Equal treatment for all couples
People who support this policy believe that all couples should attract the same rights, entitlements and benefits under Australian law in both the public and private sector, whether they are de facto or married, heterosexual or homosexual.
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
5 members
Liberal
2 members
Greens
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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Liberal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Greens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
All 8 members, by agreement
| Member | Party | Position | Agreement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Hanson-Young (SA) | Greens | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Helen Polley (Tasmania) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Glenn Sterle (WA) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Penny Wong (SA) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Carol Brown (Tasmania) | Labor | Voted generally against | 33% |
| Michaelia Cash (WA) | Liberal | Voted generally against | 25% |
| Don Farrell (SA) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Richard Colbeck (Tasmania) | 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.
- 12 Nov 2008 · SenatePolicy: Aye (strong)Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws - Superannuation) Bill 2008 - In Committee - Private sector
- 15 Oct 2008 · SenatePolicy: Aye (strong)Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws - Superannuation) Bill 2008 - Second Reading - Remove discrimination
- 18 Sept 2007 · SenatePolicy: Aye (strong)Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 4) Bill 2007 and others - In Committee - Remove discrimination