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The same number of senators voted for and against a motion introduced by South Australian Senator Alex Antic (Liberal), which means it failed.

Motion text

That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Aged Care, by no later than 3 pm on Tuesday, 29 November 2022:

(a) any contractual documents (without redaction) including any schedules, appendices or similar document (without redaction), for the supply, production, distribution or administration of any COVID-19 vaccine in Australia ('the vaccine contracts') executed by or on behalf of the Australian Government and any of the following ('the vaccine producers'):

(i) Pfizer Australia Pty Ltd and/or its parent companies, nominees, agents or subsidiaries,

(ii) AstraZeneca Pty Ltd and/or its parent companies, nominees, agents or subsidiaries,

(iii) Moderna Australia Pty Ltd and/or its parent companies, nominees, agents or subsidiaries, and

(iv) Novavax Inc and/or its parent companies, nominees, agents or subsidiaries;

(b) any other document referenced, referred to or incorporated into any of the vaccine contracts but not included in the contractual document;

(c) any other document evidencing any pre-contractual representations with respect to effectiveness, side effects, fitness for purpose, merchantability, warranties or exclusions of warranty related to the supply, production, distribution or administration of any COVID-19 vaccine in Australia by any of the vaccine producers; and

(d) any other document evidencing any indemnity, guarantee, waiver or release of liability, forbearance to sue or similar enforceable right provided by or on behalf of the Australian Government to any of the vaccine producers with respect to the supply, production, distribution or administration of any COVID-19 vaccine in Australia.

Votes Not passed

Nobody rebelled against their party.

Party Votes
Australian Greens (100% turnout) 0 Yes 12 No
Penny Allman-Payne Queensland No
Dorinda Cox WA No
Mehreen Faruqi NSW No
Sarah Hanson-Young SA No
Nick McKim Tasmania No
Barbara Pocock SA No
Janet Rice Victoria No
David Shoebridge NSW No
Jordon Steele-John WA No
Lidia Thorpe Victoria No
Larissa Waters Queensland No
Peter Whish-Wilson Tasmania No
Australian Labor Party (64% turnout) 0 Yes 16 No
Tim Ayres NSW No
Catryna Bilyk Tasmania No
Carol Brown Tasmania No
Anthony Chisholm Queensland No
Raff Ciccone Victoria No
Patrick Dodson WA No
Katy Gallagher ACT No
Karen Grogan SA No
Malarndirri McCarthy NT No
Fatima Payman WA No
Helen Polley Tasmania No
Tony Sheldon NSW No
Marielle Smith SA No
Anne Urquhart Tasmania No
Murray Watt Queensland No
Linda White Victoria No
Don Farrell SA Absent
Nita Green Queensland Absent
Jenny McAllister NSW Absent
Deborah O'Neill NSW Absent
Louise Pratt WA Absent
Glenn Sterle WA Absent
Jana Stewart Victoria Absent
Jess Walsh Victoria Absent
Penny Wong SA Absent
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price NT Country Liberal Party Yes
Andrew McLachlan SA Deputy President Yes
David Pocock ACT Independent Yes
Jacqui Lambie Network (100% turnout) 2 Yes 0 No
Jacqui Lambie Tasmania Yes
Tammy Tyrrell Tasmania Yes
Liberal National Party (100% turnout) 2 Yes 0 No
Matthew Canavan Queensland Yes
James McGrath Queensland Yes
Liberal Party (63% turnout) 15 Yes 0 No
Alex Antic SA Yes
Wendy Askew Tasmania Yes
Slade Brockman WA Yes
Claire Chandler Tasmania Yes
Richard Colbeck Tasmania Yes
Jonathon Duniam Tasmania Yes
Sarah Henderson Victoria Yes
Jane Hume Victoria Yes
Kerrynne Liddle SA Yes
Matt O'Sullivan WA Yes
Marise Payne NSW Yes
Gerard Rennick Queensland Yes
Linda Reynolds WA Yes
Paul Scarr Queensland Yes
David Van Victoria Yes
Simon Birmingham SA Absent
Andrew Bragg NSW Absent
Michaelia Cash WA Absent
David Fawcett SA Absent
Hollie Hughes NSW Absent
Jim Molan NSW Absent
James Paterson Victoria Absent
Anne Ruston SA Absent
Dean Smith WA Absent
National Party (100% turnout) 4 Yes 0 No
Ross Cadell NSW Yes
Perin Davey NSW Yes
Susan McDonald Queensland Yes
Bridget McKenzie Victoria Yes
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party (100% turnout) 2 Yes 0 No
Pauline Hanson Queensland Yes
Malcolm Roberts Queensland Yes
Sue Lines WA President No
Ralph Babet Victoria United Australia Party Yes
Totals (76% turnout) 29 Yes – 29 No