--- title: "Royal Commissions Legislation Amendment (Protections for Providing Information) Bill 2026: third reading (Senate, 12 March 2026) | Politics Computer" description: "Voting yes supported the Royal Commissions Legislation Amendment (Protections for Providing Information) Bill 2026 passing its third reading. Passed 34 to 10 in the Senate on 12 March 2026. How every member voted." url: "https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-03-12/16" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Votes](https://politics.computer/votes) / [Senate](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) Parliament of Australia · Senate · 12 March 2026 · [Integrity and democracy](https://politics.computer/votes/senate?topic=integrity%5Fdemocracy) # Royal Commissions Legislation Amendment (Protections for Providing Information) Bill 2026: third reading Voting yes supported the Royal Commissions Legislation Amendment (Protections for Providing Information) Bill 2026 passing its third reading. Passed **34** yes **10** no The question put That the third reading of the Royal Commissions Legislation Amendment (Protections for Providing Information) Bill 2026. ## How each party voted - Labor All yes 24 yes · 0 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 [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 [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 [Malarndirri McCarthy](https://politics.computer/mp/malarndirri-mccarthy) - Yes [Marielle Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/marielle-smith) - Yes [Michelle Ananda-Rajah](https://politics.computer/mp/michelle-ananda-rajah) - Yes [Murray Watt](https://politics.computer/mp/murray-watt) - Yes [Nita Green](https://politics.computer/mp/nita-green) - Yes [Raff Ciccone](https://politics.computer/mp/raff-ciccone) - Yes [Richard Dowling](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-dowling) - Yes [Tammy Tyrrell](https://politics.computer/mp/tammy-tyrrell) - 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) - Greens All no 0 yes · 9 no 9 members - No [Barbara Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/barbara-pocock) - No [David Shoebridge](https://politics.computer/mp/david-shoebridge) - No [Jordon Steele-John](https://politics.computer/mp/jordon-steele-john) - 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) - Liberal All yes 4 yes · 0 no 4 members - Yes [Dave Sharma](https://politics.computer/mp/dave-sharma) - Yes [Jessica Collins](https://politics.computer/mp/jessica-collins) - Yes [Jonathon Duniam](https://politics.computer/mp/jonathon-duniam) - Yes [Sarah Henderson](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-henderson) - One Nation All yes 4 yes · 0 no 4 members - Yes [Malcolm Roberts](https://politics.computer/mp/malcolm-roberts) - Yes [Pauline Hanson](https://politics.computer/mp/pauline-hanson) - Yes [Sean Bell](https://politics.computer/mp/sean-bell) - Yes [Tyron Whitten](https://politics.computer/mp/tyron-whitten) - Smaller parties and independents - Yes [Fatima Payman](https://politics.computer/mp/fatima-payman) Australia's Voice - Yes [David Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/david-pocock) Independent - No Peter Stuart Whish-Wilson Party 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. [Previous Vote 15 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-03-12/15) [All Senate votes](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) [Next Vote 17 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-03-12/17) 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%3A12%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. --- [Politics Computer](https://politics.computer/) A free reference for Australian politics. 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