Parliament of Australia · Senate · 11 August 2026
Committees: Environment and Communications References Committee
Voting yes supported the motion moved by Senator Hodgins-May concerning the Environment and Communications References Committee, which would set up or refer a matter to that committee for inquiry.
The question put
That the motion moved by Senator Hodgins-May be agreed to.
Crossed the floor: Andrew McLachlan (Liberal, voted yes).
How each party voted
- LaborAll no0 yes · 24 no
24 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoDorinda Cox
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJess Walsh
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMalarndirri McCarthy
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoMurray Watt
- NoNita Green
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoTammy Tyrrell
- NoTim Ayres
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun Ghosh
- GreensAll yes9 yes · 0 no
9 members
- LiberalMostly no1 yes · 3 no
4 members
- YesAndrew McLachlan crossed the floor
- One NationAll no0 yes · 4 no
4 members
Smaller parties and independents
- YesDavid PocockIndependent
- YesPeter 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.