23rd Mar 2020, 7:07 PM – Representatives Business - Days and Hours of Meeting - No sitting days until 11 August 2020
Summary
EditThe majority voted in favour of the new program of sittings for 2020 that was developed in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Under the new calendar, the federal parliament will not be sitting again until 11 August 2020.
Votes Passed by a small majority
Nobody rebelled against their party.
| Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Bandt Melbourne Australian Greens | No | |
| Australian Labor Party (51% turnout) | 0 Yes – 35 No | |
| Anthony Albanese Grayndler | No | |
| Sharon Bird Cunningham | No | |
| Chris Bowen McMahon | No | |
| Tony Burke Watson | No | |
| Mark Butler Hindmarsh | No | |
| Jim Chalmers Rankin | No | |
| Jason Clare Blaxland | No | |
| Sharon Claydon Newcastle | No | |
| Pat Conroy Shortland | No | |
| Milton Dick Oxley | No | |
| Joel Fitzgibbon Hunter | No | |
| Mike Freelander Macarthur | No | |
| Steve Georganas Adelaide | No | |
| Andrew Giles Scullin | No | |
| Luke Gosling Solomon | No | |
| Chris Hayes Fowler | No | |
| Julian Hill Bruce | No | |
| Ed Husic Chifley | No | |
| Stephen Jones Whitlam | No | |
| Peter Khalil Wills | No | |
| Catherine King Ballarat | No | |
| Andrew Leigh Fenner | No | |
| Richard Marles Corio | No | |
| Daniel Mulino Fraser | No | |
| Brendan O'Connor Gorton | No | |
| Clare O'Neil Hotham | No | |
| Alicia Payne Canberra | No | |
| Joanne Ryan Lalor | No | |
| Bill Shorten Maribyrnong | No | |
| David Smith Bean | No | |
| Anne Stanley Werriwa | No | |
| Susan Templeman Macquarie | No | |
| Matt Thistlethwaite Kingsford Smith | No | |
| Tim Watts Gellibrand | No | |
| Tony Zappia Makin | No | |
| Anne Aly Cowan | Absent | |
| Linda Burney Barton | Absent | |
| Josh Burns Macnamara | Absent | |
| Terri Butler Griffith | Absent | |
| Anthony Byrne Holt | Absent | |
| Nick Champion Spence | Absent | |
| Lisa Chesters Bendigo | Absent | |
| Libby Coker Corangamite | Absent | |
| Julie Collins Franklin | Absent | |
| Mark Dreyfus Isaacs | Absent | |
| Justine Elliot Richmond | Absent | |
| Patrick Gorman Perth | Absent | |
| Ged Kearney Cooper | Absent | |
| Mike Kelly Eden-Monaro | Absent | |
| Matt Keogh Burt | Absent | |
| Madeleine King Brand | Absent | |
| Emma McBride Dobell | Absent | |
| Brian Mitchell Lyons | Absent | |
| Rob Mitchell McEwen | Absent | |
| Peta Murphy Dunkley | Absent | |
| Shayne Neumann Blair | Absent | |
| Julie Owens Parramatta | Absent | |
| Graham Perrett Moreton | Absent | |
| Fiona Phillips Gilmore | Absent | |
| Tanya Plibersek Sydney | Absent | |
| Amanda Rishworth Kingston | Absent | |
| Michelle Rowland Greenway | Absent | |
| Warren Snowdon Lingiari | Absent | |
| Meryl Swanson Paterson | Absent | |
| Kate Thwaites Jagajaga | Absent | |
| Maria Vamvakinou Calwell | Absent | |
| Anika Wells Lilley | Absent | |
| Josh Wilson Fremantle | Absent | |
| Rebekha Sharkie Mayo Centre Alliance | Yes | |
| Mark Coulton Parkes Deputy Speaker | Absent | |
| Zali Steggall Warringah Independent | Yes | |
