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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
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party Senator for Queensland since July 2019
Rebels 0.10% of the time explain rebellions 84% attendance explain attendance
Before being Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party Senator for Queensland, Malcolm Roberts was Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party Senator for Queensland.
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
- Criminalising "revenge porn"
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Getting rid of the Gold Travel Pass
- Imprisoning immigration detention workers who record or reveal information from their work
- Increasing funding for legal aid
- Increasing funding for road infrastructure
- Increasing government support for the dairy industry
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing state and territory environmental approval powers
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing the cost of humanities degrees
- Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 15%
- Increasing the passenger movement charge ('PMC')
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Increasing transparency of the China-Australia relationship
- Live animal export
- Maintaining or increasing defence spending
- Mandatory minimum sentences for certain offences
- Nuclear energy
- Offshore processing for people seeking asylum in Australia
- Preventative Detention Orders (PDOs)
- Putting welfare payments onto restricted debit cards (known as cashless debit cards)
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Stopping former ministers from taking lobbying positions within five years
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Targeting foreign interference in Australia
- Technology neutral emission reduction targets
- Temporary Exclusion Orders
- 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
- A combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- Changing the wording of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act
- Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Offshore oil mining
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Reducing personal income tax
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Unconventional gas mining
Voted a mixture of for and against
- Increasing access to medicinal cannabis products
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing funding for vocational education
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Privatising government services
Voted moderately against
- Assisting Australians trying to return from overseas
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- Government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
Voted strongly against
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Extending Jobkeeper Payment
- Federal action on public housing
- For increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Increasing housing affordability
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Restricting donations to political parties
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
Voted very strongly against
- A carbon price
- A fast transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy
- A Free Trade Agreement with China
- A national redress scheme for institutional abuse survivors
- A Royal Commission into Robodebt
- Assisting the Arts sector through the coronavirus pandemic
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Building community climate change resilience
- Changing the date of Australia Day
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Ending illegal logging
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing access to the JobKeeper Payment
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- Increasing federal government support for child care
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing funding for public schools
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- Increasing parliamentary entitlements for current MPs and Senators
- Increasing penalties for breach of data
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- 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%
- Investing in climate science
- Making sanitary items GST-free
- Making the cashless debit card program voluntary
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- More scrutiny of the Australian Defence Force
- Paid parental leave equality for stay-at-home mums and dads
- Protecting citizens' privacy
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
- Strengthening gun control laws
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- Transgender rights
- Treating government action on climate change as a matter of urgency
- Universal access to abortion services
Has never voted on
- Building Australia’s new submarine fleet in South Australia
- Increasing the price of tobacco
- Pill testing
- Revoking citizenship of dual nationals involved with terrorism offences by the minister
- 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
Free votes
Malcolm Roberts has taken part in 1 free vote since entering Parliament in July 2016. explain “Free Votes”
Recent Votes
Recent votes in parliament that this Senator could have attended.
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Committees — Economics Legislation Committee; Report
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 3 days ago
Motions - Tasmania - Takayna Trail Ultramarathon
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 3 days ago
Motions - NBN Co - Excessive spending and waste
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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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 57% 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 70% 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 78% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 97% | Pauline Hanson | Queensland | Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party |
| 83% | Ben Small | WA | Liberal Party |
| 75% | Andrew McLachlan | SA | Liberal Party |
| 73% | Concetta Fierravanti-Wells | NSW | Liberal Party |
| 73% | Alex Antic | SA | Liberal Party |