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title: "Documents: Minister for Communications: Senate Additional Estimates 2025-26: order for the production of documents (Senate, 2 March 2026) | Politics Computer"
description: "Voting yes supported adding Senator Chisholm's amendment to general business notice of motion No. 348, which concerns the production of documents relating to the Minister for Communications and Senate Additional Estimates 2025-26. Defeated 23 to 36 in the Senate on 2 March 2026. How every member voted."
url: "https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-03-02/31"
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Parliament of Australia · Senate · 2 March 2026

# Documents: Minister for Communications: Senate Additional Estimates 2025-26: order for the production of documents

Voting yes supported adding Senator Chisholm's amendment to general business notice of motion No. 348, which concerns the production of documents relating to the Minister for Communications and Senate Additional Estimates 2025-26.

Defeated **23** yes **36** no 

The question put

That the amendment as moved by Senator Chisholm to general business notice of motion No. 348 be agreed to.

**Crossed the floor:** [Tammy Tyrrell](https://politics.computer/mp/tammy-tyrrell) (Labor, voted no).

## How each party voted

- Labor Mostly yes 23 yes · 1 no  
24 members

  - Yes [Anthony Chisholm](https://politics.computer/mp/anthony-chisholm)
  - Yes [Carol Brown](https://politics.computer/mp/carol-brown)
  - Yes [Charlotte Walker](https://politics.computer/mp/charlotte-walker)
  - Yes [Corinne Mulholland](https://politics.computer/mp/corinne-mulholland)
  - Yes [Deborah O'Neill](https://politics.computer/mp/deborah-o-neill)
  - Yes [Dorinda Cox](https://politics.computer/mp/dorinda-cox)
  - Yes [Ellie Whiteaker](https://politics.computer/mp/ellie-whiteaker)
  - Yes [Glenn Sterle](https://politics.computer/mp/glenn-sterle)
  - Yes [Helen Polley](https://politics.computer/mp/helen-polley)
  - Yes [Jana Stewart](https://politics.computer/mp/jana-stewart)
  - Yes [Jenny McAllister](https://politics.computer/mp/jenny-mcallister)
  - Yes [Jess Walsh](https://politics.computer/mp/jess-walsh)
  - Yes [Josh Dolega](https://politics.computer/mp/josh-dolega)
  - Yes [Karen Grogan](https://politics.computer/mp/karen-grogan)
  - Yes [Lisa Darmanin](https://politics.computer/mp/lisa-darmanin)
  - Yes [Marielle Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/marielle-smith)
  - Yes [Michelle Ananda-Rajah](https://politics.computer/mp/michelle-ananda-rajah)
  - Yes [Raff Ciccone](https://politics.computer/mp/raff-ciccone)
  - Yes [Richard Dowling](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-dowling)
  - Yes [Sue Lines](https://politics.computer/mp/sue-lines)
  - Yes [Tim Ayres](https://politics.computer/mp/tim-ayres)
  - Yes [Tony Sheldon](https://politics.computer/mp/tony-sheldon)
  - Yes [Varun Ghosh](https://politics.computer/mp/varun-ghosh)
  - No [Tammy Tyrrell](https://politics.computer/mp/tammy-tyrrell)  crossed the floor
- Liberal All no 0 yes · 15 no  
15 members

  - No [Alex Antic](https://politics.computer/mp/alex-antic)
  - No [Andrew Bragg](https://politics.computer/mp/andrew-bragg)
  - No [Andrew McLachlan](https://politics.computer/mp/andrew-mclachlan)
  - No [Claire Chandler](https://politics.computer/mp/claire-chandler)
  - No [Dave Sharma](https://politics.computer/mp/dave-sharma)
  - No [James Paterson](https://politics.computer/mp/james-paterson)
  - No [Jessica Collins](https://politics.computer/mp/jessica-collins)
  - No [Jonathon Duniam](https://politics.computer/mp/jonathon-duniam)
  - No [Kerrynne Liddle](https://politics.computer/mp/kerrynne-liddle)
  - No [Leah Blyth](https://politics.computer/mp/leah-blyth)
  - No [Maria Kovacic](https://politics.computer/mp/maria-kovacic)
  - No [Paul Scarr](https://politics.computer/mp/paul-scarr)
  - No [Richard Colbeck](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-colbeck)
  - No [Sarah Henderson](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-henderson)
  - No [Slade Brockman](https://politics.computer/mp/slade-brockman)
- Greens All no 0 yes · 8 no  
8 members

  - No [Barbara Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/barbara-pocock)
  - No [David Shoebridge](https://politics.computer/mp/david-shoebridge)
  - No [Larissa Waters](https://politics.computer/mp/larissa-waters)
  - No [Mehreen Faruqi](https://politics.computer/mp/mehreen-faruqi)
  - No [Nick McKim](https://politics.computer/mp/nick-mckim)
  - No [Penny Allman-Payne](https://politics.computer/mp/penny-allman-payne)
  - No [Sarah Hanson-Young](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-hanson-young)
  - No [Steph Hodgins-May](https://politics.computer/mp/steph-hodgins-may)
- Nationals All no 0 yes · 3 no  
3 members

  - No [Bridget McKenzie](https://politics.computer/mp/bridget-mckenzie)
  - No [Matthew Canavan](https://politics.computer/mp/matthew-canavan)
  - No [Ross Cadell](https://politics.computer/mp/ross-cadell)
- Smaller parties and independents

  - No [James McGrath](https://politics.computer/mp/james-mcgrath) LNP
  - No [Susan McDonald](https://politics.computer/mp/susan-mcdonald) LNP
  - No Peter Stuart Whish-Wilson Party not recorded
  - No Wendy Askew Party not recorded
  - No [Fatima Payman](https://politics.computer/mp/fatima-payman) Australia's Voice
  - No [Jacinta Nampijinpa Price](https://politics.computer/mp/jacinta-nampijinpa-price) CLP
  - No [David Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/david-pocock) Independent
  - No [Tyron Whitten](https://politics.computer/mp/tyron-whitten) One Nation
  - No [Ralph Babet](https://politics.computer/mp/ralph-babet) United Australia Party

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%3A2%2F3%2F2026;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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