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title: "Australia's Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Amendment Bill 2026: limitation of debate (Senate, 20 August 2026) | Politics Computer"
description: "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. Passed 30 to 9 in the Senate on 20 August 2026. How every member voted."
url: "https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-08-20/22"
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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.

Passed **30** 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

- Labor All yes 26 yes · 0 no  
26 members

  - Yes [Anthony Chisholm](https://politics.computer/mp/anthony-chisholm)
  - Yes [Carol Brown](https://politics.computer/mp/carol-brown)
  - Yes [Charlotte Walker](https://politics.computer/mp/charlotte-walker)
  - Yes [Deborah O'Neill](https://politics.computer/mp/deborah-o-neill)
  - Yes [Don Farrell](https://politics.computer/mp/don-farrell)
  - Yes [Dorinda Cox](https://politics.computer/mp/dorinda-cox)
  - Yes [Ellie Whiteaker](https://politics.computer/mp/ellie-whiteaker)
  - Yes [Helen Polley](https://politics.computer/mp/helen-polley)
  - Yes [Jana Stewart](https://politics.computer/mp/jana-stewart)
  - Yes [Jenny McAllister](https://politics.computer/mp/jenny-mcallister)
  - Yes [Jess Walsh](https://politics.computer/mp/jess-walsh)
  - Yes [Josh Dolega](https://politics.computer/mp/josh-dolega)
  - Yes [Karen Grogan](https://politics.computer/mp/karen-grogan)
  - Yes [Katy Gallagher](https://politics.computer/mp/katy-gallagher)
  - Yes [Malarndirri McCarthy](https://politics.computer/mp/malarndirri-mccarthy)
  - Yes [Marielle Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/marielle-smith)
  - Yes [Michelle Ananda-Rajah](https://politics.computer/mp/michelle-ananda-rajah)
  - Yes [Murray Watt](https://politics.computer/mp/murray-watt)
  - Yes [Nita Green](https://politics.computer/mp/nita-green)
  - Yes [Penny Wong](https://politics.computer/mp/penny-wong)
  - Yes [Raff Ciccone](https://politics.computer/mp/raff-ciccone)
  - Yes [Richard Dowling](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-dowling)
  - Yes [Sue Lines](https://politics.computer/mp/sue-lines)
  - Yes [Tammy Tyrrell](https://politics.computer/mp/tammy-tyrrell)
  - Yes [Tony Sheldon](https://politics.computer/mp/tony-sheldon)
  - Yes [Varun Ghosh](https://politics.computer/mp/varun-ghosh)
- Greens All no 0 yes · 9 no  
9 members

  - No [Barbara Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/barbara-pocock)
  - No [David Shoebridge](https://politics.computer/mp/david-shoebridge)
  - No [Jordon Steele-John](https://politics.computer/mp/jordon-steele-john)
  - No [Larissa Waters](https://politics.computer/mp/larissa-waters)
  - No [Mehreen Faruqi](https://politics.computer/mp/mehreen-faruqi)
  - No [Nick McKim](https://politics.computer/mp/nick-mckim)
  - No [Penny Allman-Payne](https://politics.computer/mp/penny-allman-payne)
  - No [Sarah Hanson-Young](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-hanson-young)
  - No [Steph Hodgins-May](https://politics.computer/mp/steph-hodgins-may)
- One Nation All yes 3 yes · 0 no  
3 members

  - Yes [Malcolm Roberts](https://politics.computer/mp/malcolm-roberts)
  - Yes [Sean Bell](https://politics.computer/mp/sean-bell)
  - Yes [Tyron Whitten](https://politics.computer/mp/tyron-whitten)
- Smaller parties and independents

  - Yes [David Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/david-pocock) Independent

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.

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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.

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