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22nd Feb 2024
Identity Verification Services Bill 2023 and another - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Alex Antic voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 50% attendance
Alex Antic
Liberal Party Senator for SA since July 2019
Rebels 1% of the time explain rebellions 69% attendance explain attendance
How do they vote?
Voted consistently for
- A character test for Australian visas
- A combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- Australia's timber industry
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Increasing the cost of humanities degrees
- Live animal export
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Mandatory minimum sentences for certain offences
- Nuclear energy
- Offshore oil mining
- Offshore processing for people seeking asylum in Australia
- Privatising certain government services
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis
- Reducing taxes for high-income earners
- Reducing taxes for middle-income earners
- Revoking citizenship of dual nationals involved with terrorism offences by the courts
- Temporary Exclusion Orders
- The Murray Darling Basin Plan
Voted almost always for
Voted generally for
Voted a mixture of for and against
Voted generally against
- Decreasing subsidisation of fossil fuels
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending indexation on student debt (vocational and tertiary)
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- No new fossil fuels projects
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
Voted almost always against
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Ending government investment in fossil fuels
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing access to the JobKeeper Payment
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- Net zero emissions by 2050
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Repealing Stage 3 tax cuts
- The federal government calling for a ceasefire in Gaza (2023-24)
- Transgender rights
Voted consistently against
- A carbon price
- A referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice
- A Royal Commission into Robodebt
- A transition plan for coal workers
- An independent inquiry into Attorney-General Christian Porter
- Assisting Australians trying to return from overseas
- Banning pay secrecy clauses
- Building community climate change resilience
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Capping gas prices
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Extending Jobkeeper Payment
- Federal action on public housing
- Implementing the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full
- Increasing access to medicinal cannabis products
- Increasing funding for public schools
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing government support for the dairy industry
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing protections for franchisees
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Increasing transparency of the China-Australia relationship
- Increasing workplace protections
- Introducing a Pacific Engagement Visa (PEV)
- Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees
- Making the cashless debit card program voluntary and not mandatory
- Market-led approaches to protecting biodiversity
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Net zero emissions by 2035
- Paid parental leave equality for stay-at-home mums and dads
- Procedural fairness
- Putting a time limit on immigration detention
- Reducing waste in Australia
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Self-governance of the territories
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- The territories being able to legalise euthanasia
- Transgender children and young people having access to gender affirming healthcare
- Treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency
- Vehicle efficiency standards
We can't say anything concrete about how they voted on
- A declared area offence
- A Free Trade Agreement with China
- An independent NDIS assessment process
- Assisting the Arts sector through the coronavirus pandemic
- Banning the sale of non-therapeutic vapes
- Building Australia’s new submarine fleet in South Australia
- Climate change mitigation strategies (e.g., carbon capture and storage)
- Compulsory income management for welfare recipients
- Considering legislation to create a federal anti-corruption commission (procedural)
- Considering motions on Gaza (2023-24) (procedural)
- Decreasing government funding for private schools
- Ending illegal logging
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Extended Supervision Orders (ESOs)
- Fee-free university and TAFE education
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Implementing the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
- Increasing access under Freedom of Information law
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing funding for legal aid
- Increasing funding for road infrastructure
- Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing state and territory environmental approval powers
- Increasing support for the Australian film and TV industry
- Increasing the age pension
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income
- Increasing workplace protections for women
- More scrutiny of the Australian Defence Force
- Placing the CFMEU into administration
- Political intervention in research funding grants
- Preventative Detention Orders (PDOs)
- Protecting citizens' privacy
- Reducing air pollution
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Reproductive bodily autonomy
- Requiring Parliamentary approval of military deployments
- Revoking citizenship of dual nationals involved with terrorism offences by the minister
- Stopping former ministers from taking lobbying positions within five years
- Targeting foreign interference in Australia
- Temporary protection visas
- Universal access to abortion services
Please note that our voting records start in February 2006.
Rebel votes
Alex Antic has voted against the majority of their party 10 times since entering Parliament in July 2019. explain rebellions
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edited 22nd Feb 2024
Identity Verification Services Bill 2023 and another - Second Reading - Active expression of consent
Alex Antic voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 51% attendance
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edited 1st Dec 2023
Committees - Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee; Reference - For an inquiry into adding a sunset clause on Native Title
Alex Antic voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 4th Aug 2023
Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Alex Antic voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Passed by a modest majority
8 rebellions 93% attendance
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edited 4th Aug 2023
Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Alex Antic voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Passed by a modest majority
7 rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 18th Aug 2023
Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 - in Committee - Agree with the bill
Alex Antic voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Passed by a modest majority
7 rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 21st Apr 2023
Committees - Select Committee on Australia's Excess Mortality - Appointment
Alex Antic voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 52% attendance
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edited 8th Dec 2022
Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022 - in Committee - COVID-19 vaccination status
Alex Antic voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 8th Dec 2022
Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022 - in Committee - Speed things along
Alex Antic voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 23rd Nov 2021
Covid-19 Vaccination Status (Prevention of Discrimination) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Alex Antic voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a large majority
3 rebellions 65% attendance
Free votes
Alex Antic has taken part in 11 free votes since entering Parliament in July 2019. explain “Free Votes”
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edited 2nd Dec 2022
Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022 - in Committee - Approval and importation of drugs
Alex Antic voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 2nd Dec 2022
Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022 - in Committee - Limitation of power
Alex Antic voted Yes 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
Alex Antic voted No 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
Alex Antic voted No 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
Alex Antic voted Yes 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
Alex Antic voted Yes 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
Alex Antic voted No 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
Alex Antic voted Yes 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
Alex Antic voted No 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
Alex Antic voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 24th Oct 2019
Motions - Abortion - Congratulate NSW
Alex Antic voted No in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
Recent Votes
Recent votes in parliament that this Senator could have attended.
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Bills — Aged Care Bill 2024; Third Reading
Alex Antic was absent
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 43% attendance
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Bills — Aged Care Bill 2024; in Committee
Alex Antic voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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Bills — Aged Care Bill 2024; in Committee
Alex Antic voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
Compare Alex Antic with someone else
Shows people in order of those who voted always the same as Alex Antic (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% | Dave Sharma | Liberal Party Senator for NSW |
| 100% | Eric Abetz | Former Liberal Party Senator for Tasmania |
| 100% | Mathias Cormann | Former Liberal Party Senator for WA |
| 100% | Mitch Fifield | Former Liberal Party Senator for Victoria |
| 100% | Greg Mirabella | Former Liberal Party Senator for Victoria |