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title: "Documents: Animal Welfare: order for the production of documents (Senate, 18 August 2026) | Politics Computer"
description: "Voting yes supported agreeing to Senator Faruqi's notice of motion No. 606 calling for the production of documents on animal welfare. Defeated 11 to 24 in the Senate on 18 August 2026. How every member voted."
url: "https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-08-18/9"
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Parliament of Australia · Senate · 18 August 2026

# Documents: Animal Welfare: order for the production of documents

Voting yes supported agreeing to Senator Faruqi's notice of motion No. 606 calling for the production of documents on animal welfare.

Defeated **11** yes **24** no 

The question put

That general business notice of motion No. 606, standing in the name of Senator Faruqi, be agreed to.

## How each party voted

- Labor All no 0 yes · 22 no  
22 members

  - No [Anthony Chisholm](https://politics.computer/mp/anthony-chisholm)
  - 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 [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 [Josh Dolega](https://politics.computer/mp/josh-dolega)
  - No [Karen Grogan](https://politics.computer/mp/karen-grogan)
  - No [Lisa Darmanin](https://politics.computer/mp/lisa-darmanin)
  - No [Marielle Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/marielle-smith)
  - 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 [Richard Dowling](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-dowling)
  - No [Sue Lines](https://politics.computer/mp/sue-lines)
  - No [Tammy Tyrrell](https://politics.computer/mp/tammy-tyrrell)
  - No [Tim Ayres](https://politics.computer/mp/tim-ayres)
  - No [Tony Sheldon](https://politics.computer/mp/tony-sheldon)
  - No [Varun Ghosh](https://politics.computer/mp/varun-ghosh)
- Greens All yes 9 yes · 0 no  
9 members

  - Yes [Barbara Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/barbara-pocock)
  - Yes [David Shoebridge](https://politics.computer/mp/david-shoebridge)
  - Yes [Jordon Steele-John](https://politics.computer/mp/jordon-steele-john)
  - Yes [Larissa Waters](https://politics.computer/mp/larissa-waters)
  - Yes [Mehreen Faruqi](https://politics.computer/mp/mehreen-faruqi)
  - Yes [Nick McKim](https://politics.computer/mp/nick-mckim)
  - Yes [Penny Allman-Payne](https://politics.computer/mp/penny-allman-payne)
  - Yes [Sarah Hanson-Young](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-hanson-young)
  - Yes [Steph Hodgins-May](https://politics.computer/mp/steph-hodgins-may)
- Smaller parties and independents

  - No [Maria Kovacic](https://politics.computer/mp/maria-kovacic) Liberal
  - No [Matt O'Sullivan](https://politics.computer/mp/matt-o-sullivan) Liberal
  - Yes [Lidia Thorpe](https://politics.computer/mp/lidia-thorpe) Independent
  - Yes [Jacqui Lambie](https://politics.computer/mp/jacqui-lambie) Jacqui Lambie Network

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%3A18%2F8%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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