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2nd Dec 2022
Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022 - in Committee - Approval and importation of drugs
Louise Pratt voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
Louise Pratt
Australian Labor Party Senator for WA since July 2016
Never rebels explain rebellions 85% attendance explain attendance
Before being Australian Labor Party Senator for WA, Louise Pratt was Australian Labor Party Senator for WA.
How do they vote?
Voted consistently for
- A national redress scheme for institutional abuse survivors
- A referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice
- A transition plan for coal workers
- An NBN (using fibre to the premises)
- Assisting Australians trying to return from overseas
- Banning pay secrecy clauses
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Capping gas prices
- Carbon farming
- Climate change mitigation strategies (e.g., carbon capture and storage)
- Closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
- Compulsory income management for welfare recipients
- Criminalising "revenge porn"
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Expanding public funded dental care
- Extending Jobkeeper Payment
- Federal action on public housing
- Implementing the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full
- Imprisoning immigration detention workers who record or reveal information from their work
- Increasing penalties for breach of data
- Increasing protections for franchisees
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing the price of tobacco
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Increasing workplace protections
- Increasing workplace protections for women
- Introducing a Pacific Engagement Visa (PEV)
- MacMines' proposed China Stone coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- Maintaining or increasing defence spending
- Market-led approaches to protecting biodiversity
- Paid parental leave equality for stay-at-home mums and dads
- Placing the CFMEU into administration
- Procedural fairness
- Promoting multiculturalism
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Recognising local government in the Constitution
- Reducing taxes for middle-income earners
- Reproductive bodily autonomy
- Revoking citizenship of dual nationals involved with terrorism offences by the courts
- Self-governance of the territories
- Temporary Exclusion Orders
- The territories being able to legalise euthanasia
- The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement
- Transgender children and young people having access to gender affirming healthcare
- Transgender rights
- Treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency
- Universal access to abortion services
Voted almost always for
- A carbon price
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- Assisting the Arts sector through the coronavirus pandemic
- Considering legislation to create a federal anti-corruption commission (procedural)
- Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Increasing access to the JobKeeper Payment
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Offshore oil mining
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Targeting foreign interference in Australia
- Vehicle efficiency standards
Voted generally for
- A character test for Australian visas
- A declared area offence
- A minerals resource rent tax
- An independent inquiry into Attorney-General Christian Porter
- Australia's timber industry
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Ending illegal logging
- Funding the national school chaplaincy program
- Increasing access to medicinal cannabis products
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Making the cashless debit card program voluntary and not mandatory
- Net zero emissions by 2050
- Offshore processing for people seeking asylum in Australia
- Political intervention in research funding grants
- Preventative Detention Orders (PDOs)
- Reducing air pollution
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Strengthening gun control laws
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Unconventional gas mining
- Uranium export
Voted a mixture of for and against
- A Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability
- Changing the date of Australia Day
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Increasing federal government support for childcare
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing funding for legal aid
- Increasing funding for public schools
- Increasing funding for road infrastructure
- Increasing government support for the dairy industry
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- Increasing parliamentary entitlements for current MPs and Senators
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees
- Live animal export
- Protecting citizens' privacy
- Reducing taxes for high-income earners
- Reducing waste in Australia
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
Voted generally against
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Building community climate change resilience
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Ending government investment in fossil fuels
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Landholders' right to say no to mining and gas exploration
- Mandatory minimum sentences for certain offences
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Prioritising religious freedom
- Protecting Australian sovereignty in trade agreements
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Protecting whales within Australian waters
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Repealing Stage 3 tax cuts
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Stopping former ministers from taking lobbying positions within five years
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- The Coalition's Youth Jobs PaTH
- The federal government calling for a ceasefire in Gaza (2023-24)
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
Voted almost always against
Voted consistently against
- A combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- A review of our representatives' eligibility
- A same-sex marriage plebiscite
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- An inquiry into the Iraq War
- Banning all investment in cluster munitions
- Banning mobiles and other devices in immigration detention
- Changing the wording of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- Considering motions on Gaza (2023-24) (procedural)
- Decreasing government funding for private schools
- Decreasing subsidisation of fossil fuels
- Ending Governor-General allowances for serious misconduct
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Ending indexation on student debt (vocational and tertiary)
- Equal treatment for all couples
- Fee-free university and TAFE education
- Getting rid of the Gold Travel Pass
- Increasing access under Freedom of Information law
- Increasing beef import standards
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing the age pension
- Increasing the cost of humanities degrees
- Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 15%
- Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 19%
- Increasing the passenger movement charge ('PMC')
- Increasing transparency of the China-Australia relationship
- Legalising pepper spray
- Making sanitary items GST-free
- More scrutiny of the Australian Defence Force
- Net zero emissions by 2035
- No new fossil fuels projects
- Nuclear energy
- Pill testing
- Privatising certain government services
