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 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
8 members+1 not enough votes
Liberal
8 members
Greens
5 members
LNP
2 members
One Nation
1 member
Senate President
1 member
Nationals
1 member
Deputy Senate President
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 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Liberal | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Greens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| LNP | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| One Nation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Senate President | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nationals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
All 29 members, by agreement
| Member | Party | Position | Agreement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Hanson-Young (SA) | Greens | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Nick McKim (Tasmania) | Greens | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Pauline Hanson (Queensland) | One Nation | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Mehreen Faruqi (NSW) | Greens | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Larissa Waters (Queensland) | Greens | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Jacqui Lambie (Tasmania) | Jacqui Lambie Network | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Helen Polley (Tasmania) | Labor | Voted generally for | 66% |
| Jenny McAllister (NSW) | Labor | Voted generally for | 66% |
| Murray Watt (Queensland) | Labor | Voted generally for | 66% |
| Jordon Steele-John (WA) | Greens | Voted generally for | 66% |
| Don Farrell (SA) | Labor | Voted generally for | 63% |
| Sue Lines (WA) | Senate President | Voted generally for | 62% |
| Anthony Chisholm (Queensland) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Deborah O'Neill (NSW) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 47% |
| Glenn Sterle (WA) | Labor | Voted generally against | 34% |
| Michaelia Cash (WA) | Liberal | Voted generally against | 34% |
| Anne Ruston (SA) | Liberal | Voted generally against | 34% |
| Malarndirri McCarthy (NT) | Labor | Voted generally against | 34% |
| Matthew Canavan (Queensland) | LNP | Voted generally against | 31% |
| James Paterson (Victoria) | Liberal | Voted generally against | 16% |
| Bridget McKenzie (Victoria) | Nationals | Voted almost always against | 15% |
| Richard Colbeck (Tasmania) | Liberal | Voted almost always against | 15% |
| Slade Brockman (WA) | Deputy Senate President | Voted consistently against | 1% |
| James McGrath (Queensland) | LNP | Voted consistently against | 1% |
| Dean Smith (WA) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Jane Hume (Victoria) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Katy Gallagher (ACT) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Dave Sharma (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.
- 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