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title: "Documents: Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: order for the production of documents (Senate, 15 October 2026) | Politics Computer"
description: "Voting yes supported agreeing to general business notices of motion Nos 815, 816 and 817, which seek production of documents from the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Defeated 18 to 27 in the Senate on 15 October 2026. How every member voted."
url: "https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2026-10-15/8"
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Parliament of Australia · Senate · 15 October 2026

# Documents: Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: order for the production of documents

Voting yes supported agreeing to general business notices of motion Nos 815, 816 and 817, which seek production of documents from the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.

Defeated **18** yes **27** no 

The question put

That general business notices of motion Nos 815, 816 and 817 standing in the name of Senator Henderson and moved by Senator Kovacic be agreed to.

## How each party voted

- Labor All no 0 yes · 19 no  
19 members

  - No [Anthony Chisholm](https://politics.computer/mp/anthony-chisholm)
  - No [Carol Brown](https://politics.computer/mp/carol-brown)
  - 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 [Josh Dolega](https://politics.computer/mp/josh-dolega)
  - No [Karen Grogan](https://politics.computer/mp/karen-grogan)
  - No [Katy Gallagher](https://politics.computer/mp/katy-gallagher)
  - No [Malarndirri McCarthy](https://politics.computer/mp/malarndirri-mccarthy)
  - No [Marielle Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/marielle-smith)
  - No [Michelle Ananda-Rajah](https://politics.computer/mp/michelle-ananda-rajah)
  - No [Richard Dowling](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-dowling)
  - No [Sue Lines](https://politics.computer/mp/sue-lines)
  - No [Tim Ayres](https://politics.computer/mp/tim-ayres)
  - No [Tony Sheldon](https://politics.computer/mp/tony-sheldon)
  - No [Varun Ghosh](https://politics.computer/mp/varun-ghosh)
- Liberal All yes 10 yes · 0 no  
10 members

  - Yes [Alex Antic](https://politics.computer/mp/alex-antic)
  - Yes [Anne Ruston](https://politics.computer/mp/anne-ruston)
  - Yes [Dean Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/dean-smith)
  - Yes [James Paterson](https://politics.computer/mp/james-paterson)
  - Yes [Jane Hume](https://politics.computer/mp/jane-hume)
  - 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)
- Greens All no 0 yes · 7 no  
7 members

  - No [Barbara Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/barbara-pocock)
  - No [Mehreen Faruqi](https://politics.computer/mp/mehreen-faruqi)
  - No [Nick McKim](https://politics.computer/mp/nick-mckim)
  - No [Penny Allman-Payne](https://politics.computer/mp/penny-allman-payne)
  - No [Sarah Hanson-Young](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-hanson-young)
  - No [Steph Hodgins-May](https://politics.computer/mp/steph-hodgins-may)
  - No [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 [Bridget McKenzie](https://politics.computer/mp/bridget-mckenzie) Nationals
  - Yes [Ross Cadell](https://politics.computer/mp/ross-cadell) Nationals
  - No [David Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/david-pocock) Independent
  - Yes [Susan McDonald](https://politics.computer/mp/susan-mcdonald) LNP
  - 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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