Increasing investment in the coal industry
People who support this policy believe that the federal government should maintain or increase its investment in and support for the Australian coal industry.
View on They Vote For You →How each party's members voted
Each bar is 100% of a party's current members in the Senate whom They Vote For You places in one of its seven agreement groups for this policy (its own categories, shown as published). Bars show percentages of members, not vote totals; the number beside each bar is how many members that is. Members They Vote For You says haven't cast enough votes on the policy are counted separately, not in the bars.
- Consistently against
- Almost always against
- Generally against
- Mixture
- Generally for
- Almost always for
- Consistently for
Labor
19 members+4 not enough votes
Liberal
14 members
Greens
5 members+3 not enough votes
One Nation
2 members
LNP
2 members
Nationals
2 members+1 not enough votes
Deputy Senate President
1 member
Jacqui Lambie Network
1 member
Senate President
1 member
Independent
1 member+1 not enough votes
Australia's Voice0 members+1 not enough votes
Party breakdown as a table (number of members in each group)
| Party | Consistently against | Almost always against | Generally against | Mixture | Generally for | Almost always for | Consistently for | Not enough votes | Members in bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 19 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| Greens | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| One Nation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| LNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nationals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Deputy Senate President | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacqui Lambie Network | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Senate President | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Australia's Voice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
All 58 members, by agreement
| Member | Party | Position | Agreement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Cadell (NSW) | Nationals | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Jana Stewart (Victoria) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Varun Ghosh (WA) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Lisa Darmanin (Victoria) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Fatima Payman (WA) | Australia's Voice | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Andrew Bragg (NSW) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 99% |
| Malcolm Roberts (Queensland) | One Nation | Voted consistently for | 98% |
| Dean Smith (WA) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 96% |
| Pauline Hanson (Queensland) | One Nation | Voted consistently for | 96% |
| Matthew Canavan (Queensland) | LNP | Voted almost always for | 95% |
| Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 95% |
| Jane Hume (Victoria) | Liberal | Voted almost always for | 95% |
| Richard Colbeck (Tasmania) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 95% |
| Claire Chandler (Tasmania) | Liberal | Voted almost always for | 95% |
| Karen Grogan (SA) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 95% |
| Anne Ruston (SA) | Liberal | Voted almost always for | 94% |
| James McGrath (Queensland) | LNP | Voted almost always for | 94% |
| Paul Scarr (Queensland) | Liberal | Voted almost always for | 94% |
| James Paterson (Victoria) | Liberal | Voted almost always for | 93% |
| Susan McDonald (Queensland) | Nationals | Voted almost always for | 93% |
| Matt O'Sullivan (WA) | Liberal | Voted almost always for | 93% |
| Slade Brockman (WA) | Deputy Senate President | Voted almost always for | 93% |
| Bridget McKenzie (Victoria) | Nationals | Voted almost always for | 92% |
| Alex Antic (SA) | Liberal | Voted almost always for | 92% |
| Andrew McLachlan (SA) | Liberal | Voted almost always for | 89% |
| Sarah Henderson (Victoria) | Liberal | Voted almost always for | 88% |
| Michaelia Cash (WA) | Liberal | Voted almost always for | 87% |
| Katy Gallagher (ACT) | Labor | Voted generally for | 70% |
| Raff Ciccone (Victoria) | Labor | Voted generally for | 67% |
| Jacqui Lambie (Tasmania) | Jacqui Lambie Network | Voted generally for | 67% |
| Sue Lines (WA) | Senate President | Voted generally for | 67% |
| Marielle Smith (SA) | Labor | Voted generally for | 66% |
| Carol Brown (Tasmania) | Labor | Voted generally for | 64% |
| Nita Green (Queensland) | Labor | Voted generally for | 63% |
| Deborah O'Neill (NSW) | Labor | Voted generally for | 62% |
| Tim Ayres (NSW) | Labor | Voted generally for | 62% |
| Glenn Sterle (WA) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 59% |
| Murray Watt (Queensland) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 59% |
| Jenny McAllister (NSW) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 58% |
| Jess Walsh (Victoria) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 57% |
| Malarndirri McCarthy (NT) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 55% |
| Tony Sheldon (NSW) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 54% |
| Don Farrell (SA) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 53% |
| Helen Polley (Tasmania) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 52% |
| Penny Wong (SA) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 46% |
| Anthony Chisholm (Queensland) | Labor | Voted generally against | 40% |
| Jordon Steele-John (WA) | Greens | Voted consistently against | 2% |
| Mehreen Faruqi (NSW) | Greens | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Nick McKim (Tasmania) | Greens | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Larissa Waters (Queensland) | Greens | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Sarah Hanson-Young (SA) | Greens | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Penny Allman-Payne (Queensland) | Greens | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| David Pocock (ACT) | Independent | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| David Shoebridge (NSW) | Greens | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Lidia Thorpe (Victoria) | Independent | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Steph Hodgins-May (Victoria) | Greens | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Dorinda Cox (WA) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Michelle Ananda-Rajah (Victoria) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
Votes that make up this policy
The policy position on each vote. Strong votes count more towards a member's agreement score.
