Parliament of Australia · Senate · 16 September 2026

Documents: Census: order for the production of documents

Voting yes supported agreeing to Senator Dean Smith's notice of motion No. 740 on the Census documents, which would have required the government to produce the requested papers to the Senate.

Defeated23 yes 30 no

The question put

That general business notice of motion No. 740, standing in the name of Senator Dean Smith, be agreed to.

How each party voted

LaborAll no0 yes · 20 no
20 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaty Gallagher
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoNita Green
- NoRaff Ciccone
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoSue Lines
- NoTim Ayres
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun Ghosh
LiberalAll yes13 yes · 0 no
13 members
- YesAlex Antic
- YesAndrew Bragg
- YesAndrew McLachlan
- YesAnne Ruston
- YesDave Sharma
- YesDean Smith
- YesJane Hume
- YesJessica Collins
- YesJonathon Duniam
- YesLeah Blyth
- YesMaria Kovacic
- YesMatt O'Sullivan
- YesSarah Henderson
GreensAll no0 yes · 10 no
10 members
- NoBarbara Pocock
- NoDavid Shoebridge
- NoJordon Steele-John
- NoLarissa Waters
- NoMehreen Faruqi
- NoNick McKim
- NoPenny Allman-Payne
- NoSarah Hanson-Young
- NoSteph Hodgins-May
- NoVanessa Bleyer
NationalsAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
- YesBridget McKenzie
- YesMatthew Canavan
- YesRoss Cadell
One NationAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
- YesMalcolm Roberts
- YesSean Bell
- YesTyron Whitten
Smaller parties and independents
- YesFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- YesJacinta Nampijinpa PriceCLP
- YesDavid PocockIndependent
- YesRalph BabetUnited 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.

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.