Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
People who support this policy believe that the federal government should take a restrictive approach to granting Australian citizenship by introducing more eligibility requirements, such as applicants needing greater English language proficiency and needing to spend more time living in Australia before they can submit their applications.
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
40 members+1 not enough votes
Liberal
12 members
Nationals
5 members
Independent
2 members
LNP
1 member
One Nation
1 member
Katter's Australian
1 member
Centre Alliance
1 member
Speaker
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 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 12 |
| Nationals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| LNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| One Nation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Katter's Australian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Centre Alliance | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Speaker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
All 65 members, by agreement
| Member | Party | Position | Agreement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Chester (Gippsland) | Nationals | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Dan Tehan (Wannon) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Michael McCormack (Riverina) | Nationals | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Scott Buchholz (Wright) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Tony Pasin (Barker) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Michelle Landry (Capricornia) | Nationals | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Melissa Price (Durack) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Angus Taylor (Hume) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Jason Wood (La Trobe) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Rick Wilson (O'Connor) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Kevin Hogan (Page) | Nationals | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Andrew Hastie (Canning) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Ted O'Brien (Fairfax) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Julian Leeser (Berowra) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| David Littleproud (Maranoa) | Nationals | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Andrew Wallace (Fisher) | LNP | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Andrew Gee (Calare) | Independent | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Anne Urquhart (Braddon) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Tim Wilson (Goldstein) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Barnaby Joyce (New England) | One Nation | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Alex Hawke (Mitchell) | Liberal | Voted generally for | 83% |
| Bob Katter (Kennedy) | Katter's Australian | Voted generally for | 83% |
| Mark Dreyfus (Isaacs) | Labor | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Rob Mitchell (McEwen) | Labor | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Tim Watts (Gellibrand) | Labor | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Andrew Giles (Scullin) | Labor | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Anthony Albanese (Grayndler) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Tony Burke (Watson) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Jason Clare (Blaxland) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Julie Collins (Franklin) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Justine Elliot (Richmond) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Catherine King (Ballarat) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Richard Marles (Corio) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Shayne Neumann (Blair) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Tanya Plibersek (Sydney) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Amanda Rishworth (Kingston) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Tony Zappia (Makin) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Ed Husic (Chifley) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Michelle Rowland (Greenway) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Chris Bowen (McMahon) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Lisa Chesters (Bendigo) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Clare O'Neil (Hotham) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Matt Thistlethwaite (Kingsford Smith) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Joanne Ryan (Lalor) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Sharon Claydon (Newcastle) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Jim Chalmers (Rankin) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Matt Keogh (Burt) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Anne Aly (Cowan) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Emma McBride (Dobell) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Mike Freelander (Macarthur) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Susan Templeman (Macquarie) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Meryl Swanson (Paterson) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Luke Gosling (Solomon) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Madeleine King (Brand) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Julian Hill (Bruce) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Pat Conroy (Shortland) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Peter Khalil (Wills) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Anne Stanley (Werriwa) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Andrew Leigh (Fenner) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Rebekha Sharkie (Mayo) | Centre Alliance | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Josh Wilson (Fremantle) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Steve Georganas (Adelaide) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Mark Butler (Hindmarsh) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Andrew Wilkie (Clark) | Independent | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Milton Dick (Oxley) | Speaker | 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 2020 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Australian Languages - Role of English in Australia
- 14 Aug 2017 · HousePolicy: Aye (strong)Australian Citizenship Legislation Amendment (Strengthening the Requirements for Australian Citizenship and Other Measures) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
- 14 Aug 2017 · HousePolicy: Aye (strong)Australian Citizenship Legislation Amendment (Strengthening the Requirements for Australian Citizenship and Other Measures) Bill 2017 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
- 24 Nov 2014 · HousePolicy: Aye (strong)Australian Citizenship and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea