Mandatory minimum sentences for certain offences
People who support this policy believe that the federal government should include mandatory minimum sentences in their federal-level criminal laws that deal with crimes such as child sex offences.
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
56 members
Liberal
15 members
Nationals
9 members
Independent
8 members
LNP
7 members
Centre Alliance
1 member
One Nation
1 member
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 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 56 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Nationals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Independent | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| LNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Centre Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| One Nation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Greens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
All 98 members, by agreement
| Member | Party | Position | Agreement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Burke (Watson) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Julie Collins (Franklin) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Mark Dreyfus (Isaacs) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Justine Elliot (Richmond) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Alex Hawke (Mitchell) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Shayne Neumann (Blair) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Tony Zappia (Makin) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Darren Chester (Gippsland) | Nationals | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Dan Tehan (Wannon) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Michael McCormack (Riverina) | Nationals | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Michelle Rowland (Greenway) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Chris Bowen (McMahon) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Scott Buchholz (Wright) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Tony Pasin (Barker) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Lisa Chesters (Bendigo) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Michelle Landry (Capricornia) | Nationals | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Melissa Price (Durack) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Tim Watts (Gellibrand) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Angus Taylor (Hume) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Jason Wood (La Trobe) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Joanne Ryan (Lalor) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Sharon Claydon (Newcastle) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Rick Wilson (O'Connor) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Kevin Hogan (Page) | Nationals | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Andrew Giles (Scullin) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Andrew Hastie (Canning) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Matt Keogh (Burt) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Anne Aly (Cowan) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Emma McBride (Dobell) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Ted O'Brien (Fairfax) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Mike Freelander (Macarthur) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Susan Templeman (Macquarie) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Meryl Swanson (Paterson) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Luke Gosling (Solomon) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Madeleine King (Brand) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Julian Hill (Bruce) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Pat Conroy (Shortland) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Peter Khalil (Wills) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Julian Leeser (Berowra) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| David Littleproud (Maranoa) | Nationals | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Llew O'Brien (Wide Bay) | Nationals | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Anne Stanley (Werriwa) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Andrew Leigh (Fenner) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Patrick Gorman (Perth) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Rebekha Sharkie (Mayo) | Centre Alliance | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Alicia Payne (Canberra) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Libby Coker (Corangamite) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Pat Conaghan (Cowper) | Nationals | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Daniel Mulino (Fraser) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Fiona Phillips (Gilmore) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Kate Thwaites (Jagajaga) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Melissa McIntosh (Lindsay) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Terry Young (Longman) | LNP | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Josh Burns (Macnamara) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Anne Webster (Mallee) | Nationals | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Angie Bell (Moncrieff) | LNP | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Steve Georganas (Adelaide) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Mark Butler (Hindmarsh) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Ged Kearney (Cooper) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| David Smith (Bean) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Kristy McBain (Eden-Monaro) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Garth Hamilton (Groom) | LNP | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Jerome Laxale (Bennelong) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Louise Miller-Frost (Boothby) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Henry Pike (Bowman) | LNP | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Aaron Violi (Casey) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Carina Garland (Chisholm) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Alison Byrnes (Cunningham) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Zoe McKenzie (Flinders) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Colin Boyce (Flynn) | LNP | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Dai Le (Fowler) | Independent | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Tania Lawrence (Hasluck) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Sam Rae (Hawke) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Cassandra Fernando (Holt) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Dan Repacholi (Hunter) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Marion Scrymgour (Lingiari) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Sam Birrell (Nicholls) | Nationals | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Tracey Roberts (Pearce) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Sally Sitou (Reid) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Gordon Reid (Robertson) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Matt Burnell (Spence) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Zaneta Mascarenhas (Swan) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Sam Lim (Tangney) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Allegra Spender (Wentworth) | Independent | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Andrew Wallace (Fisher) | LNP | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Andrew Gee (Calare) | Independent | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Mary Doyle (Aston) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Cameron Caldwell (Fadden) | LNP | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Jodie Belyea (Dunkley) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Simon Kennedy (Cook) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Barnaby Joyce (New England) | One Nation | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Anne Urquhart (Braddon) | Labor | Voted generally against | 25% |
| Helen Haines (Indi) | Independent | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Zali Steggall (Warringah) | Independent | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Andrew Wilkie (Clark) | Independent | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Kate Chaney (Curtin) | Independent | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Monique Ryan (Kooyong) | Independent | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Elizabeth Watson-Brown (Ryan) | Greens | 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.
- 20 Jan 2026 · SenatePolicy: No (strong)Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026 - Limitation of Debate - Repealing mandatory minimum sentences for hate crime offences
- 6 Feb 2025 · HousePolicy: Aye (strong)Criminal Code Amendment (Hate Crimes) Bill 2024 - Report from Federation Chamber - Mandatory minimum sentences and maximum penalties
- 6 Feb 2025 · SenatePolicy: NoCriminal Code Amendment (Hate Crimes) Bill 2024 - in Committee - Sunset provision on mandatory minimum sentences
- 6 Feb 2025 · SenatePolicy: Aye (strong)Criminal Code Amendment (Hate Crimes) Bill 2024 - in Committee - Mandatory minimum sentencing and maximum penalties
- 16 June 2020 · SenatePolicy: Aye (strong)Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sexual Crimes Against Children and Community Protection Measures) Bill 2019 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Mandatory minimum sentences
- 15 June 2020 · SenatePolicy: No (strong)Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sexual Crimes Against Children and Community Protection Measures) Bill 2019 - in Committee - Mandatory minimum sentences
- 15 June 2020 · SenatePolicy: Aye (strong)Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sexual Crimes Against Children and Community Protection Measures) Bill 2019 - in Committee - Mandatory minimum sentences