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A character test for Australian visas

People who support this policy believe that the federal government should impose a character test on all non-citizens holding or applying for an Australian visa which would give the minister the power to cancel or refuse a visa under certain character-related circumstances as set out in the relevant legislation.

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How each party's members voted

House of RepresentativesSenate

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
20 members+9 not enough votes
Liberal
10 members+2 not enough votes
Greens
8 members+1 not enough votes
Nationals
2 members+1 not enough votes
LNP
2 members
United Australia
1 member
Jacqui Lambie Network
1 member
Australia's Voice
1 member
One Nation
0 members+3 not enough votes
Senate President
0 members+1 not enough votes
Independent
0 members+1 not enough votes
Party breakdown as a table (number of members in each group)
PartyConsistently againstAlmost always againstGenerally againstMixtureGenerally forAlmost always forConsistently forNot enough votesMembers in bar
Labor00114014920
Liberal0000208210
Greens800000018
Nationals000000212
LNP000000202
United Australia000000101
Jacqui Lambie Network000000101
Australia's Voice000010001
One Nation000000030
Senate President000000010
Independent000000010
All 63 members, by agreement
MemberPartyPositionAgreement
Bridget McKenzie (Victoria)NationalsVoted consistently for100%
Deborah O'Neill (NSW)LaborVoted consistently for100%
Matthew Canavan (Queensland)LNPVoted consistently for100%
Jenny McAllister (NSW)LaborVoted consistently for100%
James Paterson (Victoria)LiberalVoted consistently for100%
Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania)LiberalVoted consistently for100%
Anthony Chisholm (Queensland)LaborVoted consistently for100%
Malarndirri McCarthy (NT)LaborVoted consistently for100%
Murray Watt (Queensland)LaborVoted consistently for100%
Raff Ciccone (Victoria)LaborVoted consistently for100%
Tim Ayres (NSW)LaborVoted consistently for100%
Nita Green (Queensland)LaborVoted consistently for100%
Paul Scarr (Queensland)LiberalVoted consistently for100%
Tony Sheldon (NSW)LaborVoted consistently for100%
Marielle Smith (SA)LaborVoted consistently for100%
Jess Walsh (Victoria)LaborVoted consistently for100%
Karen Grogan (SA)LaborVoted consistently for100%
Ralph Babet (Victoria)United AustraliaVoted consistently for100%
Ross Cadell (NSW)NationalsVoted consistently for100%
Jana Stewart (Victoria)LaborVoted consistently for100%
Varun Ghosh (WA)LaborNot enough votes to say100%
Lisa Darmanin (Victoria)LaborNot enough votes to say100%
Josh Dolega (Tasmania)LaborNot enough votes to say100%
Michelle Ananda-Rajah (Victoria)LaborVoted consistently for100%
Richard Dowling (Tasmania)LaborNot enough votes to say100%
Corinne Mulholland (Queensland)LaborNot enough votes to say100%
Charlotte Walker (SA)LaborNot enough votes to say100%
Ellie Whiteaker (WA)LaborNot enough votes to say100%
Tyron Whitten (WA)One NationNot enough votes to say100%
Sean Bell (NSW)One NationNot enough votes to say100%
Andrew McLachlan (SA)LiberalVoted consistently for100%
Dave Sharma (NSW)LiberalVoted consistently for99%
James McGrath (Queensland)LNPVoted consistently for98%
Alex Antic (SA)LiberalVoted consistently for98%
Andrew Bragg (NSW)LiberalVoted consistently for98%
Jacqui Lambie (Tasmania)Jacqui Lambie NetworkVoted consistently for98%
Sarah Henderson (Victoria)LiberalVoted consistently for98%
Richard Colbeck (Tasmania)LiberalVoted generally for84%
Michaelia Cash (WA)LiberalVoted generally for83%
Fatima Payman (WA)Australia's VoiceVoted generally for83%
Tammy Tyrrell (Tasmania)LaborVoted generally for83%
Carol Brown (Tasmania)LaborVoted generally for69%
Don Farrell (SA)LaborVoted generally for69%
Helen Polley (Tasmania)LaborVoted generally for66%
Anne Ruston (SA)LiberalNot enough votes to say58%
Katy Gallagher (ACT)LaborNot enough votes to say58%
Susan McDonald (Queensland)NationalsNot enough votes to say58%
Matt O'Sullivan (WA)LiberalNot enough votes to say58%
Malcolm Roberts (Queensland)One NationNot enough votes to say58%
Sue Lines (WA)Senate PresidentNot enough votes to say58%
Glenn Sterle (WA)LaborVoted a mixture of for and against53%
Penny Wong (SA)LaborNot enough votes to say53%
David Pocock (ACT)IndependentNot enough votes to say42%
Dorinda Cox (WA)LaborVoted generally against17%
Sarah Hanson-Young (SA)GreensVoted consistently against0%
Nick McKim (Tasmania)GreensVoted consistently against0%
Jordon Steele-John (WA)GreensVoted consistently against0%
Mehreen Faruqi (NSW)GreensVoted consistently against0%
Larissa Waters (Queensland)GreensVoted consistently against0%
Penny Allman-Payne (Queensland)GreensVoted consistently against0%
Barbara Pocock (SA)GreensVoted consistently against0%
David Shoebridge (NSW)GreensVoted consistently against0%
Steph Hodgins-May (Victoria)GreensNot enough votes to say0%

Votes that make up this policy

The policy position on each vote. Strong votes count more towards a member's agreement score.