Parliament of Australia · Senate · 20 August 2026
Australia's Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Amendment Bill 2026: limitation of debate
Voting yes supported ending debate on the Australia's Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Amendment Bill 2026 and passing its remaining stages without further debate.
Passed30 yes 9 no
The question put
That the remaining stages of the bill be agreed to and the bill be now passed.
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
- YesHelen Polley
- YesJana Stewart
- YesJenny McAllister
- YesJess Walsh
- YesJosh Dolega
- YesKaren Grogan
- YesKaty Gallagher
- YesMalarndirri McCarthy
- YesMarielle Smith
- YesMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- YesMurray Watt
- YesNita Green
- YesPenny Wong
- YesRaff Ciccone
- YesRichard Dowling
- YesSue Lines
- YesTammy Tyrrell
- YesTony Sheldon
- YesVarun Ghosh
- GreensAll no0 yes · 9 no
- One NationAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
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.