HouseDivision 5 · 14 May 2026

Telecommunications Amendment (Enhancing Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2025 - Second Reading - Condemn Government + Provide information

Not passed42 aye · 96 no

What this vote was about

The majority voted against an amendment to the usual second reading motion, which is "that the bill be read a second time" (parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill). This means the usual second reading motion will remain unchanged. The amendment had been introduced by Lindsay MP Melissa McIntosh (Liberal).

Amendment text

That all words after “That” be omitted with a view to substituting the following words:

“whilst not declining to give the bill a second reading, the House notes the Government’s telecommunications failure:

(1) on the botched closure of the 3G network that has left many Australians without telephone services in peri-urban, regional, rural and remote Australia;

(2) to respond to the 2024 Regional Telecommunications Independent Review Committee Report which was tabled in December last year to ensure regional communities have access to reliable telecommunications; and

(3) to release the consultation paper on the Universal Outdoor Mobile Obligation, despite committing to legislate this by the end of 2025”.

Context written by They Vote For You volunteers (ODbL), reproduced unchanged.

Second reading: The second reading vote decides whether the chamber agrees with the bill in principle. A second reading amendment attaches commentary or conditions to that agreement without changing the bill's text.

Related bills

Telecommunications Amendment (Enhancing Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2025

By party

Party	Aye	No
Australian Labor Party	0	91
Liberal–National Coalition	38	0
Independent	2	5
Centre Alliance	1	0
Australian Greens	1	0

Every vote

AYE (42)

NO (96)

Other divisions this sitting day

What the House divided on around this vote, in order.

14 May 2026Competition and Consumer Amendment (Unfair Trading Practices) Bill 2026 - Second Reading - Small businessHouse 40–95
14 May 2026Secrecy Provisions Amendment (Repealing Offences) Bill 2026 - Report from Federation Chamber - Journalism and whistleblowingHouse 10–71
14 May 2026Secrecy Provisions Amendment (Repealing Offences) Bill 2026 - Consideration in Detail - Journalism, whistleblowing and independent reviewHouse 10–73
14 May 2026Secrecy Provisions Amendment (Repealing Offences) Bill 2026 - Consideration in Detail - Safety netHouse 9–69