--- title: "News Journalism Payments Bill 2026: limitation of debate (Senate, 20 August 2026) | Politics Computer" description: "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. Defeated 10 to 34 in the Senate on 20 August 2026. How every member voted." url: "https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-08-20/11" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Votes](https://politics.computer/votes) / [Senate](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) 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. Defeated **10** 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 - Labor All no 0 yes · 25 no 25 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 [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 [Malarndirri McCarthy](https://politics.computer/mp/malarndirri-mccarthy) - No [Michelle Ananda-Rajah](https://politics.computer/mp/michelle-ananda-rajah) - No [Murray Watt](https://politics.computer/mp/murray-watt) - No [Nita Green](https://politics.computer/mp/nita-green) - 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) - Liberal All no 0 yes · 5 no 5 members - No [Jonathon Duniam](https://politics.computer/mp/jonathon-duniam) - No [Maria Kovacic](https://politics.computer/mp/maria-kovacic) - No [Matt O'Sullivan](https://politics.computer/mp/matt-o-sullivan) - No [Paul Scarr](https://politics.computer/mp/paul-scarr) - No [Sarah Henderson](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-henderson) - One Nation All no 0 yes · 3 no 3 members - No [Malcolm Roberts](https://politics.computer/mp/malcolm-roberts) - No [Sean Bell](https://politics.computer/mp/sean-bell) - No [Tyron Whitten](https://politics.computer/mp/tyron-whitten) - Smaller parties and independents - Yes [David Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/david-pocock) Independent - No [Bridget McKenzie](https://politics.computer/mp/bridget-mckenzie) 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. [Previous Vote 10 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-08-20/10) [All Senate votes](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) [Next Vote 12 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-08-20/12) 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%3A20%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. --- [Politics Computer](https://politics.computer/) A free reference for Australian politics. 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