edited
24th Oct 2019
Motions - Abortion - Congratulate NSW
Nita Green voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
Nita Green
Australian Labor Party Senator for Queensland since July 2019
Never rebels explain rebellions 78% attendance explain attendance
How do they vote?
Voted very strongly for
- A carbon price
- A Free Trade Agreement with China
- A Royal Commission into Robodebt
- Assisting Australians trying to return from overseas
- Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Extending Jobkeeper Payment
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing access to medicinal cannabis products
- Increasing funding for public schools
- Increasing funding for road infrastructure
- Increasing government support for the dairy industry
- 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
- Paid parental leave equality for stay-at-home mums and dads
- Reducing personal income tax
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Stopping former ministers from taking lobbying positions within five years
- Targeting foreign interference in Australia
- Temporary Exclusion Orders
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- Transgender rights
- Universal access to abortion services
Voted strongly for
- Assisting the Arts sector through the coronavirus pandemic
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Increasing access to the JobKeeper Payment
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Making the cashless debit card program voluntary
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Unconventional gas mining
Voted moderately for
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- Australia's timber industry
- For increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Offshore oil mining
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Treating government action on climate change as a matter of urgency
Voted a mixture of for and against
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Live animal export
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
Voted moderately against
- A fast transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Building community climate change resilience
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing the cost of humanities degrees
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
Voted strongly against
What does this mean?Voted very strongly against
- A combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- Building Australia’s new submarine fleet in South Australia
- Ending illegal logging
- Federal action on public housing
- Increasing funding for vocational education
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing state and territory environmental approval powers
- Increasing transparency of the China-Australia relationship
- Mandatory minimum sentences for certain offences
- Nuclear energy
- Offshore processing for people seeking asylum in Australia
- Privatising government services
- Putting welfare payments onto restricted debit cards (known as cashless debit cards)
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Restricting foreign ownership
Has never voted on
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- Revoking citizenship of dual nationals involved with terrorism offences by the minister
Please note that our voting records start in 2006.
Rebel votes
Nita Green has never voted against the majority of their party since entering Parliament in July 2019. explain rebellions
Free votes
Nita Green 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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Committees — Economics Legislation Committee; Report
Nita Green voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Motions — Tasmania: Takayna Trail Ultramarathon
Nita Green voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Motions — Nbn Co
Nita Green voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% 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% | Jess Walsh | Victoria | Australian Labor Party |
| 98% | Tony Sheldon | NSW | Australian Labor Party |
| 98% | Louise Pratt | WA | Australian Labor Party |
| 97% | Tim Ayres | NSW | Australian Labor Party |
| 97% | Murray Watt | Queensland | Australian Labor Party |