Closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
People who support this policy believe that the federal government needs to make closing the gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and other Australians a priority.
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
28 members
Liberal
19 members
Greens
9 members
Nationals
3 members
One Nation
3 members+1 not enough votes
Independent
2 members
LNP
2 members
Australia's Voice
1 member
Senate President
1 member
Deputy Senate President
1 member
CLP
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 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 28 |
| Liberal | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Greens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Nationals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| One Nation | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| LNP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Australia's Voice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Senate President | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Deputy Senate President | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| CLP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacqui Lambie Network | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
All 72 members, by agreement
| Member | Party | Position | Agreement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Hanson-Young (SA) | Greens | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Penny Allman-Payne (Queensland) | Greens | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Barbara Pocock (SA) | Greens | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| David Pocock (ACT) | Independent | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| David Shoebridge (NSW) | Greens | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Steph Hodgins-May (Victoria) | Greens | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Tammy Tyrrell (Tasmania) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Nick McKim (Tasmania) | Greens | Voted consistently for | 99% |
| Mehreen Faruqi (NSW) | Greens | Voted consistently for | 99% |
| Larissa Waters (Queensland) | Greens | Voted consistently for | 99% |
| Lidia Thorpe (Victoria) | Independent | Voted consistently for | 99% |
| Anthony Chisholm (Queensland) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 98% |
| Jordon Steele-John (WA) | Greens | Voted consistently for | 98% |
| Jess Walsh (Victoria) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 98% |
| Fatima Payman (WA) | Australia's Voice | Voted consistently for | 98% |
| Deborah O'Neill (NSW) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 90% |
| Jenny McAllister (NSW) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 88% |
| Raff Ciccone (Victoria) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 88% |
| Nita Green (Queensland) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 88% |
| Tony Sheldon (NSW) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 88% |
| Marielle Smith (SA) | Labor | Voted generally for | 83% |
| Karen Grogan (SA) | Labor | Voted generally for | 83% |
| Jana Stewart (Victoria) | Labor | Voted generally for | 83% |
| Varun Ghosh (WA) | Labor | Voted generally for | 83% |
| Lisa Darmanin (Victoria) | Labor | Voted generally for | 83% |
| Dorinda Cox (WA) | Labor | Voted generally for | 83% |
| Josh Dolega (Tasmania) | Labor | Voted generally for | 83% |
| Michelle Ananda-Rajah (Victoria) | Labor | Voted generally for | 83% |
| Richard Dowling (Tasmania) | Labor | Voted generally for | 83% |
| Corinne Mulholland (Queensland) | Labor | Voted generally for | 83% |
| Charlotte Walker (SA) | Labor | Voted generally for | 83% |
| Ellie Whiteaker (WA) | Labor | Voted generally for | 83% |
| Glenn Sterle (WA) | Labor | Voted generally for | 79% |
| Malarndirri McCarthy (NT) | Labor | Voted generally for | 79% |
| Carol Brown (Tasmania) | Labor | Voted generally for | 77% |
| Helen Polley (Tasmania) | Labor | Voted generally for | 77% |
| Murray Watt (Queensland) | Labor | Voted generally for | 72% |
| Don Farrell (SA) | Labor | Voted generally for | 68% |
| Tim Ayres (NSW) | Labor | Voted generally for | 63% |
| Katy Gallagher (ACT) | Labor | Voted generally for | 61% |
| Sue Lines (WA) | Senate President | Voted generally for | 61% |
| Sean Bell (NSW) | One Nation | Not enough votes to say | 58% |
| Jacqui Lambie (Tasmania) | Jacqui Lambie Network | Not enough votes to say | 57% |
| Michaelia Cash (WA) | Liberal | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Alex Antic (SA) | Liberal | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| James McGrath (Queensland) | LNP | Voted a mixture of for and against | 44% |
| Susan McDonald (Queensland) | Nationals | Voted a mixture of for and against | 44% |
| Bridget McKenzie (Victoria) | Nationals | Voted generally against | 39% |
| Dean Smith (WA) | Liberal | Voted generally against | 39% |
| Pauline Hanson (Queensland) | One Nation | Voted generally against | 39% |
| James Paterson (Victoria) | Liberal | Voted generally against | 37% |
| Matthew Canavan (Queensland) | LNP | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Tyron Whitten (WA) | One Nation | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Andrew McLachlan (SA) | Liberal | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Jane Hume (Victoria) | Liberal | Voted almost always against | 14% |
| Andrew Bragg (NSW) | Liberal | Voted almost always against | 14% |
| Slade Brockman (WA) | Deputy Senate President | Voted almost always against | 14% |
| Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania) | Liberal | Voted almost always against | 12% |
| Claire Chandler (Tasmania) | Liberal | Voted almost always against | 12% |
| Matt O'Sullivan (WA) | Liberal | Voted almost always against | 12% |
| Malcolm Roberts (Queensland) | One Nation | Voted almost always against | 12% |
| Paul Scarr (Queensland) | Liberal | Voted almost always against | 12% |
| Anne Ruston (SA) | Liberal | Voted almost always against | 10% |
| Richard Colbeck (Tasmania) | Liberal | Voted almost always against | 9% |
| Sarah Henderson (Victoria) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 4% |
| Ross Cadell (NSW) | Nationals | Voted consistently against | 2% |
| Kerrynne Liddle (SA) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 2% |
| Jacinta Nampijinpa Price (NT) | CLP | Voted consistently against | 2% |
| Maria Kovacic (NSW) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 2% |
| Dave Sharma (NSW) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 2% |
| Leah Blyth (SA) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 2% |
| Jessica Collins (NSW) | Liberal | 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.
- 1 Apr 2026 · SenatePolicy: AyeSocial Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Technical Changes No. 1) Bill 2026 - Limitation of Debate - Remote area allowance
- 25 Mar 2026 · SenatePolicy: Aye (strong)National Commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People Bill 2026 and another - Third Reading - Pass the bills
- 1 Sept 2021 · SenatePolicy: AyeMatters of Urgency - Covid-19 - Indigenous Australians
- 16 Feb 2021 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Closing the Gap - Adequate funding
- 10 June 2020 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - COVID-19 - First Nations
- 13 Feb 2020 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Closing the Gap - Commit
- 18 Sept 2007 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - National Close the Gap Day - Health equality within 25 years