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title: "Competition and Consumer Amendment (Unfair Trading Practices) Bill 2026: second reading (Senate, 1 July 2026) | Politics Computer"
description: "Voting yes supported making the second reading amendment moved by Senator Bell to the Competition and Consumer Amendment (Unfair Trading Practices) Bill 2026. Defeated 20 to 30 in the Senate on 1 July 2026. How every member voted."
url: "https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-07-01/5"
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Parliament of Australia · Senate · 1 July 2026 · [Economy and tax](https://politics.computer/votes/senate?topic=economy%5Ftax) 

# Competition and Consumer Amendment (Unfair Trading Practices) Bill 2026: second reading

Voting yes supported making the second reading amendment moved by Senator Bell to the Competition and Consumer Amendment (Unfair Trading Practices) Bill 2026.

Defeated **20** yes **30** no 

The question put

That the second reading amendment moved by Senator Bell be agreed to.

## How each party voted

- Labor All no 0 yes · 20 no  
20 members

  - No [Carol Brown](https://politics.computer/mp/carol-brown)
  - No [Charlotte Walker](https://politics.computer/mp/charlotte-walker)
  - No [Deborah O'Neill](https://politics.computer/mp/deborah-o-neill)
  - No [Don Farrell](https://politics.computer/mp/don-farrell)
  - 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 [Karen Grogan](https://politics.computer/mp/karen-grogan)
  - No [Katy Gallagher](https://politics.computer/mp/katy-gallagher)
  - No [Lisa Darmanin](https://politics.computer/mp/lisa-darmanin)
  - No [Michelle Ananda-Rajah](https://politics.computer/mp/michelle-ananda-rajah)
  - No [Nita Green](https://politics.computer/mp/nita-green)
  - No [Raff Ciccone](https://politics.computer/mp/raff-ciccone)
  - No [Tammy Tyrrell](https://politics.computer/mp/tammy-tyrrell)
  - No [Tim Ayres](https://politics.computer/mp/tim-ayres)
  - No [Varun Ghosh](https://politics.computer/mp/varun-ghosh)
- Liberal All yes 13 yes · 0 no  
13 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 [Claire Chandler](https://politics.computer/mp/claire-chandler)
  - Yes [Dean Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/dean-smith)
  - 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 [Kerrynne Liddle](https://politics.computer/mp/kerrynne-liddle)
  - 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 [Richard Colbeck](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-colbeck)
- 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 [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 [Steph Hodgins-May](https://politics.computer/mp/steph-hodgins-may)
- 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

  - No [David Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/david-pocock) Independent
  - Yes [Susan McDonald](https://politics.computer/mp/susan-mcdonald) LNP
  - Yes [Matthew Canavan](https://politics.computer/mp/matthew-canavan) Nationals
  - No Peter Stuart Whish-Wilson Party not recorded
  - Yes [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%3A1%2F7%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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