Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 1) Bill 2008 — Third Reading
Kerry Nettle voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
Kerry Nettle
Former Australian Greens Senator for NSW July 2002 – June 2008
Never rebelled explain rebellions 95% attendance explain attendance
How do they vote?
Voted very strongly for
- A fast transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy
- A review of parliamentary entitlements
- Closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Ending illegal logging
- Equal treatment for all couples
- Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
- Government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Increasing availability of abortion drugs
- Increasing federal government support for childcare
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing the age pension
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Investing in climate science
- Maintaining or increasing CSIRO funding
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Promoting multiculturalism
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Public transport
- Recognising local government in the Constitution
- Requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Revoking citizenship of dual nationals involved with terrorism offences by the minister
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Stem cell research
- The right to protest
- Treating government action on climate change as a matter of urgency
Voted very strongly against
- A citizenship test
- Australia's timber industry
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing parliamentary entitlements for current MPs and Senators
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Privatising government assets
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Uranium export
- Voluntary student union fees
Has never voted on
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Local community consultation on infrastructure projects
- Protecting citizens' privacy
Please note that our voting records start in 2006.
Rebel votes
Kerry Nettle has never voted against the majority of their party since February 2006. explain rebellions
Recent Votes
Recent votes in parliament that this Senator could have attended.
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Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 1) Bill 2008 — In Committee
Kerry Nettle voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Gt Leste Biotech
Kerry Nettle voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
Possible Friends
Shows which Senators voted most similarly to this one in the Parliament. This is measured from 0% agreement (never voted the same) to 100% (always voted the same). Only votes that both Senators attended are counted. This may reveal relationships between Senators that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.
| Agreement | Name | State | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99% | Bob Brown | Tasmania | Australian Greens |
| 99% | Christine Milne | Tasmania | Australian Greens |
| 95% | Andrew Bartlett | Queensland | Australian Democrats |
| 95% | Lyn Allison | Victoria | Australian Democrats |
| 94% | Andrew Murray | WA | Australian Democrats |