Parliament of Australia · Senate · 20 August 2026

News Journalism Payments Bill 2026: limitation of debate

Voting yes supported the Senate applying a time limit to debate on the News Journalism Payments Bill 2026 and related bills, which would have agreed to amendments moved by Senator Pocock.

Defeated10 yes 33 no

The question put

That the amendments on sheet 4011 and the remaining amendments on sheet 4010, as moved by Senator Pocock, be agreed to.

How each party voted

LaborAll no0 yes · 26 no
26 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
- NoRaff Ciccone
- 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 · 4 no
4 members
- NoJonathon Duniam
- NoMaria Kovacic
- NoMatt O'Sullivan
- NoSarah Henderson
One NationAll no0 yes · 3 no
3 members
- NoMalcolm Roberts
- NoSean Bell
- NoTyron Whitten
Smaller parties and independents
- YesDavid 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.