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Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Inclusion in annual reports
Andrew McLachlan voted No in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
Andrew McLachlan
Deputy President Senator for SA since July 2022
Never rebels explain rebellions 78% attendance explain attendance
Before being Deputy President Senator for SA, Andrew McLachlan was Liberal Party Senator for SA.
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
- Australia's timber industry
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Extended Supervision Orders (ESOs)
- Live animal export
- Mandatory minimum sentences for certain offences
- Offshore oil mining
- Offshore processing for people seeking asylum in Australia
- Privatising certain government services
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis
- The Murray Darling Basin Plan
Voted almost always for
Voted generally for
Voted a mixture of for and against
Voted generally against
- A fast transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Increasing access to the JobKeeper Payment
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Net zero emissions by 2050
Voted almost always against
Voted consistently against
- A carbon price
- A Royal Commission into Robodebt
- An independent inquiry into Attorney-General Christian Porter
- Assisting Australians trying to return from overseas
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing protections for franchisees
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Increasing transparency of the China-Australia relationship
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Paid parental leave equality for stay-at-home mums and dads
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Putting a time limit on immigration detention
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Restricting donations to political parties
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- Treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency
We can't say anything concrete about how they voted on
- A declared area offence
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- An independent NDIS assessment process
- Assisting the Arts sector through the coronavirus pandemic
- Building Australia’s new submarine fleet in South Australia
- Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Extending Jobkeeper Payment
- Federal action on public housing
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Implementing the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
- Increasing access under Freedom of Information law
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- Increasing funding for vocational education
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing state and territory environmental approval powers
- Increasing support for the Australian film and TV industry
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Increasing workplace protections for women
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Net zero emissions by 2035
- Nuclear energy
- Preventative Detention Orders (PDOs)
- Protecting citizens' privacy
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Revoking citizenship of dual nationals involved with terrorism offences by the minister
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Transgender rights
Please note that our voting records start in February 2006.
Rebel votes
Andrew McLachlan has never voted against the majority of their party since entering Parliament in February 2020. explain rebellions
Free votes
Andrew McLachlan has taken part in 7 free votes since entering Parliament in February 2020. explain “Free Votes”
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Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Annual report
Andrew McLachlan voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Introduce threshold
Andrew McLachlan voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Sections 28F and 28G
Andrew McLachlan voted No in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Stage 2 licences
Andrew McLachlan voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Definition of mitochondrial donation licence
Andrew McLachlan voted No in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Definition of gene technology
Andrew McLachlan voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
Recent Votes
Recent votes in parliament that this Senator could have attended.
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Bills — Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Lifting the Income Limit for the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card) Bill 2022; in Committee
Andrew McLachlan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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Bills — Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Lifting the Income Limit for the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card) Bill 2022; in Committee
Andrew McLachlan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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Bills — Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Lifting the Income Limit for the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card) Bill 2022; in Committee
Andrew McLachlan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 12th Apr 2022
Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment (Royal Commission Response No. 2) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Address workforce shortages
Andrew McLachlan voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 12th Apr 2022
Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment (Royal Commission Response No. 2) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Acknowledge crisis
Andrew McLachlan voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 12th Apr 2022
Data Availability and Transparency Bill 2022 and another - Third Reading - Pass the bills
Andrew McLachlan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 49% attendance
Compare Andrew McLachlan with someone else
Shows people in order of those who voted always the same as Andrew McLachlan (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% | Ross Cadell | National Party Senator for NSW |
| 100% | Kerrynne Liddle | Liberal Party Senator for SA |
| 100% | Jacinta Nampijinpa Price | Country Liberal Party Senator for NT |
| 100% | James Paterson | Liberal Party Senator for Victoria |
| 100% | Linda Reynolds | Liberal Party Senator for WA |