Senate Division 12 · 31 Jul 2025

Documents - National Disability Insurance Scheme - Order for the Production of Documents

Negatived 28 aye · 34 no

What this vote was about

The majority voted against a motion introduced by Tasmanian Senator Wendy Askew (Liberal), which means it was unsuccessful.

Motion text

That—

(a) the Senate notes that on 29 July 2025 the Senate agreed that it does not consider that orders for the production of documents nos 229, 253 and 315 relating to the National Disability Insurance Scheme Financial Sustainability Framework have been satisfactorily complied with; and

(b) until the Senate resolves that the orders have been satisfactorily complied with, the Minister representing the Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme be required to attend the Senate at the start of proceedings on the first day of each sitting week to provide an explanation of the failure to comply with the orders, and that:

(i) any senator may move to take note of the explanation, and

(ii) any such motion may be debated for no longer than 30 minutes, shall have precedence over all other business until determined, and senators may speak to the motion for not more than 5 minutes each.

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

Order for the production of documents: An order for the production of documents requires the government to table specified documents. It is one of the Senate's main accountability tools.

By party

Party	Aye	No
Australian Labor Party	2	22
Liberal–National Coalition	21	0
Australian Greens	0	12
Pauline Hanson's One Nation	3	0
United Australia Party	1	0
Independent	1	0

Every vote

“Crossed” marks a vote against the majority of the member's own party in this division.

AYE (28)

NO (34)

Divisions this sitting day

Every division the Senate held that day, in order; the one on this page is marked.

Division 1 Early Childhood Education and Care (Strengthening Regulation of Early Education) Bill 2025 - Second Reading - Early Childhood Education and Care Commission Negatived Senate 13–27
Division 2 Universities Accord (Cutting Student Debt by 20 per cent) Bill 2025 - in Committee - Maximum student contribution amounts for places Negatived Senate 11–29
Division 3 Universities Accord (Cutting Student Debt by 20 per Cent) Bill 2025 - Adoption of Report - Adopt the Committee report Carried Senate 36–3
Division 4 Universities Accord (Cutting Student Debt by 20 per Cent) Bill 2025 - Third Reading - Pass the bill Carried Senate 36–3
Division 5 Universities Accord (National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence) Bill 2025 and another - Second Reading - Anti-Semitism Negatived Senate 25–33
Division 6 Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report Negatived Senate 13–31
Division 7 Committees — Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee; Reference Negatived Senate 27–33
Division 8 Committees — Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference Carried Senate 37–24
Division 9 Committees — Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference Negatived Senate 27–34
Division 10 Committees — Productivity in Australia Select Committee; Appointment Negatived Senate 23–37
Division 11 Documents - Middle East - Order for the Production of Documents Negatived Senate 14–34
Division 12 Documents - National Disability Insurance Scheme - Order for the Production of Documents Negatived Senate 28–34
Division 13 Sex Discrimination Amendment (Restoring Biological Definitions) Bill 2025 - First Reading - Let the bill be considered in Parliament Negatived Senate 25–36