Protecting Australian sovereignty in trade agreements
People who support this policy believe that the federal government should ensure that Australian sovereignty always comes first when signing trade agreements so that the government can protect Australian interests (including its workforce and industries) without risking legal action from foreign investors under provisions such as investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) clauses.
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
23 members+26 not enough votes
Liberal
13 members
Nationals
7 members+1 not enough votes
Independent
4 members
LNP
4 members
Katter's Australian
1 member
Centre Alliance
1 member
One Nation
1 member
Speaker0 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 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 23 |
| Liberal | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Nationals | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| LNP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Katter's Australian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Centre Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| One Nation | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Speaker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
All 82 members, by agreement
| Member | Party | Position | Agreement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Wilkie (Clark) | Independent | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Bob Katter (Kennedy) | Katter's Australian | Voted consistently for | 98% |
| Rebekha Sharkie (Mayo) | Centre Alliance | Voted generally for | 83% |
| Zali Steggall (Warringah) | Independent | Voted generally for | 83% |
| Anthony Albanese (Grayndler) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 58% |
| Jason Clare (Blaxland) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 58% |
| Julie Collins (Franklin) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 58% |
| Amanda Rishworth (Kingston) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 58% |
| Tony Zappia (Makin) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 58% |
| Rob Mitchell (McEwen) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 58% |
| Ed Husic (Chifley) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 58% |
| Michelle Rowland (Greenway) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 58% |
| Chris Bowen (McMahon) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 58% |
| Lisa Chesters (Bendigo) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 58% |
| Tim Watts (Gellibrand) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 58% |
| Matt Thistlethwaite (Kingsford Smith) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 58% |
| Joanne Ryan (Lalor) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 58% |
| Jim Chalmers (Rankin) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 58% |
| Andrew Giles (Scullin) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 58% |
| Matt Keogh (Burt) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 58% |
| Anne Aly (Cowan) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 58% |
| Emma McBride (Dobell) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 58% |
| Mike Freelander (Macarthur) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 58% |
| Susan Templeman (Macquarie) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 58% |
| Meryl Swanson (Paterson) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 58% |
| Pat Conroy (Shortland) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 58% |
| Patrick Gorman (Perth) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 58% |
| Josh Wilson (Fremantle) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 58% |
| Mark Butler (Hindmarsh) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 58% |
| Ged Kearney (Cooper) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 58% |
| Milton Dick (Oxley) | Speaker | Not enough votes to say | 58% |
| Llew O'Brien (Wide Bay) | Nationals | Not enough votes to say | 42% |
| David Smith (Bean) | Labor | Voted generally against | 29% |
| Anne Urquhart (Braddon) | Labor | Voted generally against | 29% |
| Tony Burke (Watson) | Labor | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Mark Dreyfus (Isaacs) | Labor | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Justine Elliot (Richmond) | Labor | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Catherine King (Ballarat) | Labor | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Richard Marles (Corio) | Labor | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Shayne Neumann (Blair) | Labor | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Tanya Plibersek (Sydney) | Labor | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Clare O'Neil (Hotham) | Labor | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Sharon Claydon (Newcastle) | Labor | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Madeleine King (Brand) | Labor | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Julian Hill (Bruce) | Labor | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Peter Khalil (Wills) | Labor | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Anne Stanley (Werriwa) | Labor | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Andrew Leigh (Fenner) | Labor | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Alicia Payne (Canberra) | Labor | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Daniel Mulino (Fraser) | Labor | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Fiona Phillips (Gilmore) | Labor | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Kate Thwaites (Jagajaga) | Labor | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Anika Wells (Lilley) | Labor | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Josh Burns (Macnamara) | Labor | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Steve Georganas (Adelaide) | Labor | Voted generally against | 17% |
| 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% |
| Michelle Landry (Capricornia) | Nationals | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Melissa Price (Durack) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Angus Taylor (Hume) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Jason Wood (La Trobe) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Rick Wilson (O'Connor) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Kevin Hogan (Page) | Nationals | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Andrew Hastie (Canning) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Ted O'Brien (Fairfax) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Julian Leeser (Berowra) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| David Littleproud (Maranoa) | Nationals | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Pat Conaghan (Cowper) | Nationals | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Phillip Thompson (Herbert) | LNP | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Helen Haines (Indi) | Independent | 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% |
| Angie Bell (Moncrieff) | LNP | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Andrew Wallace (Fisher) | LNP | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Andrew Gee (Calare) | Independent | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Tim Wilson (Goldstein) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Barnaby Joyce (New England) | One Nation | 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.
- 21 Oct 2019 · HousePolicy: AyeCustoms Amendment (Growing Australian Export Opportunities Across the Asia-Pacific) Bill 2019 and another - Second Reading - Protect Australian industry
- 21 Oct 2019 · HousePolicy: Aye (strong)Customs Amendment (Growing Australian Export Opportunities Across the Asia-Pacific) Bill 2019 - Consideration in Detail - ISDS clauses
- 12 Nov 2018 · SenatePolicy: Aye (strong)A Fair Go for Australians in Trade Bill 2018 [No. 2] - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
- 17 Oct 2018 · SenatePolicy: Aye (strong)Customs Amendment (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Implementation) Bill 2018 - in Committee - Commencement
- 17 Oct 2018 · SenatePolicy: AyeCustoms Amendment (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Implementation) Bill 2018 and another - in Committee - Sunset clause
- 16 Oct 2018 · SenatePolicy: Aye (strong)Customs Amendment (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Implementation) Bill 2018 - in Committee - Commencement
- 19 Apr 2016 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Steel Industry - Support local industry