Stopping former ministers from taking lobbying positions within five years
People who support this policy believe that the federal government should tighten the ministerial code of conduct to stop former ministers from taking up lobbying positions - including in-house positions - within five years of leaving Parliament.
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
7 members+9 not enough votes
Liberal
6 members+6 not enough votes
Greens
5 members
Senate President
1 member
Nationals
1 member+1 not enough votes
LNP
1 member+1 not enough votes
Deputy Senate President
1 member
Jacqui Lambie Network0 members+1 not enough votes
One Nation0 members+2 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 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 |
| Liberal | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Greens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Senate President | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nationals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| LNP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 |
| One Nation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
All 42 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% |
| Larissa Waters (Queensland) | Greens | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Raff Ciccone (Victoria) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Tim Ayres (NSW) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Katy Gallagher (ACT) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Nita Green (Queensland) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Jacqui Lambie (Tasmania) | Jacqui Lambie Network | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Malcolm Roberts (Queensland) | One Nation | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Tony Sheldon (NSW) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Marielle Smith (SA) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Jess Walsh (Victoria) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Penny Wong (SA) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 81% |
| Pauline Hanson (Queensland) | One Nation | Not enough votes to say | 81% |
| Malarndirri McCarthy (NT) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Carol Brown (Tasmania) | Labor | Voted generally against | 34% |
| Glenn Sterle (WA) | Labor | Voted generally against | 34% |
| Jenny McAllister (NSW) | Labor | Voted generally against | 25% |
| Anthony Chisholm (Queensland) | Labor | Voted generally against | 25% |
| Murray Watt (Queensland) | Labor | Voted generally against | 25% |
| Helen Polley (Tasmania) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 19% |
| Michaelia Cash (WA) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 19% |
| James McGrath (Queensland) | LNP | Not enough votes to say | 19% |
| Deborah O'Neill (NSW) | Labor | Voted almost always against | 8% |
| Sue Lines (WA) | Senate President | Voted almost always against | 8% |
| Bridget McKenzie (Victoria) | Nationals | Voted consistently against | 3% |
| Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 3% |
| Dean Smith (WA) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Anne Ruston (SA) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Matthew Canavan (Queensland) | LNP | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| James Paterson (Victoria) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Jane Hume (Victoria) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Richard Colbeck (Tasmania) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Alex Antic (SA) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Andrew Bragg (NSW) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Claire Chandler (Tasmania) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Susan McDonald (Queensland) | Nationals | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Matt O'Sullivan (WA) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Paul Scarr (Queensland) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 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.
- 22 July 2019 · SenatePolicy: AyeCommittees - Finance and Public Administration References Committee - Reference
- 19 Sept 2018 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Lobbying to Political Parties - Change definition of "lobbyist"
- 19 Sept 2018 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Lobbying to Political Parties - Change definition of "lobbyist"
- 18 Sept 2018 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Ministerial Conduct - Tighten