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29 July 2025 · 4:39 PM · Division 4

Pensions and Benefits

Order for the Production of Documents
Official title
Documents - Pensions and Benefits - 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
15
No
33
Not recorded voting
28

“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 a motion introduced by Queensland Senator Penny Allman-Payne, which means it was unsuccessful.

Motion text

That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Social Services, by no later than 6 August 2025, any advice, submissions, emails, briefing notes, file notes, meeting notices, meeting agendas or minutes or other records of interaction since 7 December 2020 related to communication between the Department of Social Services and/or Services Australia and the Office of the Minister for Social Services regarding:

(a) social security debts;

(b) debt recovery; and

(c) Matthew Chaplin v Secretary, Department of Social Services (before the Tribunal as Secretary, Department of Social Services and FTXB).

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Policies this vote counts towards

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Votes by party

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Aye
15
No
33
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party122
Australian Greens100
Liberal Party08
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party20
Australia's Voice10
Deputy Senate President01
National Party01
Senate President01
United Australia Party10

How each member voted

Aye · 15

No · 33

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