Parliament of Australia · House of Representatives · 19 August 2026 · Economy and tax
News Journalism Payments Bill 2026: consideration in detail
Voting yes supported making the amendments to the News Journalism Payments Bill 2026 during consideration in detail.
Defeated11 yes 69 no
The question put
That the amendments be agreed to.
How each party voted
- LaborAll no0 yes · 68 no
68 members
- NoAli France
- NoAlice Jordan-Baird
- NoAlicia Payne
- NoAlison Byrnes
- NoAndrew Giles
- NoAndrew Leigh
- NoAnika Wells
- NoAnne Aly
- NoAnne Stanley
- NoAnne Urquhart
- NoAsh Ambihaipahar
- NoCarina Garland
- NoCarol Berry
- NoCassandra Fernando
- NoChris Bowen
- NoClaire Clutterham
- NoDan Repacholi
- NoDavid Moncrieff
- NoDavid Smith
- NoEmma Comer
- NoEmma McBride
- NoFiona Phillips
- NoGabriel Ng
- NoGed Kearney
- NoGordon Reid
- NoJerome Laxale
- NoJess Teesdale
- NoJo Briskey
- NoJoanne Ryan
- NoJodie Belyea
- NoJosh Burns
- NoJosh Wilson
- NoJulie-Ann Campbell
- NoJustine Elliot
- NoKara Cook
- NoKate Thwaites
- NoKristy McBain
- NoLibby Coker
- NoLisa Chesters
- NoLouise Miller-Frost
- NoLuke Gosling
- NoMadeleine King
- NoMadonna Jarrett
- NoMarion Scrymgour
- NoMark Butler
- NoMark Dreyfus
- NoMatt Gregg
- NoMatt Smith
- NoMike Freelander
- NoPatrick Gorman
- NoPeter Khalil
- NoRebecca White
- NoRenee Coffey
- NoRob Mitchell
- NoRowan Holzberger
- NoSally Sitou
- NoSam Lim
- NoSarah Witty
- NoSharon Claydon
- NoShayne Neumann
- NoSteve Georganas
- NoTim Watts
- NoTom French
- NoTony Zappia
- NoTracey Roberts
- NoTrish Cook
- NoZaneta Mascarenhas
- NoZhi Soon
- IndependentAll yes10 yes · 0 no
10 members
- YesAllegra Spender
- YesAndrew Gee
- YesAndrew Wilkie
- YesDai Le
- YesHelen Haines
- YesKate Chaney
- YesMonique Ryan
- YesNicolette Boele
- YesSophie Scamps
- YesZali Steggall
Smaller parties and independents
- YesElizabeth Watson-BrownGreens
- NoBen SmallLiberal
Members who didn't vote (absent, paired or in the chair) aren't listed. A party votes as one when at least three quarters of its members vote together.
Source: Hansard, Parliament of Australia, read through the OpenAustralia Foundation's public Hansard data. The summary is AI-written from the question and the bill's official summary, then checked; the record above is the authority.