Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
People who support this policy believe that the federal government should introduce legislation that increases the protection of Australia's fresh water resources, including its river and groundwater systems.
View on They Vote For You →How each party's members voted
Each bar is 100% of a party's current members in the House of Representatives 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
67 members+1 not enough votes
Liberal
13 members
Independent
9 members
Nationals
8 members+1 not enough votes
LNP
7 members+2 not enough votes
Centre Alliance
1 member
Greens
1 member
Katter's Australian
1 member
One Nation
1 member
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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 1 | 67 |
| Liberal | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| Nationals | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| LNP | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Centre Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Greens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Katter's Australian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| One Nation | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
All 112 members, by agreement
| Member | Party | Position | Agreement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Julie Collins (Franklin) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Justine Elliot (Richmond) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Catherine King (Ballarat) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Shayne Neumann (Blair) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Amanda Rishworth (Kingston) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Tony Zappia (Makin) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Michelle Rowland (Greenway) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Lisa Chesters (Bendigo) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Clare O'Neil (Hotham) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Sharon Claydon (Newcastle) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Jim Chalmers (Rankin) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Andrew Giles (Scullin) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Matt Keogh (Burt) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Anne Aly (Cowan) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Emma McBride (Dobell) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Mike Freelander (Macarthur) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Susan Templeman (Macquarie) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Meryl Swanson (Paterson) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Luke Gosling (Solomon) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Julian Hill (Bruce) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Peter Khalil (Wills) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Anne Stanley (Werriwa) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Andrew Leigh (Fenner) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Patrick Gorman (Perth) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Rebekha Sharkie (Mayo) | Centre Alliance | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Josh Wilson (Fremantle) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Alicia Payne (Canberra) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Libby Coker (Corangamite) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Daniel Mulino (Fraser) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Fiona Phillips (Gilmore) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Helen Haines (Indi) | Independent | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Kate Thwaites (Jagajaga) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Anika Wells (Lilley) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Josh Burns (Macnamara) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Zali Steggall (Warringah) | Independent | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Steve Georganas (Adelaide) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Mark Butler (Hindmarsh) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Andrew Wilkie (Clark) | Independent | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Kristy McBain (Eden-Monaro) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Jerome Laxale (Bennelong) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Louise Miller-Frost (Boothby) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Carina Garland (Chisholm) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Alison Byrnes (Cunningham) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Kate Chaney (Curtin) | Independent | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Tania Lawrence (Hasluck) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Sam Rae (Hawke) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Cassandra Fernando (Holt) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Dan Repacholi (Hunter) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Monique Ryan (Kooyong) | Independent | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Marion Scrymgour (Lingiari) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Andrew Charlton (Parramatta) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Tracey Roberts (Pearce) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Sally Sitou (Reid) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Gordon Reid (Robertson) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Elizabeth Watson-Brown (Ryan) | Greens | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Matt Burnell (Spence) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Zaneta Mascarenhas (Swan) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Allegra Spender (Wentworth) | Independent | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Mary Doyle (Aston) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Jason Clare (Blaxland) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 99% |
| Tanya Plibersek (Sydney) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 99% |
| Ed Husic (Chifley) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 99% |
| Chris Bowen (McMahon) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 99% |
