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Senate Daily Summary

Information on significant events and decisions made by the Senate each sitting day. The summaries contain links to video replays of debates, as well as source documents such as the Senate Journals, Hansard transcripts, and committee reports.

19 and 20 January 2026

Daily summaries

  • Monday, 19 January (PDF 106KB)
  • Tuesday, 20 January (PDF 118KB)

Weekly summary

Terrorist attack at Bondi Beach

The Senate met at the request of the Leaders of the Government, the Opposition and the Australian Greens in the Senate.

Senator Wong moved a motion of condolence for victims of the terrorist attack at Bondi Beach.

Senators joined in a minute of silence to show their respect and sympathy ahead of the debate. And, at the debate's conclusion, the Senate again observed a moment of silence, after which it adjourned as a mark of respect.
Watch the speeches   Read the transcript

  • Introduced
    • Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Firearms and Customs Laws) Bill 2026
    • Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026
  • Passed

    Without amendments

    • Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Firearms and Customs Laws) Bill 2026
      Watch the debate   Read the transcript
    • Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026
      Watch the debate   Read the transcript

    These bills will now be sent to the Governor-General for assent

  • Reporting dates extended
    • Triple zero service outages extended to 30 March 2026
  • Membership

    Tuesday, 20 January

    • Variations were agreed to 

    See also committee membership page

  • Tabled documents

    Government documents and documents presented by the President

    • Monday, 19 January [includes documents presented since the Senate last sat]
    • Tuesday, 20 January

    Clerk's documents

    Legislative instruments and other documents required by statute to be tabled

    • Monday,19 January
    • Tuesday, 20 January

    Other

    • Senator McKenzie tabled a petitioning document relating to the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Firearms and Customs Laws) Bill 2026
  • Scheduling
    • The Senate varied its days of meeting to add Tuesday, 20 January 2026
Statistics
Bills received from the House of Representatives 2
Bills introduced in the Senate - government 0
Bills introduced in the Senate - private senators' 0
Bills passed in the Senate 2
Bills negatived or discharged 0
Bills referred to committees 0
New inquiries 0
Reports tabled 0
Orders for production of documents agreed to 0
Notices of motion given 7
Divisions 23

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