Bills — Family Law Amendment Bill 2023, Family Law Amendment (Information Sharing) Bill 2023
Gerard Rennick voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 66% attendance
Gerard Rennick
Liberal Party Senator for Queensland since July 2019
Rebels 1% of the time explain rebellions 76% attendance explain attendance
How do they vote?
Voted consistently for
- A combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- Australia's timber industry
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing the cost of humanities degrees
- Live animal export
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Mandatory minimum sentences for certain offences
- Offshore oil mining
- Offshore processing for people seeking asylum in Australia
- Privatising certain government services
- Reducing taxes for high-income earners
- Reducing taxes for middle-income earners
- Temporary Exclusion Orders
- The Murray Darling Basin Plan
- Unconventional gas mining
Voted almost always for
Voted generally for
Voted a mixture of for and against
Voted generally against
Voted almost always against
Voted consistently against
- A carbon price
- A referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice
- A Royal Commission into Robodebt
- A transition plan for coal workers
- An independent inquiry into Attorney-General Christian Porter
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Banning pay secrecy clauses
- Building community climate change resilience
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Capping gas prices
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Decreasing subsidisation of fossil fuels
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Extending Jobkeeper Payment
- Federal action on public housing
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Implementing the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full
- Increasing access to medicinal cannabis products
- Increasing access to the JobKeeper Payment
- Increasing funding for public schools
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing funding for vocational education
- Increasing government support for the dairy industry
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing protections for franchisees
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Increasing transparency of the China-Australia relationship
- Increasing workplace protections
- Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees
- Making the cashless debit card program voluntary and not mandatory
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Net zero emissions by 2035
- Net zero emissions by 2050
- No new fossil fuels projects
- Paid parental leave equality for stay-at-home mums and dads
- Putting a time limit on immigration detention
- Reducing waste in Australia
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- The territories being able to legalise euthanasia
- Treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency
We can't say anything concrete about how they voted on
- A character test for Australian visas
- A declared area offence
- A Free Trade Agreement with China
- An independent NDIS assessment process
- Assisting the Arts sector through the coronavirus pandemic
- Building Australia’s new submarine fleet in South Australia
- Compulsory income management for welfare recipients
- Considering legislation to create a federal anti-corruption commission (procedural)
- Decreasing government funding for private schools
- Ending illegal logging
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Extended Supervision Orders (ESOs)
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Implementing the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing access under Freedom of Information law
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing funding for road infrastructure
- Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing state and territory environmental approval powers
- Increasing support for the Australian film and TV industry
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income
- More scrutiny of the Australian Defence Force
- Nuclear energy
- Preventative Detention Orders (PDOs)
- Protecting citizens' privacy
- Reducing air pollution
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Reproductive bodily autonomy
- Requiring Parliamentary approval of military deployments
- Revoking citizenship of dual nationals involved with terrorism offences by the minister
- Stopping former ministers from taking lobbying positions within five years
- Targeting foreign interference in Australia
- Universal access to abortion services
Please note that our voting records start in February 2006.
Rebel votes
Gerard Rennick has voted against the majority of their party 15 times since entering Parliament in July 2019. explain rebellions
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Motions — Parliamentary Standards: Lobbyists
Gerard Rennick voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 57% attendance
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edited 5 days ago
Committees - Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee; Reference - For an inquiry into adding a sunset clause on Native Title
Gerard Rennick voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 29th Sep 2023
Documents - Australian Secret Intelligence Service - Order for the Production of Documents
Gerard Rennick voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 57% attendance
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edited 5 days ago
Financial Accountability Regime Bill 2023, Financial Accountability Regime (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2023 - in Committee - Accountability
Gerard Rennick voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 63% attendance
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edited 4th Aug 2023
Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Gerard Rennick voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Passed by a modest majority
8 rebellions 93% attendance
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edited 4th Aug 2023
Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Gerard Rennick voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Passed by a modest majority
7 rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 18th Aug 2023
Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 - in Committee - Agree with the bill
Gerard Rennick voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Passed by a modest majority
7 rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 28th Apr 2023
Documents - Australian Federal Police - Order for the Production of Documents
Gerard Rennick voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 67% attendance
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edited 8th Dec 2022
Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022 - in Committee - COVID-19 vaccination status
Gerard Rennick voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 8th Dec 2022
Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022 - in Committee - Speed things along
Gerard Rennick voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 23rd Nov 2021
Covid-19 Vaccination Status (Prevention of Discrimination) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Gerard Rennick voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a large majority
3 rebellions 65% attendance
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edited 17th Jun 2021
Motions - Jobkeeper Payment - Repay excess funds
Gerard Rennick voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 78% attendance
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edited 21st May 2021
Motions - Reconciliation Week - This year's theme
Gerard Rennick voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 67% attendance
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edited 21st May 2021
Matters of Urgency - Covid-19: Quarantine - Help Australians in India
Gerard Rennick voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 66% attendance
Free votes
Gerard Rennick has taken part in 10 free votes since entering Parliament in July 2019. explain “Free Votes”
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edited 2nd Dec 2022
Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022 - in Committee - Approval and importation of drugs
Gerard Rennick voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 2nd Dec 2022
Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022 - in Committee - Limitation of power
Gerard Rennick voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 25th Nov 2022
Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Gerard Rennick voted No in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Inclusion in annual reports
Gerard Rennick voted No in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Annual report
Gerard Rennick voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Introduce threshold
Gerard Rennick voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Stage 2 licences
Gerard Rennick voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Definition of mitochondrial donation licence
Gerard Rennick voted No in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Definition of gene technology
Gerard Rennick voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 24th Oct 2019
Motions - Abortion - Congratulate NSW
Gerard Rennick voted No in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
Recent Votes
Recent votes in parliament that this Senator could have attended.
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Documents — Treasury; Order for the Production of Documents
Gerard Rennick voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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Committees — Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Reference
Gerard Rennick voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Committees — Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Reference
Gerard Rennick voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
Compare Gerard Rennick with someone else
Shows people in order of those who voted always the same as Gerard Rennick (100% agreement) to those who never voted the same (0% agreement).
We only compare those votes where both people attended. This may reveal relationships between people that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.
| Agreement | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 100% | Mathias Cormann | Former Liberal Party Senator for WA |
| 100% | Mitch Fifield | Former Liberal Party Senator for Victoria |
| 100% | Greg Mirabella | Former Liberal Party Senator for Victoria |
| 100% | Arthur Sinodinos | Former Liberal Party Senator for NSW |
| 99.8% | Eric Abetz | Former Liberal Party Senator for Tasmania |