Senate Division 5 · 13 May 2026

Documents - Northern Territory Remote Aboriginal Investment Agreement - Order for the Production of Documents

Carried 37 aye · 22 no

What this vote was about

The majority voted in favour of a motion introduced by Victorian Senator Lidia Thorpe (Independent), which means it succeeded.

Motion text

That there be laid on the table by the Minister for Indigenous Australians, by no later than Wednesday, 20 May 2026:

(a) the following documents referred to in the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) schedule to the Northern Territory Remote Aboriginal Investment Agreement (NTRAI) 2025-31:

(i) the one-off NTRAI baseline data report that was due on 1 May 2026,

(ii) the MEAL Framework that was due on 1 May 2026, and

(iii) the plan on the agreed approach to capturing NTRAI service user experiences that was due on 1 May 2026,

(b) each final report relating to the previous NTRAI 2024-25, that were due on 30 November 2025;

(c) all progress reports and plans delivered under each schedule to the NTRAI 2025-31, including:

(i) the two-year plans for each output, covering the period 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2027, that were due on 30 November 2025, and

(ii) the six-monthly progress reports for each output, covering the period 1 July to 31 December 2025, that were due on 1 April 2026,

(d) the sum of all payments made by the Commonwealth under each schedule to the NTRAI 2025-31; and

(e) a breakdown of each payment made against each associated performance milestone.

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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
Liberal–National Coalition	21	0
Australian Labor Party	0	21
Australian Greens	10	1
Pauline Hanson's One Nation	4	0
United Australia Party	1	0
Independent	1	0

Every vote

AYE (37)

NO (22)

Divisions this sitting day

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

Division 1 Business — Consideration of Legislation Carried Senate 34–25
Division 2 Committees — Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Reference Negatived Senate 27–35
Division 3 Committees — Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Reference Negatived Senate 5–41
Division 4 Documents - Housing - Order for the Production of Documents Carried Senate 37–22
Division 5 Documents - Northern Territory Remote Aboriginal Investment Agreement - Order for the Production of Documents Carried Senate 37–22
Division 6 Matters of Urgency - Budget - Nature conservation Negatived Senate 13–24
Division 7 Committees — Economics References Committee; Reference Negatived Senate 26–31