| Anthony Albanese (Grayndler) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 98% |
| Tony Burke (Watson) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 98% |
| Mark Dreyfus (Isaacs) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 98% |
| Rob Mitchell (McEwen) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 98% |
| Tim Watts (Gellibrand) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 98% |
| Joanne Ryan (Lalor) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 98% |
| Pat Conroy (Shortland) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 98% |
| Richard Marles (Corio) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 97% |
| Ged Kearney (Cooper) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 95% |
| Sophie Scamps (Mackellar) | Independent | Voted consistently for | 95% |
| Madeleine King (Brand) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 86% |
| Bob Katter (Kennedy) | Katter's Australian | Voted generally for | 76% |
| David Smith (Bean) | Labor | Voted generally for | 63% |
| Andrew Gee (Calare) | Independent | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Anne Urquhart (Braddon) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 47% |
| Matt Thistlethwaite (Kingsford Smith) | Labor | Voted generally against | 40% |
| Dai Le (Fowler) | Independent | Voted generally against | 33% |
| Pat Conaghan (Cowper) | Nationals | Not enough votes to say | 14% |
| Angie Bell (Moncrieff) | LNP | Not enough votes to say | 14% |
| Andrew Wallace (Fisher) | LNP | Not enough votes to say | 14% |
| Barnaby Joyce (New England) | One Nation | Voted almost always against | 10% |
| Julian Leeser (Berowra) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 5% |
| Garth Hamilton (Groom) | LNP | Voted consistently against | 5% |
| Sam Birrell (Nicholls) | Nationals | Voted consistently against | 5% |
| Michelle Landry (Capricornia) | Nationals | Voted consistently against | 2% |
| Angus Taylor (Hume) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 2% |
| Rick Wilson (O'Connor) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 2% |
| Alex Hawke (Mitchell) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Darren Chester (Gippsland) | Nationals | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Dan Tehan (Wannon) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Michael McCormack (Riverina) | Nationals | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Scott Buchholz (Wright) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Tony Pasin (Barker) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Melissa Price (Durack) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Jason Wood (La Trobe) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Kevin Hogan (Page) | Nationals | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Andrew Hastie (Canning) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| David Littleproud (Maranoa) | Nationals | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Llew O'Brien (Wide Bay) | Nationals | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Phillip Thompson (Herbert) | LNP | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Melissa McIntosh (Lindsay) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Terry Young (Longman) | LNP | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Anne Webster (Mallee) | Nationals | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Henry Pike (Bowman) | LNP | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Aaron Violi (Casey) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Andrew Willcox (Dawson) | LNP | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Zoe McKenzie (Flinders) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Colin Boyce (Flynn) | LNP | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Cameron Caldwell (Fadden) | LNP | 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.
- 7 Dec 2023 · HousePolicy: AyeNature Repair Market (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2023 - Consideration of Senate Message - Agree with the Senate amendments
- 5 Dec 2023 · SenatePolicy: Aye (strong)Nature Repair Market (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2023 and another - in Committee - Expanding the water trigger
- 30 Nov 2023 · SenatePolicy: AyeWater Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill 2023 - Keep bill items as they are; held environmental water
- 30 Nov 2023 · SenatePolicy: AyeWater Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill 2023 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
- 18 Oct 2023 · HousePolicy: AyeWater Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
- 18 Oct 2023 · HousePolicy: AyeWater Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Agree with bill as amended
- 25 Feb 2020 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Murray-Darling Basin - Protect water
- 11 Nov 2019 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Wallarah 2 Coal Project - Cancel approval
- 11 Sept 2019 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Murray-Darling Basin - Crisis
- 24 July 2019 · SenatePolicy: AyeFuture Drought Fund Bill 2019 and another - Second Reading - Fossil fuel companies water use
- 14 Feb 2019 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission - Reform needed
- 14 Feb 2019 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission - Respond to recommendations
- 27 Nov 2018 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Mining - Water environmental assessment
- 25 June 2018 · SenatePolicy: NoWater Amendment Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
- 25 June 2018 · SenatePolicy: NoWater Amendment Bill 2018 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
- 9 May 2018 · SenatePolicy: AyeRegulations and Determinations - Basin Plan Amendment (Sdl Adjustments) Instrument 2017 - Disallowance
- 14 Feb 2018 · SenatePolicy: AyeRegulations and Determinations - Basin Plan Amendment Instrument 2017 (No. 1) - Disallow
- 15 Nov 2017 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Coal Seam Gas Mining: Liverpool Plains - Moratorium
- 24 Nov 2014 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Foreign Investment - Limit foreign investment
- 22 Sept 2014 · SenatePolicy: NoOmnibus Repeal Day (Autumn 2014) Bill 2014 - in Committee - Independent study before grant of mining licences
