edited
24th Oct 2019
Motions - Abortion - Congratulate NSW
Mehreen Faruqi voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
Mehreen Faruqi
Australian Greens Senator for NSW since August 2018
Never rebels explain rebellions 98% attendance explain attendance
How do they vote?
Voted very strongly for
- A carbon price
- A fast transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy
- A Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Building community climate change resilience
- Community right to say no to nuclear waste disposal sites
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Ending Governor-General allowances for serious misconduct
- Ending illegal logging
- Federal action on public housing
- For increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing access to medicinal cannabis products
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing federal government support for child care
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing government support for the dairy industry
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Increasing transparency of the China-Australia relationship
- Landholders' right to say no to mining and gas exploration
- Making the cashless debit card program voluntary
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- More scrutiny of the Australian Defence Force
- Pill testing
- Protecting Australian sovereignty in trade agreements
- Protecting citizens' privacy
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Protecting whales within Australian waters
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Reducing air pollution
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Stopping former ministers from taking lobbying positions within five years
- Strengthening gun control laws
- Targeting foreign interference in Australia
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- The use of strong encryption technologies
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Transgender rights
- Universal access to abortion services
Voted strongly for
- Increasing access to the JobKeeper Payment
- Treating government action on climate change as a matter of urgency
Voted a mixture of for and against
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
Voted moderately against
What does this mean?Voted very strongly against
- A Free Trade Agreement with China
- A travel ban on people from certain countries
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- Australia's timber industry
- Building Australia’s new submarine fleet in South Australia
- Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing parliamentary entitlements for current MPs and Senators
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Legalising pepper spray
- Live animal export
- MacMines' proposed China Stone coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- 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
- Political interference in research funding
- Prioritising religious freedom
- Privatising government services
- Privatising the ABC
- Putting welfare payments onto restricted debit cards
- Reducing personal income tax
- Temporary Exclusion Orders
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement
- Unconventional gas mining
Has never voted on
- Assisting the Arts sector through the coronavirus pandemic
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
Please note that our voting records start in 2006.
Rebel votes
Mehreen Faruqi has never voted against the majority of their party since entering Parliament in August 2018. explain rebellions
Free votes
Mehreen Faruqi has taken part in 2 free votes since entering Parliament in August 2018. explain “Free Votes”
Recent Votes
Recent votes in parliament that this Senator could have attended.
-
Bills — National Skills Commissioner Bill 2020; Second Reading
Mehreen Faruqi voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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Bills — National Skills Commissioner Bill 2020; Second Reading
Mehreen Faruqi voted Yes
Not passed
No rebellions 71% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Mehreen Faruqi voted No
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 50% attendance
Possible Friends
Shows which Senators 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 Senators attended are counted. This may reveal relationships between Senators that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.
| Agreement | Name | State | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100% | Nick McKim | Tasmania | Australian Greens |
| 100% | Sarah Hanson-Young | SA | Australian Greens |
| 100% | Rachel Siewert | WA | Australian Greens |
| 100% | Peter Whish-Wilson | Tasmania | Australian Greens |
| 100% | Larissa Waters | Queensland | Australian Greens |