Increasing workplace protections for women
People who support this policy believe that the federal government should increase legal protections for women in the workplace, particularly in respect to sex discrimination and harassment.
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
Liberal
7 members+2 not enough votes
Labor
6 members
Greens
1 member
Senate President
1 member
Nationals
1 member
LNP
1 member
Deputy Senate President0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Labor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Greens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Senate President | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nationals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| LNP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Deputy Senate President | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
All 20 members, by agreement
| Member | Party | Position | Agreement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carol Brown (Tasmania) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Helen Polley (Tasmania) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Sarah Hanson-Young (SA) | Greens | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Deborah O'Neill (NSW) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Jenny McAllister (NSW) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Murray Watt (Queensland) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Sue Lines (WA) | Senate President | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Michelle Ananda-Rajah (Victoria) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Andrew Bragg (NSW) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 25% |
| Slade Brockman (WA) | Deputy Senate President | Not enough votes to say | 25% |
| Paul Scarr (Queensland) | Liberal | Voted almost always against | 14% |
| Anne Ruston (SA) | Liberal | Voted almost always against | 8% |
| Dave Sharma (NSW) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 8% |
| Bridget McKenzie (Victoria) | Nationals | Voted consistently against | 5% |
| Matt O'Sullivan (WA) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 5% |
| Jane Hume (Victoria) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 2% |
| Michaelia Cash (WA) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Dean Smith (WA) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Matthew Canavan (Queensland) | LNP | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Richard Colbeck (Tasmania) | 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.
- 6 Feb 2025 · HousePolicy: AyeWorkplace Gender Equality Amendment (Setting Gender Equality Targets) Bill 2024 - Second Reading - Agree with the main idea
- 7 Nov 2022 · HousePolicy: NoAnti-Discrimination and Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Respect at Work) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - Extending protection
- 9 Feb 2022 · HousePolicy: NoHuman Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2021 - Consideration in Detail - Teachers
- 2 Sept 2021 · HousePolicy: NoSex Discrimination and Fair Work (Respect at Work) Amendment Bill 2021 - Consideration in Detail - Implement the 55 recommendations
- 1 Sept 2021 · SenatePolicy: AyeSex Discrimination and Fair Work (Respect at Work) Amendment Bill 2021 - in Committee - Positive duty amendment
- 1 Sept 2021 · SenatePolicy: AyeSex Discrimination and Fair Work (Respect at Work) Amendment Bill 2021 - in Committee - Cost protection
- 1 Sept 2021 · SenatePolicy: AyeSex Discrimination and Fair Work (Respect at Work) Amendment Bill 2021 - in Committee - Substantive gender equality
- 1 Sept 2021 · SenatePolicy: AyeSex Discrimination and Fair Work (Respect at Work) Amendment Bill 2021 - in Committee - Prohibition against sexual harassment
- 1 Sept 2021 · SenatePolicy: AyeSex Discrimination and Fair Work (Respect at Work) Amendment Bill 2021 - in Committee - Unions, complaints mechanism and sex-based harassment
- 1 Sept 2021 · SenatePolicy: AyeSex Discrimination and Fair Work (Respect at Work) Amendment Bill 2021 - in Committee - Overly high threshold