Overview
- Foreign Minister Penny Wong moved the motion condemning Hanson's remarks about Muslim Australians, and the Senate passed it 36–17.
- Greens senators backed the censure, and Liberal senators Paul Scarr and Andrew McLachlan crossed the floor to support it despite broader Coalition opposition.
- Coalition leaders argued a formal censure should be rare and reserved for conduct in parliament, saying Hanson's comments should be condemned without using the chamber’s strongest symbolic sanction.
- Hanson dismissed the move as a stunt, stormed out of the chamber, and earlier in the day called Senator Lidia Thorpe a derogatory name before refusing to fully retract the slur.
- One Nation is polling around 27–28 percent ahead of the Coalition, and Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has not ruled out directing Liberal preferences to One Nation in the upcoming Farrer by‑election.