| Helen Haines Indi Independent | No | |
| Andrew Wilkie Clark Independent | Absent | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Katter's Australian Party | Absent | |
| Liberal National Party (50% turnout) | 2 Yes – 0 No | |
| Julian Simmonds Ryan | Yes | |
| Terry Young Longman | Yes | |
| Angie Bell Moncrieff | Absent | |
| Phillip Thompson Herbert | Absent | |
| Liberal Party (61% turnout) | 34 Yes – 0 No | |
| Katie Allen Higgins | Yes | |
| Karen Andrews McPherson | Yes | |
| Kevin Andrews Menzies | Yes | |
| Scott Buchholz Wright | Yes | |
| Vince Connelly Stirling | Yes | |
| Trevor Evans Brisbane | Yes | |
| Jason Falinski Mackellar | Yes | |
| Paul Fletcher Bradfield | Yes | |
| Nicolle Flint Boothby | Yes | |
| Josh Frydenberg Kooyong | Yes | |
| Luke Howarth Petrie | Yes | |
| Greg Hunt Flinders | Yes | |
| Craig Kelly Hughes | Yes | |
| Andrew Laming Bowman | Yes | |
| Julian Leeser Berowra | Yes | |
| Sussan Ley Farrer | Yes | |
| Gladys Liu Chisholm | Yes | |
| Fiona Martin Reid | Yes | |
| Melissa McIntosh Lindsay | Yes | |
| Scott Morrison Cook | Yes | |
| Ben Morton Tangney | Yes | |
| Ted O'Brien Fairfax | Yes | |
| Christian Porter Pearce | Yes | |
| Melissa Price Durack | Yes | |
| Stuart Robert Fadden | Yes | |
| Dave Sharma Wentworth | Yes | |
| Michael Sukkar Deakin | Yes | |
| Dan Tehan Wannon | Yes | |
| Bert Van Manen Forde | Yes | |
| Ross Vasta Bonner | Yes | |
| Andrew Wallace Fisher | Yes | |
| Tim Wilson Goldstein | Yes | |
| Jason Wood La Trobe | Yes | |
| Trent Zimmerman North Sydney | Yes | |
| John Alexander Bennelong | Absent | |
| Bridget Archer Bass | Absent | |
| Russell Broadbent Monash | Absent | |
| David Coleman Banks | Absent | |
| Peter Dutton Dickson | Absent | |
| Warren Entsch Leichhardt | Absent | |
| Ian Goodenough Moore | Absent | |
| Celia Hammond Curtin | Absent | |
| Andrew Hastie Canning | Absent | |
| Alex Hawke Mitchell | Absent | |
| Steve Irons Swan | Absent | |
| Nola Marino Forrest | Absent | |
| John McVeigh Groom | Absent | |
| Tony Pasin Barker | Absent | |
| Gavin Pearce Braddon | Absent | |
| Rowan Ramsey Grey | Absent | |
| James Stevens Sturt | Absent | |
| Angus Taylor Hume | Absent | |
| Alan Tudge Aston | Absent | |
| Lucy Wicks Robertson | Absent | |
| Rick Wilson O'Connor | Absent | |
| Ken Wyatt Hasluck | Absent | |
| National Party (67% turnout) | 10 Yes – 0 No | |
| Darren Chester Gippsland | Yes | |
| Pat Conaghan Cowper | Yes | |
| Damian Drum Nicholls | Yes | |
| Andrew Gee Calare | Yes | |
| Kevin Hogan Page | Yes | |
| Barnaby Joyce New England | Yes | |
| David Littleproud Maranoa | Yes | |
| Michael McCormack Riverina | Yes | |
| Llew O'Brien Wide Bay | Yes | |
| Keith Pitt Hinkler | Yes | |
| George Christensen Dawson | Absent | |
| David Gillespie Lyne | Absent | |
| Michelle Landry Capricornia | Absent | |
| Ken O'Dowd Flynn | Absent | |
| Anne Webster Mallee | Absent | |
| Tony Smith Casey Speaker | Absent | |
| Totals (56% turnout) | 48 Yes – 37 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.