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7th Dec 2018
Documents - Queensland: Abortion - Let a vote happen
Mehreen Faruqi voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% 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
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers
- 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 legal protections for LGBTI people
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Landholders' right to say no to mining and gas exploration
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- 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
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- 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 strongly for
Something not right?Voted moderately against
Something not right?Voted very strongly against
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Live animal export
- MacMines' proposed China Stone coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- Political interference in research funding
- Prioritising religious freedom
- Privatising the ABC
- Putting welfare payments onto restricted debit cards
- The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement
- Unconventional gas mining
Has never voted on
- A fast transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy
- Allocating 0.7% of Gross National Income to foreign aid
- 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 1 free vote since entering Parliament in August 2018. explain “Free Votes”
Recent Votes
Recent votes in parliament that this Senator could have attended.
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Bills — Treasury Laws Amendment (Protecting Your Superannuation Package) Bill 2018; in Committee
Mehreen Faruqi voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Bills — Treasury Laws Amendment (Improving Accountability and Member Outcomes in Superannuation Measures No. 1) Bill 2017; Second Reading
Mehreen Faruqi voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Bills — Treasury Laws Amendment (Improving Accountability and Member Outcomes in Superannuation Measures No. 1) Bill 2017; Second Reading
Mehreen Faruqi voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% 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% | Larissa Waters | Queensland | Australian Greens |
| 100% | Rachel Siewert | WA | Australian Greens |