Bills — Services Australia Governance Amendment Bill 2020; Second Reading
Kate Thwaites was absent
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 65% attendance
Kate Thwaites
Australian Labor Party Representative for Jagajaga since May 2019
Never rebels explain rebellions 67% attendance explain attendance
How do they vote?
Voted very strongly for
- A fast transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing funding for vocational education
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Making the cashless debit card program voluntary
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Treating government action on climate change as a matter of urgency
Voted moderately for
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
Voted a mixture of for and against
What does this mean?Voted strongly against
What does this mean?Voted very strongly against
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Privatising government services
- Putting welfare payments onto restricted debit cards
Has never voted on
- Assisting the Arts sector through the coronavirus pandemic
- Banning mobiles and other devices in immigration detention
- Community right to say no to nuclear waste disposal sites
- Government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Increasing access to the JobKeeper Payment
- Increasing state and territory environmental approval powers
- Increasing the cost of humanities degrees
- Parliament continuing to meet during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Temporary Exclusion Orders
Please note that our voting records start in 2006.
Rebel votes
Kate Thwaites has never voted against the majority of their party since entering Parliament in May 2019. explain rebellions
Recent Votes
Recent votes in parliament that this Representative could have attended.
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Motions — Crown Resorts
Kate Thwaites was absent
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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Motions — Western Sydney Airport
Kate Thwaites was absent
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
Possible Friends
Shows which Representatives voted most similarly to this one in the 2013 (current) Parliament. This is measured from 0% agreement (never voted the same) to 100% (always voted the same). Only votes that both Representatives attended are counted. This may reveal relationships between Representatives that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.
| Agreement | Name | Electorate | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99% | Josh Burns | Macnamara | Australian Labor Party |
| 99% | Anika Wells | Lilley | Australian Labor Party |
| 99% | Clare O'Neil | Hotham | Australian Labor Party |
| 99% | Alicia Payne | Canberra | Australian Labor Party |
| 99% | Peter Khalil | Wills | Australian Labor Party |