11 Mar 2026 · 4:23 PM · Division 5
Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Amendment Bill 2026
- Official title
- Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Amendment Bill 2026 - Report from Federation Chamber - Prohibited financial assistance
Noes in the majority
This says only which side won the vote, because what Aye and No meant here depends on the exact question put in the chamber.
- Aye
- 7
- No
- 71
- Not recorded voting
- 71
“Not recorded voting” is everyone eligible who isn't recorded as Aye or No, for example absent, paired, or presiding.
What was decided
The majority voted against an amendment introduced by Ryan MP Elizabeth Watson-Brown (Greens), which means it was not successful.
Amendment text
(1) Schedule 1, page 3 (after line 5), after item 1, insert:
1A At the end of Part 2
Add:
8A Prohibited financial assistance
(1) Financial assistance must not be provided under this Act if it would:
(a) directly finance the extraction of coal or natural gas; or
(b) directly finance the construction of pipeline infrastructure primarily for the extraction of natural gas; or
(c) directly finance the logging of native forests.
(2) In this section:
native forest does not include a plantation.
plantation means an intensively managed stand of trees that is created by the regular placement of seedlings or seed.
Summary written by They Vote For You contributors. Read it with the debate
Policies this vote counts towards
- Ending government investment in fossil fuelsSupporters vote Aye · counts strongly
- Increasing investment in the coal industrySupporters vote No
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitatsSupporters vote Aye
- Unconventional gas miningSupporters vote No
Votes by party
Votes by party as a table
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Labor Party | 0 | 69 |
| Independent | 6 | 0 |
| Australian Greens | 1 | 0 |
| Katter's Australian Party | 0 | 1 |
| National Party | 0 | 1 |
How each member voted
Aye · 7
- Elizabeth Watson-BrownRyan · Greens
- Nicolette BoeleBradfield · Independent
- Monique RyanKooyong · Independent
- Sophie ScampsMackellar · Independent
- Allegra SpenderWentworth · Independent
- Zali SteggallWarringah · Independent
- Andrew WilkieClark · Independent
No · 71
- Basem AbdoCalwell · Labor
- Ash AmbihaipaharBarton · Labor
- Jodie BelyeaDunkley · Labor
- Carol BerryWhitlam · Labor
- Jo BriskeyMaribyrnong · Labor
- Matt BurnellSpence · Labor
- Alison ByrnesCunningham · Labor
- Julie-Ann CampbellMoreton · Labor
- Andrew CharltonParramatta · Labor
- Lisa ChestersBendigo · Labor
- Sharon ClaydonNewcastle · Labor
- Claire ClutterhamSturt · Labor
- Renee CoffeyGriffith · Labor
- Libby CokerCorangamite · Labor
- Emma ComerPetrie · Labor
- Kara CookBonner · Labor
- Trish CookBullwinkel · Labor
- Mary DoyleAston · Labor
- Mark DreyfusIsaacs · Labor
- Justine ElliotRichmond · Labor
- Cassandra FernandoHolt · Labor
- Mike FreelanderMacarthur · Labor
- Tom FrenchMoore · Labor
- Carina GarlandChisholm · Labor
- Steve GeorganasAdelaide · Labor
- Andrew GilesScullin · Labor
- Patrick GormanPerth · Labor
- Luke GoslingSolomon · Labor
- Matt GreggDeakin · Labor
- Julian HillBruce · Labor
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