Parliament of Australia · Senate · 4 September 2025

Documents: Internet Content: order for the production of documents

Voting yes supported agreeing to a Senate motion from Senator Payman seeking an order for the production of documents about internet content, which the Senate passed by 34 votes to 21.

Passed34 yes 21 no

The question put

That general business notice of motion No. 167, standing in the name of Senator Payman, be agreed to.

How each party voted

LaborAll no0 yes · 21 no
21 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoCorinne Mulholland
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoDorinda Cox
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaty Gallagher
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMalarndirri McCarthy
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoNita Green
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoSue Lines
- NoTim Ayres
- NoVarun Ghosh
LiberalAll yes16 yes · 0 no
16 members
- YesAlex Antic
- YesAndrew Bragg
- YesAndrew McLachlan
- YesAnne Ruston
- YesDave Sharma
- YesJames Paterson
- YesJane Hume
- YesJessica Collins
- YesJonathon Duniam
- YesKerrynne Liddle
- YesLeah Blyth
- YesMaria Kovacic
- YesMatt O'Sullivan
- YesPaul Scarr
- YesSarah Henderson
- YesSlade Brockman
GreensAll yes9 yes · 0 no
9 members
- YesBarbara Pocock
- YesDavid Shoebridge
- YesJordon Steele-John
- YesLarissa Waters
- YesMehreen Faruqi
- YesNick McKim
- YesPenny Allman-Payne
- YesSarah Hanson-Young
- YesSteph Hodgins-May
Smaller parties and independents
- YesDavid PocockIndependent
- YesLidia ThorpeIndependent
- YesMatthew CanavanNationals
- YesRoss CadellNationals
- YesPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- YesWendy AskewParty not recorded
- YesFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- YesJacinta Nampijinpa PriceCLP
- YesJames McGrathLNP

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.