Parliament of Australia · Senate · 12 May 2026 · Defence and foreign affairs
Documents: Australian Defence Force: order for the production of documents
Voting yes supported agreeing to general business motion No. 478 seeking production of Australian Defence Force documents, which would have required the government to provide the requested papers to the Senate.
The question put
That general business motion No. 478 standing in the name of Senator Shoebridge be agreed to.
Crossed the floor: Tammy Tyrrell (Labor, voted yes).
How each party voted
- LaborMostly no1 yes · 24 no
25 members
- YesTammy Tyrrell crossed the floor
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoCorinne Mulholland
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoDon Farrell
- NoDorinda Cox
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJess Walsh
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoNita Green
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoSue Lines
- NoTim Ayres
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun Ghosh
- GreensAll yes9 yes · 0 no
9 members
Smaller parties and independents
- YesPeter Stuart Whish-WilsonParty not recorded
- NoWendy AskewParty not recorded
- NoMatt O'SullivanLiberal
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.