On Notice — Senate

The Senate introduced thirteen bills on 15 October 2026, covering matters including a nationwide ban on strip-searching children, a ban on shackling during childbirth, a new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Commissioner, universal outdoor mobile coverage obligations, and tougher illicit tobacco enforcement laws. Visit on-notice.xyz for full transcripts, divisions, and bills.

The Senate introduced five bills on 13 October 2026, including measures to establish an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Commissioner, prohibit strip searching of children, expand autonomous sanctions powers against Iran and Syria, and amend university legislation. Visit on-notice.xyz for full transcripts, divisions, and bills.

The Senate passed the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Veterans' Healthcare Without Caps) Bill 2026 at third reading by 33 votes to 19, removing cost and frequency limits on healthcare for veterans with accepted service-related conditions. Visit on-notice.xyz for full transcripts, divisions, and bills.

The Senate voted down the No Jab No Pay Repeal Bill 2025 at second reading, 6 votes to 34, on a day that saw nine bills introduced and fifteen divisions held. Visit on-notice.xyz for full transcripts, divisions, and bills.

The Senate introduced eleven bills covering early childhood worker wages, veterans healthcare, private health insurance transparency, university access, and an omnibus package on 15 September 2026. Visit on-notice.xyz for full transcripts, divisions, and bills.

The Senate introduced fifteen bills on 14 September 2026, including measures on early childhood education wages, sports integrity offences, telecommunications coverage, and environmental approvals for coal, gas and oil projects. Visit on-notice.xyz for full transcripts, divisions, and bills.

The Senate introduced ten bills spanning national security, online safety, tax adviser accountability, biosecurity, wine regulation, and regulatory reform, while question time focused on a $6 million Marrickville golf club grant, trade with Israeli settlements, inflation, and superannuation flexibility. Visit on-notice.xyz for full transcripts, divisions, and bills.

The Senate introduced two bills on workplace governance and online safety enforcement, while question time focused on a $6 million grant to a golf club linked to the Prime Minister and government responses to gender-based violence. Visit on-notice.xyz for full transcripts, divisions, and bills.

The Senate introduced legislation strengthening enforcement powers against social media platforms that fail to comply with minimum age requirements for users. Visit on-notice.xyz for full transcripts, divisions, and bills.

The Senate introduced eleven bills spanning aged care, housing, consumer protection, coal mining leave, and defence on 2 July 2026, with no divisions held. Visit on-notice.xyz for full transcripts, divisions, and bills.

The Senate introduced eight bills on 1 July 2026 covering university fee changes, pharmaceutical prescribing, consumer protections, trade consultation, sex discrimination, sporting event protections, and social media age enforcement. Visit on-notice.xyz for full transcripts, divisions, and bills.

Question Time from the Australian Senate, Tuesday 30 June 2026. Visit on-notice.xyz for full transcripts, divisions, and bills.

Question Time from the Australian Senate, Thursday 25 June 2026. Visit on-notice.xyz for full transcripts, divisions, and bills.

The Senate introduced tax reform and aged care assessment bills on 23 June 2026, with question time dominated by capital gains tax and gas industry taxation exchanges. Visit on-notice.xyz for full transcripts, divisions, and bills.

The Senate introduced a broad package of legislation on 22 June 2026, including income tax reform bills and budget appropriation measures totalling several financial years of government spending. Visit on-notice.xyz for full transcripts, divisions, and bills.

The Senate introduced eleven bills on 14 May 2026, including measures to ban political donations from eight industries, allow child sexual abuse survivors to access perpetrators' superannuation, and make ASIO's compulsory questioning powers permanent. Visit on-notice.xyz for full transcripts, divisions, and bills.

The Senate introduced seven bills across six areas of law on 13 May 2026, including measures on superannuation transfers between couples, competition powers during crises, packaging waste responsibility, and counterfeit goods enforcement. Visit on-notice.xyz for full transcripts, divisions, and bills.

The Senate held question time on 12 May 2026 with no bills introduced or divisions recorded, as senators questioned ministers on housing policy, the NDIS, artificial intelligence, and Australia's international obligations. Visit on-notice.xyz for full transcripts, divisions, and bills.

The Senate held question time focused largely on the government's response to fuel supply pressures arising from Middle East conflict tensions, with ministers outlining the National Fuel Security Plan and related measures. Visit on-notice.xyz for full transcripts, divisions, and bills.

The Senate on 31 March 2026 divided multiple times on the Treasury Laws Amendment (Fuel Excise Relief) Bill 2026, with all three recorded divisions on its second reading defeated. Visit on-notice.xyz for full transcripts, divisions, and bills.

The Senate passed the Universities Accord (Australian Tertiary Education Commission) Bill 2025 at second reading by 37 votes to 26, establishing a new body to oversee university funding and policy. Visit on-notice.xyz for full transcripts, divisions, and bills.

The Senate passed three appropriation bills for 2025-2026 by 40 votes to 5, authorising government spending across departments and parliamentary operations. Visit on-notice.xyz for full transcripts, divisions, and bills.

The Senate held question time focused on fuel security, Middle East policy, wage theft enforcement, and gambling advertising, with ministers declining to directly answer several questions. Visit on-notice.xyz for full transcripts, divisions, and bills.