- 22 Sept 2014 · SenatePolicy: AyeOmnibus Repeal Day (Autumn 2014) Bill 2014 - in Committee - Independent study before grant of mining licences
- 17 July 2014 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - National Water Commission - Reverse position on closure
- 16 June 2014 · HousePolicy: NoEnvironment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Bilateral Agreement Implementation) Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Read a second time
- 15 May 2014 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Coal Seam Gas - Bentley blockade
- 6 Mar 2014 · SenatePolicy: AyeLandholders' Right to Refuse (Gas and Coal) Bill 2013 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
- 9 Dec 2013 · HousePolicy: AyeEnvironment Legislation Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration in Detail - Keep power to make major environmental approvals with federal minister
- 20 June 2013 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Environment - Amend environment laws
- 19 June 2013 · SenatePolicy: NoEnvironment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment Bill 2013 - In Committee - Exclude exploration, assessment and appraisal from bill
- 19 June 2013 · SenatePolicy: AyeEnvironment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment Bill 2013 - In Committee - Extend protection
- 19 June 2013 · SenatePolicy: AyeEnvironment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment Bill 2013 - In Committee - Stand as printed
- 19 June 2013 · SenatePolicy: Aye (strong)Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment Bill 2013 - In Committee - Report the bill
- 17 June 2013 · SenatePolicy: AyeEnvironment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment Bill 2013 - In Committee - Amend to include shale gas, tight gas and underground coal gasification
- 17 June 2013 · SenatePolicy: NoEnvironment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment Bill 2013 - In Committee - Amend to make more specific
- 17 June 2013 · SenatePolicy: AyeEnvironment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment Bill 2013 - In Committee - Bilateral agreements
- 21 Mar 2013 · HousePolicy: Aye (strong)Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration in Detail - Bilateral agreements
- 14 Mar 2013 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Coal Seam Gas - Water trigger
- 7 Feb 2013 · SenatePolicy: NoWater Amendment (Water for the Environment Special Account) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Buyback cap
- 7 Feb 2013 · SenatePolicy: AyeWater Amendment (Water for the Environment Special Account) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Auditing
- 6 Feb 2013 · SenatePolicy: NoWater Amendment (Water for the Environment Special Account) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Buybacks
- 6 Feb 2013 · SenatePolicy: NoWater Amendment (Water for the Environment Special Account) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Socioeconomic outcomes
- 6 Feb 2013 · SenatePolicy: NoWater Amendment (Water for the Environment Special Account) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Up to 450 Gigalitres
- 6 Feb 2013 · SenatePolicy: AyeWater Amendment (Water for the Environment Special Account) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Timeframe
- 28 Nov 2012 · HousePolicy: AyeWater Amendment (Water for the Environment Special Account) Bill 2012 - Consideration in Detail - 450 Gigalitres
- 28 Nov 2012 · HousePolicy: NoWater Amendment (Water for the Environment Special Account) Bill 2012 - Consideration in Detail - Opposition amendment
- 21 Nov 2012 · SenatePolicy: AyeWater Amendment (Long-term Average Sustainable Diversion Limit Adjustment) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Modelling
- 21 Nov 2012 · SenatePolicy: AyeWater Amendment (Long-term Average Sustainable Diversion Limit Adjustment) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Adjustments
- 21 Nov 2012 · SenatePolicy: NoWater Amendment (Long-term Average Sustainable Diversion Limit Adjustment) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Protection of communities
- 21 Nov 2012 · SenatePolicy: NoWater Amendment (Long-term Average Sustainable Diversion Limit Adjustment) Bill 2012 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
- 20 Nov 2012 · SenatePolicy: AyeWater Amendment (Long-term Average Sustainable Diversion Limit Adjustment) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Ground water amendment
- 20 Nov 2012 · SenatePolicy: AyeWater Amendment (Long-term Average Sustainable Diversion Limit Adjustment) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Adoption of amendments
- 10 Sept 2012 · SenatePolicy: AyeEnvironment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Own initiative
- 10 Sept 2012 · SenatePolicy: AyeEnvironment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Staffing resources
- 10 Sept 2012 · SenatePolicy: AyeEnvironment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Tenure
- 10 Sept 2012 · SenatePolicy: AyeEnvironment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Five-year moratorium
- 20 Aug 2012 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Murray-Darling Basin - 4000 gigalitres required
- 22 Mar 2012 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Mining - Moratorium on coal seam gas
- 9 Nov 2011 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Coal Seam Gas - Protect water systems and the environment
- 22 Aug 2011 · SenatePolicy: AyeCarbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011 — In Committee — Excluded offsets projects
- 22 Aug 2011 · SenatePolicy: AyeCarbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011 - In Committee - Excluded offsets projects
- 22 June 2010 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Water Supply for Adelaide
- 26 Mar 2007 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - World Day for Water - South Australian wetlands
- 26 Mar 2007 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Murray-Darling Basin - Purchase water licences
- 8 Feb 2007 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Water - Macquarie River
- 7 Dec 2006 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Wetlands and Floodplains - Murray Darling