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title: "Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026: in committee (Senate, 19 August 2026) | Politics Computer"
description: "Voting yes supported agreeing to amendments (1) to (9) moved by Senator David Pocock to the Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026, which would add those changes to the bill. Defeated 11 to 29 in the Senate on 19 August 2026. How every member voted."
url: "https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-08-19/9"
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Parliament of Australia · Senate · 19 August 2026 · [Economy and tax](https://politics.computer/votes/senate?topic=economy%5Ftax) 

# Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026: in committee

Voting yes supported agreeing to amendments (1) to (9) moved by Senator David Pocock to the Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026, which would add those changes to the bill.

Defeated **11** yes **29** no 

The question put

That amendments (1) to (9) on sheet 3863 to the Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026 moved by Senator David Pocock be agreed to.

**Crossed the floor:** [Andrew McLachlan](https://politics.computer/mp/andrew-mclachlan) (Liberal, voted yes).

## How each party voted

- Labor All no 0 yes · 24 no  
24 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 [Jenny McAllister](https://politics.computer/mp/jenny-mcallister)
  - No [Jess Walsh](https://politics.computer/mp/jess-walsh)
  - 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 [Malarndirri McCarthy](https://politics.computer/mp/malarndirri-mccarthy)
  - 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 [Tammy Tyrrell](https://politics.computer/mp/tammy-tyrrell)
  - 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)
- Liberal Mostly no 1 yes · 4 no  
5 members

  - Yes [Andrew McLachlan](https://politics.computer/mp/andrew-mclachlan)  crossed the floor
  - No [Kerrynne Liddle](https://politics.computer/mp/kerrynne-liddle)
  - No [Maria Kovacic](https://politics.computer/mp/maria-kovacic)
  - No [Sarah Henderson](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-henderson)
  - No [Slade Brockman](https://politics.computer/mp/slade-brockman)
- Smaller parties and independents

  - Yes [David Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/david-pocock) Independent
  - No [Ross Cadell](https://politics.computer/mp/ross-cadell) Nationals

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%3A19%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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