INDEPENDENT Senator Anthony Vieira,SC, questioned a recent newspaper editorial which spoke about independent and opposition senators testing their limits during committee deliberations on the Children's Life Fund Amendment Bill 2025 in the Senate on June 24.

During those deliberations, Senate President Wade Mark was called upon to break three tied votes in favour of the government, before the Senate passed the Children's Life Fund Amendment Bill 2025 with amendments.

On each of those occasions, the government rejected amendments proposed by independent and opposition senators. This resulted in a tied vote when the question to support these amendments was put to senators.