Parliament of Australia · Senate · 20 August 2026

News Journalism Payments Bill 2026: limitation of debate

Voting yes supported keeping clauses 98 and 99 of the News Media Bargaining (Administration) Bill 2026 as printed, at the Limitation of Debate stage, which is a procedural step about how debate on the bill is run.

Passed33 yes 10 no

The question put

That clauses 98 and 99 on sheet 4010 of the News Media Bargaining (Administration) Bill 2026 stand as printed.

How each party voted

LaborAll yes26 yes · 0 no
26 members
- YesAnthony Chisholm
- YesCarol Brown
- YesCharlotte Walker
- YesDeborah O'Neill
- YesDon Farrell
- YesDorinda Cox
- YesEllie Whiteaker
- YesGlenn Sterle
- YesHelen Polley
- YesJana Stewart
- YesJenny McAllister
- YesJosh Dolega
- YesKaren Grogan
- YesKaty Gallagher
- YesLisa Darmanin
- YesMalarndirri McCarthy
- YesMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- YesMurray Watt
- YesNita Green
- YesRaff Ciccone
- YesRichard Dowling
- YesSue Lines
- YesTammy Tyrrell
- YesTim Ayres
- YesTony Sheldon
- YesVarun Ghosh
GreensAll no0 yes · 9 no
9 members
- NoBarbara Pocock
- NoDavid Shoebridge
- NoJordon Steele-John
- NoLarissa Waters
- NoMehreen Faruqi
- NoNick McKim
- NoPenny Allman-Payne
- NoSarah Hanson-Young
- NoSteph Hodgins-May
LiberalAll yes4 yes · 0 no
4 members
- YesJonathon Duniam
- YesMaria Kovacic
- YesMatt O'Sullivan
- YesSarah Henderson
One NationAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
- YesMalcolm Roberts
- YesSean Bell
- YesTyron Whitten
Smaller parties and independents
- NoDavid PocockIndependent

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.