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Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Mehreen Faruqi voted No
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
Mehreen Faruqi
Australian Greens Senator for NSW since August 2018
Never rebels explain rebellions 96% attendance explain attendance
How do they vote?
Voted very strongly for
- A carbon price
- A Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Federal action on public housing
- Government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Landholders' right to say no to mining and gas exploration
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Protecting citizens' privacy
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Protecting whales within Australian waters
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Stopping former ministers from taking lobbying positions within five years
- Strengthening gun control laws
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- The use of strong encryption technologies
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Treating government action on climate change as a matter of urgency
- Universal access to abortion services
Voted very strongly against
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Live animal export
- Prioritising religious freedom
- Putting welfare payments onto restricted debit cards
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Unconventional gas mining
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
Recent Votes
Recent votes in parliament that this Senator could have attended.
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Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018 - Third Reading - Speeding things along
Mehreen Faruqi voted No
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Mehreen Faruqi voted No
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% 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% | Sarah Hanson-Young | SA | Australian Greens |
| 100% | Nick McKim | Tasmania | Australian Greens |
| 100% | Janet Rice | Victoria | Australian Greens |
| 100% | Rachel Siewert | WA | Australian Greens |
| 100% | Peter Whish-Wilson | Tasmania | Australian Greens |