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title: "Documents: Minister for Indigenous Australians: order for the production of documents (Senate, 15 October 2026) | Politics Computer"
description: "Voting yes supported agreeing to general business notice of motion No. 811 from Senator Kovacic, which seeks an order for the production of documents from the Minister for Indigenous Australians. Passed 28 to 13 in the Senate on 15 October 2026. How every member voted."
url: "https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-10-15/7"
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Parliament of Australia · Senate · 15 October 2026

# Documents: Minister for Indigenous Australians: order for the production of documents

Voting yes supported agreeing to general business notice of motion No. 811 from Senator Kovacic, which seeks an order for the production of documents from the Minister for Indigenous Australians.

Passed **28** yes **13** no 

The question put

That general business notice of motion No. 811, as moved by Senator Kovacic and standing in the name of Senator O'Sullivan, be agreed to.

## How each party voted

- Labor All no 0 yes · 13 no  
13 members

  - No [Anthony Chisholm](https://politics.computer/mp/anthony-chisholm)
  - No [Charlotte Walker](https://politics.computer/mp/charlotte-walker)
  - No [Deborah O'Neill](https://politics.computer/mp/deborah-o-neill)
  - No [Ellie Whiteaker](https://politics.computer/mp/ellie-whiteaker)
  - No [Helen Polley](https://politics.computer/mp/helen-polley)
  - No [Jenny McAllister](https://politics.computer/mp/jenny-mcallister)
  - No [Jess Walsh](https://politics.computer/mp/jess-walsh)
  - No [Karen Grogan](https://politics.computer/mp/karen-grogan)
  - No [Marielle Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/marielle-smith)
  - No [Richard Dowling](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-dowling)
  - No [Sue Lines](https://politics.computer/mp/sue-lines)
  - No [Tony Sheldon](https://politics.computer/mp/tony-sheldon)
  - No [Varun Ghosh](https://politics.computer/mp/varun-ghosh)
- Liberal All yes 11 yes · 0 no  
11 members

  - Yes [Alex Antic](https://politics.computer/mp/alex-antic)
  - Yes [Andrew Bragg](https://politics.computer/mp/andrew-bragg)
  - Yes [Anne Ruston](https://politics.computer/mp/anne-ruston)
  - Yes [Dave Sharma](https://politics.computer/mp/dave-sharma)
  - Yes [James Paterson](https://politics.computer/mp/james-paterson)
  - Yes [Jessica Collins](https://politics.computer/mp/jessica-collins)
  - Yes [Leah Blyth](https://politics.computer/mp/leah-blyth)
  - Yes [Maria Kovacic](https://politics.computer/mp/maria-kovacic)
  - Yes [Matt O'Sullivan](https://politics.computer/mp/matt-o-sullivan)
  - Yes [Paul Scarr](https://politics.computer/mp/paul-scarr)
  - Yes [Richard Colbeck](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-colbeck)
- Greens All yes 7 yes · 0 no  
7 members

  - Yes [Barbara Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/barbara-pocock)
  - Yes [Mehreen Faruqi](https://politics.computer/mp/mehreen-faruqi)
  - Yes [Nick McKim](https://politics.computer/mp/nick-mckim)
  - Yes [Penny Allman-Payne](https://politics.computer/mp/penny-allman-payne)
  - 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 yes 4 yes · 0 no  
4 members

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

  - Yes [Fatima Payman](https://politics.computer/mp/fatima-payman) Australia's Voice
  - Yes [David Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/david-pocock) Independent
  - Yes [Jacqui Lambie](https://politics.computer/mp/jacqui-lambie) Jacqui Lambie Network
  - Yes [Susan McDonald](https://politics.computer/mp/susan-mcdonald) LNP
  - Yes [Ross Cadell](https://politics.computer/mp/ross-cadell) Nationals
  - Yes [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.

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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%3A15%2F10%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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