Set a fast-tracked timetable to push tax reform bills through the Senate this sitting period — back it or block it?

The government moved to suspend the normal rules and fix the Senate's sitting hours and order of business for the coming days. The schedule sets specific times to debate and vote on a set of bills — including the Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 1) Bill and related tax and appropriation bills — and caps how long each can be debated before a vote is forced. The government shut down debate at several points to bring the timetable to a vote. It passed five separate divisions, each 36 votes to 29 with 4 pairs. The Coalition attacked the arrangement as a deal with the Greens to rush through tax changes.

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📄 Senate Hansard, 23 Jun 2026 — Days and Hours of Meeting

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For · Government (Labor)Moved to lock in set sitting hours and a fixed order of business so the Senate could get through the tax reform bills and appropriation bills within the sitting period, using time limits to bring each to a vote.

Against · Coalition (Michaelia Cash)Called it a "dirty deal" between Labor and the Greens to rush through regressive tax changes to negative gearing and capital gains that break the Prime Minister's pre-election promises, and pledged a future Coalition government would repeal them.