Parliament of Australia · Senate · 12 March 2026
Committees: Environment and Communications References Committee
Voting yes supported agreeing to Senator Bell's motion, which would have referred a matter to the Environment and Communications References Committee. The motion was defeated.
Defeated4 yes 35 no
The question put
That business of the Senate No. 2, standing in the name of Senator Bell, be agreed to.
How each party voted
- LaborAll no0 yes · 22 no
22 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoDorinda Cox
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJess Walsh
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoKaty Gallagher
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMalarndirri McCarthy
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoMurray Watt
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoSue Lines
- NoTammy Tyrrell
- NoTim Ayres
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun Ghosh
- GreensAll no0 yes · 9 no
- One NationAll yes4 yes · 0 no
4 members
Smaller parties and independents
- NoFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- NoDavid PocockIndependent
- NoMatt O'SullivanLiberal
- NoPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
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.