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16 Sept 2026 · 4:10 PM · Division 4

Improved Native Forest Management

Order for the Production of Documents
Official title
Documents — Improved Native Forest Management; Order for the Production of Documents

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
26
No
31
Not recorded voting
19

“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

Maria Kovacic

At the request of Senator Cadell, I move:

That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Climate Change and Energy, by no later than midday on Monday, 12 October 2026, copies of any documents created between 1 July 2026 and the date of this order held by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water or the minister or the minister's office, being:

(a) each final ministerial brief submitted by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy concerning the improved native forest management in multiple-use public native forests method (the INFM method); and

(b) each final question time brief submitted by the department to the minister or the minister's office concerning the INFM method.

Sue Lines

The question is that general business notice of motion No. 652, standing in the name of Senator Cadell, 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
26
No
31
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party020
Liberal Party130
Australian Greens010
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party40
National Party30
Australia's Voice10
Country Liberal Party10
Independent10
Jacqui Lambie Network10
Liberal National Party10
Senate President01
United Australia Party10

How each member voted

Aye · 26

No · 31

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