Senate Division 7 · 20 Jan 2026

Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Firearms and Customs Laws) Bill 2026 - Limitation of Debate - Pass the bill

Carried 38 aye · 26 no

What this vote was about

The majority voted in favour of a motion:

that the remaining stages of the bill be agreed to and the bill be now passed.

In other words, they voted to pass the bill in the Senate. As the bill had already passed in the House of Representatives, it will now become law.

What does this bill do?

According to the bills digest, which is a document prepared by the parliamentary library:

On 12 January 2026, the Prime Minister announced that the Parliament would be recalled to consider [the Bill]. While the Bill has yet to have been tabled in Parliament an Exposure Draft of the Bill was released on 13 January 2026. This Bills Digest has been prepared in relation to the Exposure Draft of the Bill (the Bill).

The Bill aims to ... strengthen gun laws in Australia and includes a number of significant amendments, such as: ...

establishing a National Gun Buyback Scheme, with costs to be split between the Commonwealth and state/territory governments and

enabling the use of Commonwealth intelligence for firearms licensing decisions.

The Bill has been referred to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security which has commenced an urgent review into the Bill. Submissions to the Committee have been published on the Committee’s website.

Note that the bill originally also included provisions to combat antisemitism, hate and extremism, which are now included in a separate bill.

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

Related bills

Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Firearms and Customs Laws) Bill 2026

By party

Party	Aye	No
Australian Labor Party	27	0
Liberal–National Coalition	0	22
Australian Greens	10	0
Pauline Hanson's One Nation	0	3
Independent	1	0
United Australia Party	0	1

Every vote

AYE (38)

NO (26)

Divisions this sitting day

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

Division 1 Bills — Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Firearms and Customs Laws) Bill 2026; Limitation of Debate Negatived Senate 28–34
Division 2 Bills — Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Firearms and Customs Laws) Bill 2026; Limitation of Debate Negatived Senate 29–33
Division 3 Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Firearms and Customs Laws) Bill 2026 - Limitation of Debate - Keep the parts unchanged Carried Senate 38–26
Division 4 Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Firearms and Customs Laws) Bill 2026 - Limitation of Debate - Nationals amendments Negatived Senate 28–36
Division 5 Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Firearms and Customs Laws) Bill 2026 - Limitation of Debate - Review of the Act Negatived Senate 29–33
Division 6 Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Firearms and Customs Laws) Bill 2026 - Limitation of Debate - Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee Negatived Senate 29–33
Division 7 Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Firearms and Customs Laws) Bill 2026 - Limitation of Debate - Pass the bill Carried Senate 38–26
Division 8 Bills — Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026; Limitation of Debate Negatived Senate 16–43
Division 9 Bills — Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026; Limitation of Debate Negatived Senate 6–52
Division 10 Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026 - Limitation of Debate - Refer to Committee Negatived Senate 12–49
Division 11 Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea Carried Senate 39–18
Division 12 Bills — Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026; Limitation of Debate Negatived Senate 26–36
Division 13 Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026 - Limitation of Debate - Additional safeguards for prohibited hate group decisions Negatived Senate 9–49
Division 14 Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026 - Limitation of Debate - Prohibited hate groups, nature of harm Negatived Senate 21–42
Division 15 Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026 - Limitation of Debate - Repealing mandatory minimum sentences for hate crime offences Negatived Senate 14–46
Division 16 Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026 - Limitation of Debate - Review and lawful political expression Negatived Senate 17–42
Division 17 Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026 - Limitation of Debate - Expand protections to other groups (religion, LGBTQIA+ and disability) Negatived Senate 13–50
Division 18 Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026 - Limitation of Debate - Character concerns and right to refuse visas Carried Senate 44–13
Division 19 Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026 - Limitation of Debate - Parliamentary approval Negatived Senate 12–46
Division 20 Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026 - Limitation of Debate - Cessation clause Negatived Senate 22–36
Division 21 Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026 - Limitation of Debate - Protected political speech and purpose and application of Act Negatived Senate 12–43
Division 22 Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026 - Limitation of Debate - Pass the bill Carried Senate 38–22