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24th Oct 2019
Motions - Abortion - Congratulate NSW
Tony Sheldon voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
Tony Sheldon
Australian Labor Party Senator for NSW since July 2019
Never rebels explain rebellions 90% attendance explain attendance
How do they vote?
Voted very strongly for
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- Australia's timber industry
- Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Increasing access to medicinal cannabis products
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Live animal export
- Offshore oil mining
- Reducing personal income tax
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stopping former ministers from taking lobbying positions within five years
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Targeting foreign interference in Australia
- Temporary Exclusion Orders
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- Transgender rights
- Unconventional gas mining
- Universal access to abortion services
Voted moderately for
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing government support for the dairy industry
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Protecting whistleblowers
Voted a mixture of for and against
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Treating government action on climate change as a matter of urgency
Voted moderately against
- A fast transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Building community climate change resilience
- For increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
Voted very strongly against
- Building Australia’s new submarine fleet in South Australia
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Ending illegal logging
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing transparency of the China-Australia relationship
- Nuclear energy
- Privatising government services
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Putting welfare payments onto restricted debit cards
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
Has never voted on
- A Free Trade Agreement with China
- Increasing political transparency
- Making the cashless debit card program voluntary
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
Please note that our voting records start in 2006.
Rebel votes
Tony Sheldon has never voted against the majority of their party since entering Parliament in July 2019. explain rebellions
Free votes
Tony Sheldon has taken part in 1 free vote since entering Parliament in July 2019. explain “Free Votes”
Recent Votes
Recent votes in parliament that this Senator could have attended.
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edited 27 days ago
Motions - Great Barrier Reef - Climate change
Tony Sheldon voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 27 days ago
Motions - Child Care - Parents undertaking study
Tony Sheldon voted Yes
Not passed
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 27 days ago
Motions - Public Servants and Estimates - Right to know
Tony Sheldon voted Yes
Not passed
No rebellions 84% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99% | Louise Pratt | WA | Australian Labor Party |
| 99% | Jess Walsh | Victoria | Australian Labor Party |
| 98% | Nita Green | Queensland | Australian Labor Party |
| 98% | Marielle Smith | SA | Australian Labor Party |
| 98% | Tim Ayres | NSW | Australian Labor Party |