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4 Mar 2026 · 10:16 AM · Division 1

Online Safety Act 2021

Implement recommendations
Official title
Motions - Online Safety Act 2021 - Implement recommendations

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
13
No
34
Not recorded voting
29

“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 West Australian Senator Fatima Payman (Australia's Voice), which means it failed.

Motion text

That the Senate—

(a) notes that the statutory review of the Online Safety Act 2021, which was completed in October 2024, remains unimplemented by the Government;

(b) further notes that the statutory review of the Online Safety Act 2021 found that the eSafety Commissioner is ill-equipped to protect the Australian women and girls who are subjected to harassment, abuse and cyberbullying on a daily basis; and

(c) calls on the Government to implement the recommendations of the statutory review of the Online Safety Act 2021.

Summary written by They Vote For You contributors. Read it with the debate

Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
13
No
34
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party122
Australian Greens90
Liberal Party07
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party04
Independent20
Australia's Voice10
National Party01

How each member voted

Aye · 13

No · 34

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