--- title: "Online Safety Amendment (Strengthening Enforcement for the Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2026: second reading (Senate, 9 September 2026) | Politics Computer" description: "Voting yes supported the Online Safety Amendment (Strengthening Enforcement for the Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2026 passing its second reading, which agrees with the bill's main idea. Passed 31 to 22 in the Senate on 9 September 2026. How every member voted." url: "https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-09-09/1" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Votes](https://politics.computer/votes) / [Senate](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) Parliament of Australia · Senate · 9 September 2026 · [Integrity and democracy](https://politics.computer/votes/senate?topic=integrity%5Fdemocracy) # Online Safety Amendment (Strengthening Enforcement for the Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2026: second reading Voting yes supported the Online Safety Amendment (Strengthening Enforcement for the Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2026 passing its second reading, which agrees with the bill's main idea. Passed **31** yes **22** no The question put That this bill, the Online Safety Amendment (Strengthening Enforcement for the Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2026, be read a second time. ## How each party voted - Labor All yes 21 yes · 0 no 21 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 [Ellie Whiteaker](https://politics.computer/mp/ellie-whiteaker) - Yes [Glenn Sterle](https://politics.computer/mp/glenn-sterle) - 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 [Josh Dolega](https://politics.computer/mp/josh-dolega) - Yes [Karen Grogan](https://politics.computer/mp/karen-grogan) - Yes [Lisa Darmanin](https://politics.computer/mp/lisa-darmanin) - 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 [Nita Green](https://politics.computer/mp/nita-green) - Yes [Raff Ciccone](https://politics.computer/mp/raff-ciccone) - Yes [Richard Dowling](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-dowling) - Yes [Tim Ayres](https://politics.computer/mp/tim-ayres) - Yes [Tony Sheldon](https://politics.computer/mp/tony-sheldon) - Yes [Varun Ghosh](https://politics.computer/mp/varun-ghosh) - Liberal All no 0 yes · 11 no 11 members - No [Alex Antic](https://politics.computer/mp/alex-antic) - No [Andrew Bragg](https://politics.computer/mp/andrew-bragg) - No [Andrew McLachlan](https://politics.computer/mp/andrew-mclachlan) - No [Chris Gatenby](https://politics.computer/mp/chris-gatenby) - No [Dean Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/dean-smith) - No [Jessica Collins](https://politics.computer/mp/jessica-collins) - No [Kerrynne Liddle](https://politics.computer/mp/kerrynne-liddle) - No [Matt O'Sullivan](https://politics.computer/mp/matt-o-sullivan) - No [Paul Scarr](https://politics.computer/mp/paul-scarr) - No [Sarah Henderson](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-henderson) - No [Slade Brockman](https://politics.computer/mp/slade-brockman) - Greens All yes 8 yes · 0 no 8 members - Yes [Barbara Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/barbara-pocock) - Yes [David Shoebridge](https://politics.computer/mp/david-shoebridge) - Yes [Jordon Steele-John](https://politics.computer/mp/jordon-steele-john) - Yes [Larissa Waters](https://politics.computer/mp/larissa-waters) - Yes [Nick McKim](https://politics.computer/mp/nick-mckim) - Yes [Sarah Hanson-Young](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-hanson-young) - Yes [Steph Hodgins-May](https://politics.computer/mp/steph-hodgins-may) - Yes [Vanessa Bleyer](https://politics.computer/mp/vanessa-bleyer) - One Nation All no 0 yes · 4 no 4 members - No [Malcolm Roberts](https://politics.computer/mp/malcolm-roberts) - No [Pauline Hanson](https://politics.computer/mp/pauline-hanson) - No [Sean Bell](https://politics.computer/mp/sean-bell) - No [Tyron Whitten](https://politics.computer/mp/tyron-whitten) - Smaller parties and independents - No [James McGrath](https://politics.computer/mp/james-mcgrath) LNP - No [Susan McDonald](https://politics.computer/mp/susan-mcdonald) LNP - No [Matthew Canavan](https://politics.computer/mp/matthew-canavan) Nationals - No [Ross Cadell](https://politics.computer/mp/ross-cadell) Nationals - No [Fatima Payman](https://politics.computer/mp/fatima-payman) Australia's Voice - No [Jacinta Nampijinpa Price](https://politics.computer/mp/jacinta-nampijinpa-price) CLP - Yes [David Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/david-pocock) Independent - Yes [Jacqui Lambie](https://politics.computer/mp/jacqui-lambie) Jacqui Lambie Network - No [Ralph Babet](https://politics.computer/mp/ralph-babet) United Australia Party 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. [All Senate votes](https://politics.computer/votes/senate) [Next Vote 2 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-09-09/2) 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%3A9%2F9%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. --- [Politics Computer](https://politics.computer/) A free reference for Australian politics. Seats and members from the parliaments, votes from Hansard, ads and spend from Meta's Ad Library, checked every Sunday, last on 11 Nov 2026\. 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