Division
The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2026-01-20.132.1) to read the bill for a second time. In other words, they voted to agree with its main idea. This means they can now discuss it in more detail. #### Rebellion The Coalition was split on this vote, with the Liberal Party (with one exception) voting "yes" and the National Party voting "no". The one Liberal Party exception was SA Senator [Alex Antic](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/sa/alex_antic) (Liberal), who crossed the floor to vote "no" against the rest of the Liberal Party. ### What is the bill's main idea? According to the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2526/26bd034), which is a document prepared by the parliamentary library: > *On 12 January 2026, the Prime Minister announced that the Parliament would be recalled to consider the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026. While the Bill has yet to have been tabled in Parliament an Exposure Draft of the Bill was released on 13 January 2026. This Bills Digest has been prepared in relation to the Exposure Draft of the Bill (the Bill).* > > *The Bill aims to combat antisemitism, hate and extremism ... laws in Australia and includes a number of significant amendments, such as:* > > * *introducing a range of new offences including an aggravated offence for religious, spiritual or other leaders who advocate or threaten violence; and a racial vilification offence that makes it a crime to promote or incite racial, national or ethnic hatred or disseminate ideas of superiority based on such factors* > > * *newly defining ‘hate crime’ in Commonwealth law as certain crimes targeting persons based on race or national or ethnic origin* > > * *providing a new framework to allow organisations to be listed in regulations as ‘prohibited hate groups’, and introducing a range of offences connected to hate groups* > > * *amending the reasonable person tes
Senate, 2026-01-20. affirmative: ayes 39, noes 18.
Question
The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2026-01-20.132.1) to read the bill for a second time. In other words, they voted to agree with its main idea. This means they can now discuss it in more detail. #### Rebellion The Coalition was split on this vote, with the Liberal Party (with one exception) voting "yes" and the National Party voting "no". The one Liberal Party exception was SA Senator [Alex Antic](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/sa/alex_antic) (Liberal), who crossed the floor to vote "no" against the rest of the Liberal Party. ### What is the bill's main idea? According to the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2526/26bd034), which is a document prepared by the parliamentary library: > *On 12 January 2026, the Prime Minister announced that the Parliament would be recalled to consider the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026. While the Bill has yet to have been tabled in Parliament an Exposure Draft of the Bill was released on 13 January 2026. This Bills Digest has been prepared in relation to the Exposure Draft of the Bill (the Bill).* > > *The Bill aims to combat antisemitism, hate and extremism ... laws in Australia and includes a number of significant amendments, such as:* > > * *introducing a range of new offences including an aggravated offence for religious, spiritual or other leaders who advocate or threaten violence; and a racial vilification offence that makes it a crime to promote or incite racial, national or ethnic hatred or disseminate ideas of superiority based on such factors* > > * *newly defining ‘hate crime’ in Commonwealth law as certain crimes targeting persons based on race or national or ethnic origin* > > * *providing a new framework to allow organisations to be listed in regulations as ‘prohibited hate groups’, and introducing a range of offences connected to hate groups* > > * *amending the reasonable person tes
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