SenateDivision 12 · 5 Feb 2026

Defence Amendment (Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defence) Bill 2025 - in Committee - Constitution of Committee

Not passed13 aye · 28 no

What this vote was about

The majority voted against an amendment introduced by Queensland Senator Malcolm Roberts (One Nation), which means it failed.

Amendment text

(1) Schedule 1, item 2, page 6 (line 22) to page 7 (line 6), omit subsections 110ABA(2) and (3), substitute:

(2) The Committee is to consist of up to 13 Committee members and must include at least:

(a) 2 Senators who are Government members; and

(b) 2 members of the House of Representatives who are Government members; and

(c) 2 Senators who are Opposition members; and

(d) 2 members of the House of Representatives who are Opposition members; and

(e) 1 Senator or member of the House of Representatives from each minority party.

Note: For more detailed provisions on the appointment of Committee members, see Division 5.

(3) In this section:

minority party means a party that:

(a) is not part of the Government or the Opposition; and

(b) has at least 5 members in the Parliament.

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

Committee of the whole: The Senate examines a bill in detail as a committee of the whole. Divisions at this stage decide specific amendments to the bill's text.

Related bills

Defence Amendment (Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defence) Bill 2025

By party

Party	Aye	No
Australian Labor Party	0	24
Australian Greens	9	0
Pauline Hanson's One Nation	4	0
Liberal–National Coalition	0	3
Independent	0	1

Every vote

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5 Feb 2026Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; ReportSenate 19–29
5 Feb 2026Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; ReportSenate 27–19
5 Feb 2026Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; ReportSenate 18–27
5 Feb 2026Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; ReportSenate 36–9
5 Feb 2026Committees — Environment and Communications References Committee; ReferenceSenate 18–28
5 Feb 2026Committees — Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee; ReferenceSenate 20–29
5 Feb 2026Defence Amendment (Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defence) Bill 2025 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main ideaSenate 31–10
5 Feb 2026Defence Amendment (Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defence) Bill 2025 - in Committee - Membership of CommitteeSenate 12–26