A Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability
People who support this policy believe that the federal government should establish a Royal Commission to investigate and report on violence and abuse against people with disability in light of the the disproportionately high number of reports of abuse of Australians with a disability by people who are meant to care for them.
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
8 members+2 not enough votes
Liberal
7 members+1 not enough votes
Greens
5 members
LNP
2 members
Senate President
1 member
One Nation
1 member+1 not enough votes
Nationals
1 member
Deputy Senate President
1 member
Jacqui Lambie Network0 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 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Liberal | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Greens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| LNP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Senate President | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| One Nation | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nationals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Deputy Senate President | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacqui Lambie Network | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
All 31 members, by agreement
| Member | Party | Position | Agreement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Hanson-Young (SA) | Greens | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Nick McKim (Tasmania) | Greens | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Jordon Steele-John (WA) | Greens | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Mehreen Faruqi (NSW) | Greens | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Jacqui Lambie (Tasmania) | Jacqui Lambie Network | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Malcolm Roberts (Queensland) | One Nation | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Larissa Waters (Queensland) | Greens | Voted consistently for | 97% |
| Malarndirri McCarthy (NT) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 81% |
| Helen Polley (Tasmania) | Labor | Voted generally for | 66% |
| Carol Brown (Tasmania) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Deborah O'Neill (NSW) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Jenny McAllister (NSW) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Anthony Chisholm (Queensland) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Don Farrell (SA) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Murray Watt (Queensland) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Sue Lines (WA) | Senate President | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Glenn Sterle (WA) | Labor | Voted generally against | 34% |
| Pauline Hanson (Queensland) | One Nation | Voted generally against | 34% |
| Michaelia Cash (WA) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 19% |
| Dean Smith (WA) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 3% |
| Matthew Canavan (Queensland) | LNP | Voted consistently against | 3% |
| James McGrath (Queensland) | LNP | Voted consistently against | 3% |
| James Paterson (Victoria) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 3% |
| Jane Hume (Victoria) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 3% |
| Bridget McKenzie (Victoria) | Nationals | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Anne Ruston (SA) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Richard Colbeck (Tasmania) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Katy Gallagher (ACT) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Sarah Henderson (Victoria) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Slade Brockman (WA) | Deputy Senate President | Voted consistently against | 0% |
Votes that make up this policy
The policy position on each vote. Strong votes count more towards a member's agreement score.
- 14 Feb 2019 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Disability Services - Establish a royal commission
- 4 Dec 2018 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Disability Services - Establish a royal commission
- 19 Sept 2018 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Aged Care - Royal Commission and people with disability
- 21 June 2017 · HousePolicy: Aye (strong)National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Quality and Safeguards Commission and Other Measures) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability
- 29 Mar 2017 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Institutional Care - For a royal commission