Senate Division 13 · 1 Apr 2026

Excise Tariff Amendment (Draught Beer) Bill 2025 and another - Limitation of Debate - Strengthen alcohol regulations

Carried 34 aye · 24 no

What this vote was about

The majority voted in favour of an amendment introduced by ACT Senator Katy Gallagher (Labor), which means it will now be added to the end of 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). These words do not make any legal changes but are politically influential because they represent the will of the Senate.

Amendment text

At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate:

(a) notes that:

(i) Australia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety research shows a clear connection between alcohol use and violence against women and children, including that:

(A) alcohol is involved in up to 65% of all police-reported family violence incidents,

(B) over half of intimate partner homicides involve men who have consumed high-risk levels of alcohol, and

(C) harms to children are significantly greater in households where a person drinks alcohol at high-risk levels; and

(ii) the Commonwealth Government's Rapid Review of Prevention Approaches and the South Australian Royal Commission into Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence both acknowledge that alcohol use is an exacerbating factor that increases the probability, frequency and severity of violence; and

(b) calls on Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments to urgently act on their commitments in response to the Rapid Review to strengthen alcohol regulations, including:

(i) adopting clear objectives for harm reduction and preventing gender-based violence,

(ii) time restrictions for alcohol sales and home delivery, and

(iii) restricting advertising and targeted marketing".

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

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By party

Party	Aye	No
Australian Labor Party	22	0
Liberal–National Coalition	0	20
Australian Greens	11	0
Pauline Hanson's One Nation	0	3
Independent	1	0
United Australia Party	0	1

Every vote

Divisions this sitting day

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

Division 1 Criminal Code Amendment (Keeping Australia Safe) Bill 2026 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea Negatived Senate 26–34
Division 2 Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Technical Changes No. 1) Bill 2026 - Limitation of Debate - Removing upper limit for urgent payment requests Negatived Senate 12–35
Division 3 Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Technical Changes No. 1) Bill 2026 - Limitation of Debate - 6‑year limit on debt recovery, indexing urgent payment request limits Negatived Senate 13–34
Division 4 Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Technical Changes No. 1) Bill 2026 - Limitation of Debate - Remote area allowance Negatived Senate 17–29
Division 5 Commonwealth Parole Board Bill 2025, Commonwealth Parole Board (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025 - Second Reading - Agree with the bills' main idea Carried Senate 38–20
Division 6 Commonwealth Parole Board Bill 2025, Commonwealth Parole Board (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025 - Limitation of Debate - Role of the Secretary Negatived Senate 22–35
Division 7 Commonwealth Parole Board Bill 2025, Commonwealth Parole Board (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025 - Limitation of Debate - Role of Secretary Carried Senate 38–21
Division 8 Commonwealth Parole Board Bill 2025 and another - Limitation of Debate - Termination of appointments Negatived Senate 25–34
Division 9 Commonwealth Parole Board Bill 2025, Commonwealth Parole Board (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025 - Limitation of Debate - Attorney‑General objection power Negatived Senate 25–34
Division 10 Commonwealth Parole Board Bill 2025, Commonwealth Parole Board (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025 - Limitation of Debate - Pass the bill Carried Senate 38–21
Division 11 National Health Amendment (Passive Immunological Products) Bill 2026 - Limitation of Debate - Vaccines to be tested against an inert saline placebo Negatived Senate 5–43
Division 12 National Health Amendment (Passive Immunological Products) Bill 2026 - Limitation of Debate - Pass the bill Carried Senate 39–5
Division 13 Excise Tariff Amendment (Draught Beer) Bill 2025 and another - Limitation of Debate - Strengthen alcohol regulations Carried Senate 34–24
Division 14 Excise Tariff Amendment (Draught Beer) Bill 2025 and another - Limitation of Debate - Strengthen alcohol regulations Carried Senate 34–23
Division 15 Excise Tariff Amendment (Draught Beer) Bill 2025 and another - Limitation of Debate - On-premises consumption Negatived Senate 5–40
Division 16 Excise Tariff Amendment (Draught Beer) Bill 2025 and another - Limitation of Debate - 25 per cent tax on LNG export revenue Negatived Senate 12–32
Division 17 Excise Tariff Amendment (Draught Beer) Bill 2025 and another - Committee of the Whole - Tap spirits and independent review Negatived Senate 25–32
Division 18 Excise Tariff Amendment (Draught Beer) Bill 2025, Customs Tariff Amendment (Draught Beer) Bill 2025 - Limitation of Debate - Craft beer Negatived Senate 6–38
Division 19 Corporations Amendment (Digital Assets Framework) Bill 2025 - Limitation of Debate - Review and statement of reasons for refusing financial services Negatived Senate 25–34
Division 20 Translating and Interpreting Services Bill 2025 - Limitation of Debate - Implement Multicultural Framework Review findings Negatived Senate 12–33
Division 21 Translating and Interpreting Services Bill 2025 - Limitation of Debate - National framework Negatived Senate 12–32
Division 22 Translating and Interpreting Services Bill 2025 - Limitation of Debate - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages Negatived Senate 12–31
Division 23 Translating and Interpreting Services Bill 2025 - Limitation of Debate - Additional objects and Commonwealth‑funded translating and interpreting services framework Negatived Senate 12–32
Division 24 Migration Amendment (Combatting Migrant Exploitation) Bill 2025 - Limitation of Debate - Agree with the bill's main idea Carried Senate 36–25
Division 25 Committees — Impact of the Conflict in Iran Select Committee; Appointment Carried Senate 33–27
Division 26 Committees — Impact of the Conflict in Iran Select Committee; Appointment Negatived Senate 27–33
Division 27 Documents — Department of the Treasury, Home Guarantee Scheme; Order for the Production of Documents Carried Senate 36–23

Excise Tariff Amendment (Draught Beer) Bill 2025 and another - Limitation of Debate - Strengthen alcohol regulations

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AYE (34)

NO (24)

Divisions this sitting day