How did parliament vote on defence & foreign affairs?

Verity has matched 77 recorded divisions in the Australian federal parliament to Defence & Foreign Affairs, held between 25 October 2022 and 1 April 2026. Of those, 11 decided whether a bill should proceed or pass; the rest were procedural motions such as orders for the production of documents and limits on debate. Every division is listed on this page with its tally.

How did Labor members vote on defence & foreign affairs?

Across the 11 divisions on whether a bill should proceed or pass, Labor members cast 439 votes matching "Increase defence spending" and 26 matching "Redirect to domestic priorities". These are counts of individual votes, not a statement of party policy.

How did Liberal members vote on defence & foreign affairs?

Across the 11 divisions on whether a bill should proceed or pass, Liberal members cast 60 votes matching "Increase defence spending" and 158 matching "Redirect to domestic priorities". These are counts of individual votes, not a statement of party policy.

How did Greens members vote on defence & foreign affairs?

Across the 11 divisions on whether a bill should proceed or pass, Greens members cast 1 vote matching "Increase defence spending" and 65 matching "Redirect to domestic priorities". These are counts of individual votes, not a statement of party policy.

Where does Verity's record on defence & foreign affairs come from?

Division tallies and individual votes come from the official division record via TheyVoteForYou. Matching a division to this issue, and deciding which way a yes vote fell on it, is AI-assisted tagging, used only at or above 60% confidence. Verity does not characterise how anyone votes — it shows the votes and links to every division behind them.

Policy issue

How parliament voted on Defence & Foreign Affairs

Verity has matched 77 recorded divisions to Defence & Foreign Affairs, held between 25 October 2022 and 1 April 2026. 11 of them decided whether a bill should proceed or pass. The other 66 were procedural — orders for the production of documents, limits on debate, and motions to put the question.

The question Verity tracks

Should Australia increase defence spending?

A vote is counted as “Increase defence spending” when it matched the direction tagged to that division, and “Redirect to domestic priorities” when it went the other way — whichever way the motion itself was worded.

How each party voted

Across the 11 divisions that decided whether a bill should proceed or pass, 27 October 2022 – 1 April 2026. Procedural motions are excluded here because a government votes down opposition and crossbench motions as a bloc regardless of the policy, which tells you about the numbers on the floor rather than about the issue. The full tagged list is below.

Votes by party on divisions deciding whether a bill should proceed or pass, tagged to Defence & Foreign Affairs
Party	Increase defence spending	Redirect to domestic priorities	Divisions
Labor	43994%	266%	11
Liberal	6028%	15872%	11
Greens	12%	6598%	8
Independent	2851%	2749%	11
Nationals	820%	3280%	7
One Nation	733%	1467%	11

Counts of individual votes cast by members of each party, not a statement of party policy. Parties with fewer than 20 votes on these divisions are not listed.

How individual members voted

Current members with at least 5 votes on these divisions. Members of the same party almost always vote together, so many share an identical record and the order between them means nothing — the counts and the total are what matter.

Most votes for “Increase defence spending”

Tim AyresLabor · New South Wales6 of 6
Carol BrownLabor · Tasmania6 of 7
Anthony ChisholmLabor · Queensland6 of 7
Raff CicconeLabor · Victoria6 of 7
Nita GreenLabor · Queensland6 of 6
Karen GroganLabor · South Australia6 of 7
Marielle SmithLabor · South Australia6 of 7
Glenn SterleLabor · Western Australia6 of 7

Most votes for “Redirect to domestic priorities”

Penny Allman-PayneGreens · Queensland7 of 7
Mehreen FaruqiGreens · New South Wales7 of 7
Sarah Hanson-YoungGreens · South Australia7 of 7
Nick McKimGreens · Tasmania7 of 7
David ShoebridgeGreens · New South Wales7 of 7
Larissa WatersGreens · Queensland7 of 7
Barbara PocockGreens · South Australia6 of 6
Lidia ThorpeIndependent · Victoria6 of 6

Every division tagged to Defence & Foreign Affairs

77 divisions, newest first. Open any one to see how every member voted.

Division tallies and individual votes: the official division record via TheyVoteForYou. Matching a division to this issue, and which way a yes vote fell on it, is AI-assisted tagging used only at or above 60% confidence — 77 divisions clear that bar for Defence & Foreign Affairs. Counts on this page were computed when the page was last built from the live record. How every figure is computed · Report an error

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