Parliament of Australia · Senate · 20 August 2026

News Journalism Payments Bill 2026: limitation of debate

Voting yes supported agreeing to amendments on sheets 3999 and 4006 to the News Media Bargaining (Administration) Bill 2026 and News Journalism Payments Bill 2026, as part of a limitation of debate motion.

Defeated10 yes 34 no

The question put

That the amendments on sheet 3999, to the News Media Bargaining (Administration) Bill 2026, and on sheet 4006, to the News Journalism Payments Bill 2026, be agreed to.

How each party voted

LaborAll no0 yes · 25 no
25 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoDon Farrell
- NoDorinda Cox
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoKaty Gallagher
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMalarndirri McCarthy
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoMurray Watt
- NoNita Green
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoSue Lines
- NoTammy Tyrrell
- NoTim Ayres
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun Ghosh
GreensAll yes9 yes · 0 no
9 members
- YesBarbara Pocock
- YesDavid Shoebridge
- YesJordon Steele-John
- YesLarissa Waters
- YesMehreen Faruqi
- YesNick McKim
- YesPenny Allman-Payne
- YesSarah Hanson-Young
- YesSteph Hodgins-May
LiberalAll no0 yes · 5 no
5 members
- NoJonathon Duniam
- NoMaria Kovacic
- NoMatt O'Sullivan
- NoPaul Scarr
- NoSarah Henderson
One NationAll no0 yes · 3 no
3 members
- NoMalcolm Roberts
- NoSean Bell
- NoTyron Whitten
Smaller parties and independents
- YesDavid PocockIndependent
- NoBridget McKenzieNationals

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.