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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+10 not enough votes
Liberal
8 members+7 not enough votes
Greens
4 members+4 not enough votes
LNP
2 members
Independent
1 member+1 not enough votes
One Nation
1 member+1 not enough votes
Nationals
1 member+2 not enough votes
Senate President
1 member
United Australia0 members+1 not enough votes
CLP0 members+1 not enough votes
Jacqui Lambie Network0 members+1 not enough votes
Australia's Voice0 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 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 |
| Liberal | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 |
| Greens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| LNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| One Nation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nationals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Senate President | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| United Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| CLP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jacqui Lambie Network | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Australia's Voice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
All 55 members, by agreement
| Member | Party | Position | Agreement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Hanson-Young (SA) | Greens | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Nick McKim (Tasmania) | Greens | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Mehreen Faruqi (NSW) | Greens | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Larissa Waters (Queensland) | Greens | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Penny Allman-Payne (Queensland) | Greens | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Ralph Babet (Victoria) | United Australia | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Ross Cadell (NSW) | Nationals | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Kerrynne Liddle (SA) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Jacinta Nampijinpa Price (NT) | CLP | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Barbara Pocock (SA) | Greens | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| David Pocock (ACT) | Independent | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| David Shoebridge (NSW) | Greens | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Lidia Thorpe (Victoria) | Independent | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Dorinda Cox (WA) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Tammy Tyrrell (Tasmania) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 92% |
| Pauline Hanson (Queensland) | One Nation | Not enough votes to say | 92% |
| Jordon Steele-John (WA) | Greens | Not enough votes to say | 92% |
| Alex Antic (SA) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 92% |
| Jacqui Lambie (Tasmania) | Jacqui Lambie Network | Not enough votes to say | 92% |
| Susan McDonald (Queensland) | Nationals | Not enough votes to say | 92% |
| Sarah Henderson (Victoria) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 92% |
| Andrew McLachlan (SA) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 92% |
| Deborah O'Neill (NSW) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Matthew Canavan (Queensland) | LNP | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| James McGrath (Queensland) | LNP | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Jane Hume (Victoria) | Liberal | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Andrew Bragg (NSW) | Liberal | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Claire Chandler (Tasmania) | Liberal | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Malcolm Roberts (Queensland) | One Nation | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Paul Scarr (Queensland) | Liberal | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Michaelia Cash (WA) | Liberal | Voted generally against | 37% |
| Bridget McKenzie (Victoria) | Nationals | Voted generally against | 21% |
| Dean Smith (WA) | Liberal | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Don Farrell (SA) | Labor | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Richard Colbeck (Tasmania) | Liberal | Voted almost always against | 14% |
| Helen Polley (Tasmania) | Labor | Voted almost always against | 11% |
| Jenny McAllister (NSW) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 8% |
| James Paterson (Victoria) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 8% |
| Anthony Chisholm (Queensland) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 8% |
| Malarndirri McCarthy (NT) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 8% |
| Murray Watt (Queensland) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 8% |
| Nita Green (Queensland) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 8% |
| Matt O'Sullivan (WA) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 8% |
| Tony Sheldon (NSW) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 8% |
| Marielle Smith (SA) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 8% |
| Jess Walsh (Victoria) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 8% |
| Anne Ruston (SA) | Liberal | Voted consistently against | 5% |
| Sue Lines (WA) | Senate President | Voted consistently against | 2% |
| Carol Brown (Tasmania) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 2% |
| Glenn Sterle (WA) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 2% |
| Raff Ciccone (Victoria) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Karen Grogan (SA) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Jana Stewart (Victoria) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Fatima Payman (WA) | Australia's Voice | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
Votes that make up this policy
The policy position on each vote. Strong votes count more towards a member's agreement score.
- 28 Mar 2023 · SenatePolicy: AyeCommittees - Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee - Reference; Commonwealth FOI laws
- 18 Oct 2021 · SenatePolicy: AyeExport Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Equity Investments and Other Measures) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Freedom of Information
- 18 June 2013 · SenatePolicy: AyeParliamentary Service Amendment (Freedom of Information) Bill 2013 — In Committee — Freedom of certain information
- 18 June 2013 · SenatePolicy: AyeParliamentary Service Amendment (Freedom of Information) Bill 2013 - In Committee - Freedom of information for administrative matters
- 18 June 2013 · SenatePolicy: AyeParliamentary Service Amendment (Freedom of Information) Bill 2013 - In Committee - Report individial expenditure
- 18 June 2013 · SenatePolicy: NoParliamentary Service Amendment (Freedom of Information) Bill 2013 — Third Reading — Read a third time
- 1 Mar 2011 · HousePolicy: NoNational Broadband Network Companies Bill 2010 — Consideration in Detail — Freedom of information
- 13 Aug 2009 · SenatePolicy: AyeFreedom of Information (Removal of Conclusive Certificates and Other Measures) Bill 2008 [2009] — In Committee — Remove deeming provisions exempting agencies