- 11 Mar 2026 · HousePolicy: NoNorthern Australia Infrastructure Facility Amendment Bill 2026 - Report from Federation Chamber - Prohibited financial assistance
- 25 June 2024 · SenatePolicy: NoAppropriation Bill (No. 1) 2024-2025 and four others - Second Reading - Coal and gas
- 9 Mar 2023 · HousePolicy: NoNational Reconstruction Fund Corporation Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - Prohibited investments
- 24 Nov 2021 · SenatePolicy: NoMatters of Urgency - Climate Change - Statement on Glasgow Climate Pact
- 18 Oct 2021 · SenatePolicy: NoExport Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Equity Investments and Other Measures) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Fossil fuels
- 23 June 2021 · SenatePolicy: AyeDocuments - Queensland: Coal Mining - Acland mine extension
- 16 June 2021 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Climate Change - G7 resolutions
- 13 May 2021 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Climate Change - Stop funding fossil fuels
- 18 Mar 2021 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - New South Wales: Coal Industry - Acknowledge importance
- 16 Feb 2021 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Industry Research and Development (Bankable Feasibility Study on High-Efficiency Low-Emissions Coal Plant in Collinsville Program) Instrument 2020 - Disallow
- 2 Feb 2021 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Coal-Fired Power Stations - Build in the Hunter
- 10 Nov 2020 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Coal Industry - Greens leader and South Korea
- 11 Feb 2020 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Energy - Coal-fired power project
- 2 Dec 2019 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Mining - Withdraw support for Adani
- 11 Nov 2019 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Wallarah 2 Coal Project - Cancel approval
- 17 Oct 2019 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Thermal Coal - Ban new mines
- 15 Oct 2019 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Tasmania: Mining - Prohibition
- 11 Sept 2019 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Climate Change - Thermal coal
- 9 Sept 2019 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Energy - Clean energy industry
- 31 July 2019 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Banking and Financial Services - Transition to low carbon economy
- 24 July 2019 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Great Barrier Reef - Protect from climate change
- 4 Dec 2018 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Mining - Support Adani
- 4 Dec 2018 · SenatePolicy: NoMatters of Urgency - Climate Change - Coal exports
- 27 Nov 2018 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Mining - Water environmental assessment
- 26 Nov 2018 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Coal-Fired Power Stations - Good for economy and regional jobs
- 27 June 2018 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Energy - More coal-fired power stations
- 19 Mar 2018 · SenatePolicy: NoTreasury Laws Amendment (Junior Minerals Exploration Incentive) Bill 2017 - in Committee - No exploration incentive for thermal coal
- 13 Sept 2017 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Energy - Transition for coal workforce required
- 11 Sept 2017 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Energy - Liddell power station
- 16 Aug 2017 · SenatePolicy: NoGreat Barrier Reef Marine Park Amendment Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Stop Adani mine
- 22 Mar 2017 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Energy - Transition plan for coal workers
- 1 Dec 2016 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Coal Industry - For technology neutral policies
- 17 Mar 2016 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Climate Change - Support a rapid transition to clean energy
- 10 Nov 2015 · SenatePolicy: NoBusiness - Coalmining - Oppose Shenhua Watermark coal mine
- 9 Sept 2015 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Newcastle City Council Investment Policies - Environmental investment
- 25 Mar 2015 · SenatePolicy: NoBusiness - Great Barrier Reef - Galilee Basin
- 3 Mar 2015 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions — Liverpool Plains
- 24 Nov 2014 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Mining - Galilee Basin
- 28 Oct 2014 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Mining - Acknowledge massive economic benefits
- 15 Mar 2012 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Coal - From coal to clean energy market
- 10 Sept 2009 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Coal Exploration and Mining in the Galilee Basin - Concerns
- 8 Feb 2007 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Climate Change - Reduce coal exports