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title: "Documents: Internet Content: order for the production of documents (Senate, 4 September 2025) | Politics Computer"
description: "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. Passed 34 to 21 in the Senate on 4 September 2025. How every member voted."
url: "https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2025-09-04/7"
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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.

Passed **34** 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

- Labor All no 0 yes · 21 no  
21 members

  - No [Anthony Chisholm](https://politics.computer/mp/anthony-chisholm)
  - No [Carol Brown](https://politics.computer/mp/carol-brown)
  - No [Charlotte Walker](https://politics.computer/mp/charlotte-walker)
  - No [Corinne Mulholland](https://politics.computer/mp/corinne-mulholland)
  - No [Deborah O'Neill](https://politics.computer/mp/deborah-o-neill)
  - No [Dorinda Cox](https://politics.computer/mp/dorinda-cox)
  - No [Ellie Whiteaker](https://politics.computer/mp/ellie-whiteaker)
  - No [Glenn Sterle](https://politics.computer/mp/glenn-sterle)
  - No [Helen Polley](https://politics.computer/mp/helen-polley)
  - No [Jana Stewart](https://politics.computer/mp/jana-stewart)
  - No [Jenny McAllister](https://politics.computer/mp/jenny-mcallister)
  - No [Josh Dolega](https://politics.computer/mp/josh-dolega)
  - No [Katy Gallagher](https://politics.computer/mp/katy-gallagher)
  - No [Lisa Darmanin](https://politics.computer/mp/lisa-darmanin)
  - No [Malarndirri McCarthy](https://politics.computer/mp/malarndirri-mccarthy)
  - No [Michelle Ananda-Rajah](https://politics.computer/mp/michelle-ananda-rajah)
  - No [Nita Green](https://politics.computer/mp/nita-green)
  - No [Richard Dowling](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-dowling)
  - No [Sue Lines](https://politics.computer/mp/sue-lines)
  - No [Tim Ayres](https://politics.computer/mp/tim-ayres)
  - No [Varun Ghosh](https://politics.computer/mp/varun-ghosh)
- Liberal All yes 16 yes · 0 no  
16 members

  - Yes [Alex Antic](https://politics.computer/mp/alex-antic)
  - Yes [Andrew Bragg](https://politics.computer/mp/andrew-bragg)
  - Yes [Andrew McLachlan](https://politics.computer/mp/andrew-mclachlan)
  - Yes [Anne Ruston](https://politics.computer/mp/anne-ruston)
  - Yes [Dave Sharma](https://politics.computer/mp/dave-sharma)
  - Yes [James Paterson](https://politics.computer/mp/james-paterson)
  - Yes [Jane Hume](https://politics.computer/mp/jane-hume)
  - Yes [Jessica Collins](https://politics.computer/mp/jessica-collins)
  - Yes [Jonathon Duniam](https://politics.computer/mp/jonathon-duniam)
  - Yes [Kerrynne Liddle](https://politics.computer/mp/kerrynne-liddle)
  - Yes [Leah Blyth](https://politics.computer/mp/leah-blyth)
  - Yes [Maria Kovacic](https://politics.computer/mp/maria-kovacic)
  - Yes [Matt O'Sullivan](https://politics.computer/mp/matt-o-sullivan)
  - Yes [Paul Scarr](https://politics.computer/mp/paul-scarr)
  - Yes [Sarah Henderson](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-henderson)
  - Yes [Slade Brockman](https://politics.computer/mp/slade-brockman)
- Greens All yes 9 yes · 0 no  
9 members

  - Yes [Barbara Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/barbara-pocock)
  - Yes [David Shoebridge](https://politics.computer/mp/david-shoebridge)
  - Yes [Jordon Steele-John](https://politics.computer/mp/jordon-steele-john)
  - Yes [Larissa Waters](https://politics.computer/mp/larissa-waters)
  - Yes [Mehreen Faruqi](https://politics.computer/mp/mehreen-faruqi)
  - Yes [Nick McKim](https://politics.computer/mp/nick-mckim)
  - Yes [Penny Allman-Payne](https://politics.computer/mp/penny-allman-payne)
  - Yes [Sarah Hanson-Young](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-hanson-young)
  - Yes [Steph Hodgins-May](https://politics.computer/mp/steph-hodgins-may)
- Smaller parties and independents

  - Yes [David Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/david-pocock) Independent
  - Yes [Lidia Thorpe](https://politics.computer/mp/lidia-thorpe) Independent
  - Yes [Matthew Canavan](https://politics.computer/mp/matthew-canavan) Nationals
  - Yes [Ross Cadell](https://politics.computer/mp/ross-cadell) Nationals
  - Yes Peter Stuart Whish-Wilson Party not recorded
  - Yes Wendy Askew Party not recorded
  - Yes [Fatima Payman](https://politics.computer/mp/fatima-payman) Australia's Voice
  - Yes [Jacinta Nampijinpa Price](https://politics.computer/mp/jacinta-nampijinpa-price) CLP
  - Yes [James McGrath](https://politics.computer/mp/james-mcgrath) LNP

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.

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Source: [Hansard, Parliament of Australia](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;orderBy=%5Ffragment%5Fnumber,doc%5Fdate-rev;page=0;query=Dataset%3Ahansards,hansards80%20Date%3A4%2F9%2F2025;rec=0;resCount=Default), read through [the OpenAustralia Foundation's public Hansard data](https://data.openaustralia.org.au/). The summary is AI-written from the question and the bill's official summary, then checked; the record above is the authority.

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