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20 Aug 2026 · 1:33 PM · Division 12

News Journalism Payments Bill 2026, News Journalism Payments (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2026, News Media Bargaining (Administration) Bill 2026, News Media Bargaining Charge Bill 2026, Treasury Laws Amendment (News Media Bargaining) (Consequential) Bill 2026

Limitation of Debate
Official title
Bills — News Journalism Payments Bill 2026, News Journalism Payments (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2026, News Media Bargaining (Administration) Bill 2026, News Media Bargaining Charge Bill 2026, Treasury Laws Amendment (News Media Bargaining) (Consequential) Bill 2026; Limitation of DebateThis title is cut short in the source data.

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
33
No
10
Not recorded voting
33

“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

Sue Lines

I will now deal with the amendments circulated by Senator David Pocock. The question is that clauses 98 and 99 on sheet 4010 of the News Media Bargaining (Administration) Bill 2026 stand as printed.

Senator D avid Pocock's circulated amendment to the News Media Bargaining (Administration) Bill 202 6

(27) Clauses 98 and 99, page 90 (lines 1 to 18), to be opposed.

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Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
33
No
10
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party250
Australian Greens09
Liberal Party40
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party30
Independent01
Senate President10

How each member voted

Aye · 33

No · 10

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