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23 Mar 2026 · 3:44 PM · Division 11

Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts

Order for the Production of Documents
Official title
Documents — Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts; Order for the Production of Documents

Ayes 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
36
No
19
Not recorded voting
21

“Not recorded voting” is everyone eligible who isn't recorded as Aye or No, for example absent, paired, or presiding.

What was decided

No plain-English summary has been written for this division yet. The official title above is the most reliable description of the question.

Text recorded with this division

Fatima Payman

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

(i) the Minister representing the Minister for Communications has failed to comply with order for the production of documents no. 37, agreed to on 28 July 2025, relating to the development of legislative instruments for the social media ban,

(ii) in a letter relating to a subsequent order requiring the tabling of an explanation of the basis for the minister's public interest immunity claim, the Minister for Communications advised that no further information is available regarding the claim, and

(iii) no further information has been provided since the Minister representing the Minister for Communications' attendance of the Senate on 29 October 2025; and

(b) requires that there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Communications, by 5 pm on 17 April 2026, any documents that would have been within the scope of the order and that were created between the initial response to the order on 13 August 2025 and 10 March 2026, inclusive.

Slade Brockman

The question before the chair is that general business notice of motion No. 403 be agreed to.,

This is the question as put in the chamber, with the name of the member who spoke before the vote. It isn't a summary of the bill or motion.

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Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
36
No
19
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party119
Liberal Party150
Australian Greens100
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party30
Liberal National Party20
National Party20
Australia's Voice10
Country Liberal Party10
Independent10

How each member voted

Aye · 36

No · 19

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