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24th Jun 2017
Motions - Live Animal Exports - Ban
Malcolm Roberts voted No, rebelling against the Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 84% attendance
Malcolm Roberts
Former Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party Senator for Queensland July 2016 – October 2017
Rebelled 0.27% of the time explain rebellions 90% attendance explain attendance
How do they vote?
Voted very strongly for
- A review of our representatives' eligibility
- A Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability
- A same-sex marriage plebiscite
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)
- Criminalising "revenge porn"
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Getting rid of the Gold Travel Pass
- Government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Imprisoning immigration detention workers who record or reveal information from their work
- Increasing funding for legal aid
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 15%
- Increasing the passenger movement charge ('PMC')
- Live animal export
- Maintaining or increasing defence spending
- Outsourcing government services
- Preventative Detention Orders (PDOs)
- Putting welfare payments onto restricted debit cards
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Targeting foreign interference in Australia
- Technology neutral emission reduction targets
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- The Coalition's Youth Jobs PaTH
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Voluntary student union fees
Voted moderately for
- Changing the wording of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
Voted a mixture of for and against
- Increasing access to medicinal cannabis products
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
Voted moderately against
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
Voted very strongly against
- A fast transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy
- A national redress scheme for institutional abuse survivors
- Changing the date of Australia Day
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Federal action on public housing
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing federal government support for child care
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing parliamentary entitlements for current MPs and Senators
- Increasing penalties for breach of data
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income
- Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 19%
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Making sanitary items GST-free
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- More scrutiny of the Australian Defence Force
- Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Strengthening gun control laws
- Treating government action on climate change as a matter of urgency
Has never voted on
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing the price of tobacco
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
Please note that our voting records start in 2006.
Rebel votes
Malcolm Roberts has voted against the majority of their party 1 time since entering Parliament in July 2016. explain rebellions
Recent Votes
Recent votes in parliament that this Senator could have attended.
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edited 5th Nov 2017
Customs Amendment (Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement Amendment Implementation) Bill 2017 and another - Second Reading - Agree with bills' main idea
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 5th Nov 2017
Regulations and Determinations - Citizenship (Authorisation) Revocation and Authorisation Instrument 2017 and another; Disallowance - Speed things along
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 10th Nov 2017
Committees - Selection of Bills Committee; Report - Reporting date
Malcolm Roberts voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 98% | Pauline Hanson | Queensland | Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party |
| 98% | Brian Burston | NSW | whilst Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party |
| 81% | Peter Georgiou | WA | Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party |
| 81% | Ian Macdonald | Queensland | Liberal Party |
| 79% | Lucy Gichuhi | SA | whilst Independent |