- Privatising the ABC
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis
- Reducing the corporate tax rate
- Requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records
- Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
- Requiring Parliamentary approval of military deployments
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Temporary protection visas
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- The use of strong encryption technologies
- Withdrawing troops from Afghanistan
We can't say anything concrete about how they voted on
- A Free Trade Agreement with China
- A publicly accessible foreign ownership register for agricultural land
- A review of parliamentary entitlements
- A Royal Commission into banking
- A Royal Commission into Robodebt
- A travel ban on people from certain countries
- An independent NDIS assessment process
- Banning the sale of non-therapeutic vapes
- Buffer zones around abortion clinics
- Building Australia’s new submarine fleet in South Australia
- Community right to say no to nuclear waste disposal sites
- Extended Supervision Orders (ESOs)
- Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
- Giving approval for mining in the Liverpool Plains
- Greater public scrutiny of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations
- High speed rail on the east coast
- Implementing the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
- Increasing state and territory environmental approval powers
- Increasing support for the Australian film and TV industry
- Increasing support for the Australian shipping industry
- Investing in climate science
- Local community consultation on infrastructure projects
- Privatising government-owned assets
- Public transport
- Removing parallel import restrictions for books
- Revoking citizenship of dual nationals involved with terrorism offences by the minister
- The Murray Darling Basin Plan
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Using natural resource wealth for the benefit of all Australians
Please note that our voting records start in February 2006.
Rebel votes
Louise Pratt has never voted against the majority of their party since entering Parliament in July 2008. explain rebellions
Free votes
Louise Pratt has taken part in 24 free votes since entering Parliament in July 2008. explain “Free Votes”
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edited 2nd Dec 2022
Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022 - in Committee - Limitation of power
Louise Pratt voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 25th Nov 2022
Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Louise Pratt voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Inclusion in annual reports
Louise Pratt voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Annual report
Louise Pratt voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Introduce threshold
Louise Pratt voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Sections 28F and 28G
Louise Pratt voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Stage 2 licences
Louise Pratt voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Definition of mitochondrial donation licence
Louise Pratt voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Definition of gene technology
Louise Pratt voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 14th Sep 2018
Restoring Territory Rights (Assisted Suicide Legislation) Bill 2015 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Louise Pratt voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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edited 30th Nov 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Louise Pratt voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 23rd Dec 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Religious versus civil marriage celebrants
Louise Pratt voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 23rd Dec 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Authorised marriage celebrant
Louise Pratt voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 23rd Dec 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - No obligation to solemnise marriage
Louise Pratt voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 24th Dec 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Civil celebrants' right to refuse
Louise Pratt voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 24th Dec 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Religious organisations
Louise Pratt voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 24th Dec 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Charities
Louise Pratt voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 29th Dec 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Defence chaplains
Louise Pratt voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 29th Dec 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - "Freedom" amendments
Louise Pratt voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 29th Dec 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Religious marriage celebrants
Louise Pratt voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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edited 29th Dec 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Religious and conscientious protection
Louise Pratt voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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edited 24th Oct 2014
Marriage Act Amendment (Recognition of Foreign Marriages for Same-Sex Couples) Bill 2013 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Louise Pratt voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 95% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Marriage Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Louise Pratt voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
Recent Votes
Recent votes in parliament that this Senator could have attended.
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Matters of Urgency — Aukus
Louise Pratt voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 50% attendance
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Committees — Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Reference
Louise Pratt was absent
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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Committees — Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference
Louise Pratt was absent
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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edited 4th Jan 2015
Motions - Youth Mental Health - Redirect chaplaincy funding to qualified mental health workers
Louise Pratt voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Louise Pratt voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Louise Pratt voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
Compare Louise Pratt with someone else
Shows people in order of those who voted always the same as Louise Pratt (100% agreement) to those who never voted the same (0% agreement).
We only compare those votes where both people attended. This may reveal relationships between people that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.
| Agreement | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 100% | Tim Ayres | Australian Labor Party Senator for NSW |
| 100% | Carol Brown | Australian Labor Party Senator for Tasmania |
| 100% | Lisa Darmanin | Australian Labor Party Senator for Victoria |
| 100% | Katy Gallagher | Australian Labor Party Senator for ACT |
| 100% | Varun Ghosh | Australian Labor Party Senator for WA |