Parliament of Australia · Senate · 17 September 2026
Committees: Environment and Communications References Committee
Voting yes supported agreeing to a motion from Senator Bragg to take up business of the Senate concerning a references committee, a procedural step rather than a policy decision.
Defeated23 yes 32 no
The question put
That business of the Senate No. 2 standing in the name of Senator Bragg be agreed to.
How each party voted
- LaborAll no0 yes · 21 no
21 members
- NoAnthony Chisholm
- NoCarol Brown
- NoCharlotte Walker
- NoDeborah O'Neill
- NoEllie Whiteaker
- NoGlenn Sterle
- NoHelen Polley
- NoJana Stewart
- NoJenny McAllister
- NoJess Walsh
- NoJosh Dolega
- NoKaty Gallagher
- NoLisa Darmanin
- NoMalarndirri McCarthy
- NoMarielle Smith
- NoMichelle Ananda-Rajah
- NoNita Green
- NoRichard Dowling
- NoSue Lines
- NoTony Sheldon
- NoVarun Ghosh
- LiberalAll yes13 yes · 0 no
13 members
- GreensAll no0 yes · 10 no
- One NationAll yes3 yes · 0 no
3 members
Smaller parties and independents
- YesDavid PocockIndependent
- NoLidia ThorpeIndependent
- YesMatthew CanavanNationals
- YesRoss CadellNationals
- YesFatima PaymanAustralia's Voice
- YesJacqui LambieJacqui Lambie Network
- YesJames McGrathLNP
- 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.