Decreasing the gender pay gap
People who support this policy believe that the federal government should introduce legislation that reduces the gap in income between women and men and ensures both sexes are paid equally well.
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
15 members+5 not enough votes
Liberal
14 members
Greens
5 members+3 not enough votes
LNP
2 members
One Nation
2 members
Independent
1 member+1 not enough votes
Senate President
1 member
Jacqui Lambie Network
1 member
Nationals
1 member+1 not enough votes
Deputy Senate President
1 member
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| Liberal | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Greens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| LNP | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| One Nation | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Senate President | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacqui Lambie Network | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nationals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Deputy Senate President | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Australia's Voice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
All 54 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% |
| Penny Allman-Payne (Queensland) | Greens | 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% |
| Michelle Ananda-Rajah (Victoria) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Larissa Waters (Queensland) | Greens | Voted consistently for | 99% |
| Jordon Steele-John (WA) | Greens | Voted consistently for | 98% |
| Penny Wong (SA) | Labor | Voted almost always for | 88% |
| Susan McDonald (Queensland) | Nationals | Not enough votes to say | 81% |
| Helen Polley (Tasmania) | Labor | Voted generally for | 78% |
| Katy Gallagher (ACT) | Labor | Voted generally for | 75% |
| Nita Green (Queensland) | Labor | Voted generally for | 75% |
| Carol Brown (Tasmania) | Labor | Voted generally for | 72% |
| Tim Ayres (NSW) | Labor | Voted generally for | 66% |
| Tony Sheldon (NSW) | Labor | Voted generally for | 66% |
| Jess Walsh (Victoria) | Labor | Voted generally for | 66% |
| Malarndirri McCarthy (NT) | Labor | Voted generally for | 65% |
| Murray Watt (Queensland) | Labor | Voted generally for | 65% |
| Sue Lines (WA) | Senate President | Voted generally for | 64% |
| Don Farrell (SA) | Labor | Voted generally for | 63% |
| Glenn Sterle (WA) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 59% |
| 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% |
| Raff Ciccone (Victoria) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Andrew Bragg (NSW) | Liberal | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Jacqui Lambie (Tasmania) | Jacqui Lambie Network | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Matt O'Sullivan (WA) | Liberal | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Claire Chandler (Tasmania) | Liberal | Voted generally against | 34% |
| Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania) | Liberal | Voted generally against | 26% |
| Jane Hume (Victoria) | Liberal | Voted generally against | 26% |
| Paul Scarr (Queensland) | Liberal | Voted generally against | 25% |
| Andrew McLachlan (SA) | Liberal | Voted generally against | 25% |
| Jenny McAllister (NSW) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 22% |
| Marielle Smith (SA) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 19% |
| Bridget McKenzie (Victoria) | Nationals | Voted almost always against | 12% |
| Matthew Canavan (Queensland) | LNP | Voted almost always against | 12% |
| James McGrath (Queensland) | LNP | Voted almost always against | 12% |
| James Paterson (Victoria) | Liberal | Voted almost always against | 12% |
| Dean Smith (WA) | Liberal | Voted almost always against | 10% |
| Anne Ruston (SA) | Liberal | Voted almost always against | 9% |
| Alex Antic (SA) | Liberal | Voted almost always against | 8% |
| Sarah Henderson (Victoria) | Liberal | Voted almost always against | 8% |
| Richard Colbeck (Tasmania) | Liberal | Voted almost always against | 8% |
| Michaelia Cash (WA) | Liberal | Voted almost always against | 6% |
| Slade Brockman (WA) | Deputy Senate President | Voted almost always against | 6% |
| Malcolm Roberts (Queensland) | One Nation | Voted consistently against | 3% |
| Pauline Hanson (Queensland) | One Nation | Voted consistently against | 2% |
| Karen Grogan (SA) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 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.
- 6 Feb 2025 · HousePolicy: AyeWorkplace Gender Equality Amendment (Setting Gender Equality Targets) Bill 2024 - Second Reading - Agree with the main idea
- 6 Mar 2023 · SenatePolicy: AyePaid Parental Leave Amendment (Improvements for Families and Gender Equality) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Parental leave and the superannuation guarantee
- 23 June 2021 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Discrimination - Against affirmative action
- 8 Dec 2020 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Women's Economic Security - Retirement incomes
- 26 Aug 2020 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Superannuation - Inequality
- 20 Sept 2018 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Superannuation - Gender gap + low income earners
- 19 June 2013 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Health - Inquiry into unpaid care
- 22 Nov 2012 · SenatePolicy: Aye (strong)Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Amendment Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
- 23 Aug 2012 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Inequality - Introduce a Federal Equality Act
- 7 Feb 2007 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Commission on the Status of Women - End discrimination and gender-based violence