Parliament of Australia · Senate · 7 September 2026

Documents: Animal Welfare: order for the production of documents

Voting yes supported the Senate motion for the production of documents on animal welfare, which would require the government to hand over those documents. Voting yes meant backing that motion.

Defeated13 yes 25 no

The question put

That the motion be agreed to.

How each party voted

LaborAll no0 yes · 22 no
22 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoDon Farrell
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaren Grogan
- NoKaty Gallagher
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMalarndirri McCarthy
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoNita Green
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoTim Ayres
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun Ghosh
GreensAll yes10 yes · 0 no
10 members
- YesBarbara Pocock
- YesDavid Shoebridge
- YesJordon Steele-John
- YesLarissa Waters
- YesMehreen Faruqi
- YesNick McKim
- YesPenny Allman-Payne
- YesSarah Hanson-Young
- YesSteph Hodgins-May
- YesVanessa Bleyer
LiberalAll no0 yes · 3 no
3 members
- NoDean Smith
- NoMaria Kovacic
- NoMatt O'Sullivan
Smaller parties and independents
- YesDavid PocockIndependent
- YesLidia ThorpeIndependent
- YesFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice

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.