Senate · 2026-08-20 · Parliament 48, division 924

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Question recorded in the division register

That Clauses 98 and 99 stand as printed

Source context: Committee of the whole amendment (27) on sheet 4010 (Senator D Pocock)

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Original parliamentary division (includes result)
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Recorded result: agreed

Ayes: 33 · Noes: 10. Outcome as reported by Parliament; it is not inferred from a simple majority.

All 43 member records supplied for this division. Pairs are listed separately from cast votes. No other members or positions are inferred.

Votes by party, as reported
PartyAyesNoes
Australian Labor Party260
Australian Greens09
Liberal Party of Australia40
One Nation30
Independent01
Ayes — 33 senators

Australian Labor Party (26)

  • Ananda-Rajah
  • Ayres
  • Brown
  • Chisholm
  • Ciccone
  • Cox
  • Darmanin
  • Dolega
  • Dowling
  • Farrell
  • Gallagher
  • Ghosh
  • Green
  • Grogan
  • Lines
  • McAllister
  • McCarthy
  • O'Neill
  • Polley
  • Sheldon
  • Sterle
  • Stewart
  • Tyrrell
  • Walker
  • Watt
  • Whiteaker

Liberal Party of Australia (4)

  • Duniam
  • Henderson
  • Kovacic
  • O'Sullivan

One Nation (3)

  • Bell
  • Roberts
  • Whitten
Noes — 10 senators

Australian Greens (9)

  • Allman-Payne
  • Faruqi
  • Hanson-Young
  • Hodgins-May
  • McKim
  • Pocock, Barbara
  • Shoebridge
  • Steele-John
  • Waters

Independent (1)

  • Pocock, David