and last month another World Central Kitchen aid worker was killed while the World Food Programme had to briefly halt its movement after Israeli forces fired at one of its vehicles, and

(iv) a request by World Central Kitchen to the Australian Government, made 3 days after Zomi's murder for an independent investigation into the Israeli attack, noting that ‘the IDF cannot credibly investigate its own failure in Gaza’; and

(b) calls on the Government to call for an independent investigation into the Israeli attack on 1 April 2024 that killed Zomi Frankcom along with 6 other World Central Kitchen aid workers.

Note that motion 621 was not actually voted on, and is still listed for voting on in the future. The motion that was voted on was to suspend the normal rules in order to give motion 621 higher preference over other motions.

Votes Not passed by a small majority

There was 1 rebellion in this division.

  • Fatima Payman voted Yes against the majority of the Australian Labor Party.
Party Votes
Australian Greens (91% turnout) 10 Yes 0 No
Penny Allman-Payne Queensland Yes
Dorinda Cox WA Yes
Mehreen Faruqi NSW Yes
Sarah Hanson-Young SA Yes
Steph Hodgins-May Victoria Yes
Nick McKim Tasmania Yes
Barbara Pocock SA Yes
David Shoebridge NSW Yes
Larissa Waters Queensland Yes
Peter Whish-Wilson Tasmania Yes
Jordon Steele-John WA Absent
Australian Labor Party (76% turnout) 1 Yes 18 No
Fatima Payman WA Yes
Catryna Bilyk Tasmania No
Anthony Chisholm Queensland No
Raff Ciccone Victoria No
Lisa Darmanin Victoria No
Don Farrell SA No
Varun Ghosh WA No
Nita Green Queensland No
Karen Grogan SA No
Jenny McAllister NSW No
Malarndirri McCarthy NT No
Deborah O'Neill NSW No
Helen Polley Tasmania No
Louise Pratt WA No
Tony Sheldon NSW No
Marielle Smith SA No
Glenn Sterle WA No
Jana Stewart Victoria No
Jess Walsh Victoria No
Tim Ayres NSW Absent
Carol Brown Tasmania Absent
Katy Gallagher ACT Absent
Anne Urquhart Tasmania Absent
Murray Watt Queensland Absent
Penny Wong SA Absent
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price NT Country Liberal Party Absent
Andrew McLachlan SA Deputy President No
Lidia Thorpe Victoria Independent Yes
David Pocock ACT Independent Absent
David Van Victoria Independent Absent
Jacqui Lambie Network (0% turnout) Absent
Jacqui Lambie Tasmania Absent
Tammy Tyrrell Tasmania Absent
Liberal National Party (0% turnout) Absent
Matthew Canavan Queensland Absent
James McGrath Queensland Absent
Liberal Party (13% turnout) 0 Yes 3 No
Richard Colbeck Tasmania No
Maria Kovacic NSW No
Anne Ruston SA No
Alex Antic SA Absent
Wendy Askew Tasmania Absent
Simon Birmingham SA Absent
Andrew Bragg NSW Absent
Slade Brockman WA Absent
Michaelia Cash WA Absent
Claire Chandler Tasmania Absent
Jonathon Duniam Tasmania Absent
David Fawcett SA Absent
Sarah Henderson Victoria Absent
Hollie Hughes NSW Absent
Jane Hume Victoria Absent
Kerrynne Liddle SA Absent
Matt O'Sullivan WA Absent
James Paterson Victoria Absent
Gerard Rennick Queensland Absent
Linda Reynolds WA Absent
Paul Scarr Queensland Absent
Dave Sharma NSW Absent
Dean Smith WA Absent
National Party (0% turnout) Absent
Ross Cadell NSW Absent
Perin Davey NSW Absent
Susan McDonald Queensland Absent
Bridget McKenzie Victoria Absent
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party (0% turnout) Absent
Pauline Hanson Queensland Absent
Malcolm Roberts Queensland Absent
Sue Lines WA President Absent
Ralph Babet Victoria United Australia Party No
Totals (46% turnout) 12 Yes – 23 No