Offshore processing for people seeking asylum in Australia
People who support this policy believe that people seeking asylum in Australia, who arrive without a visa and particularly those who arrive by boat, should be held offshore in an Australian territory like Christmas Island while their application is processed (See the policy "For regional processing of asylum seekers" for more on processing asylum claims in other countries, like Nauru).
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
14 members+1 not enough votes
Liberal
10 members+4 not enough votes
Greens
5 members
Nationals
2 members
LNP
2 members
One Nation
1 member+1 not enough votes
Deputy Senate President
1 member
Senate President
1 member
Jacqui Lambie Network0 members+1 not enough votes
Independent0 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 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 10 |
| Greens | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Nationals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| LNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| One Nation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Deputy Senate President | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Senate President | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacqui Lambie Network | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
All 44 members, by agreement
| Member | Party | Position | Agreement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridget McKenzie (Victoria) | Nationals | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Dean Smith (WA) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Anne Ruston (SA) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Jane Hume (Victoria) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Alex Antic (SA) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Andrew Bragg (NSW) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Susan McDonald (Queensland) | Nationals | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Malcolm Roberts (Queensland) | One Nation | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Andrew McLachlan (SA) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Slade Brockman (WA) | Deputy Senate President | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Richard Colbeck (Tasmania) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 97% |
| Matthew Canavan (Queensland) | LNP | Voted consistently for | 95% |
| James McGrath (Queensland) | LNP | Voted consistently for | 95% |
| James Paterson (Victoria) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 95% |
| Michaelia Cash (WA) | Liberal | Voted almost always for | 94% |
| Claire Chandler (Tasmania) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 92% |
| Matt O'Sullivan (WA) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 92% |
| Paul Scarr (Queensland) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 92% |
| Sarah Henderson (Victoria) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 92% |
| Jenny McAllister (NSW) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 86% |
| Pauline Hanson (Queensland) | One Nation | Not enough votes to say | 86% |
| Helen Polley (Tasmania) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Deborah O'Neill (NSW) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Anthony Chisholm (Queensland) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Don Farrell (SA) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Malarndirri McCarthy (NT) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Murray Watt (Queensland) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Carol Brown (Tasmania) | Labor | Voted generally against | 35% |
| Glenn Sterle (WA) | Labor | Voted generally against | 35% |
| Katy Gallagher (ACT) | Labor | Voted generally against | 33% |
| Sue Lines (WA) | Senate President | Voted generally against | 33% |
| Jacqui Lambie (Tasmania) | Jacqui Lambie Network | Not enough votes to say | 8% |
| Jordon Steele-John (WA) | Greens | Voted consistently against | 5% |
| Sarah Hanson-Young (SA) | Greens | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Nick McKim (Tasmania) | Greens | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Mehreen Faruqi (NSW) | Greens | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Larissa Waters (Queensland) | Greens | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Raff Ciccone (Victoria) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Tim Ayres (NSW) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Nita Green (Queensland) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Tony Sheldon (NSW) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Jess Walsh (Victoria) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Lidia Thorpe (Victoria) | Independent | 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.
- 23 June 2021 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Immigration Detention - Let Murugappan family return to Biloela
- 17 June 2020 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Asylum Seekers - Resettlement
- 28 Nov 2017 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Immigration Detention - End offshore processing and detention
- 25 Aug 2011 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Immigration: MV Tampa - End offshore processing
- 25 Nov 2009 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Asylum Seekers - Stop excising territory