edited
24th Oct 2019
Motions - Abortion - Congratulate NSW
Marielle Smith voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
Marielle Smith
Australian Labor Party Senator for SA since July 2019
Never rebels explain rebellions 71% attendance explain attendance
How do they vote?
Voted very strongly for
- A Free Trade Agreement with China
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Increasing access to medicinal cannabis products
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing government support for the dairy industry
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- 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
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Offshore oil mining
- Reducing personal income tax
- 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
- Unconventional gas mining
- Universal access to abortion services
Voted strongly for
What does this mean?Voted moderately for
- Increasing access to the JobKeeper Payment
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
Voted a mixture of for and against
- For increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Making the cashless debit card program voluntary
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Treating government action on climate change as a matter of urgency
Voted moderately against
- A fast transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Building community climate change resilience
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
Voted strongly against
What does this mean?Voted very strongly against
- Building Australia’s new submarine fleet in South Australia
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Ending illegal logging
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing transparency of the China-Australia relationship
- Nuclear energy
- Privatising government services
- Putting welfare payments onto restricted debit cards
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
Has never voted on
- Assisting the Arts sector through the coronavirus pandemic
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Federal action on public housing
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing political transparency
- Mandatory minimum sentences for certain offences
- Offshore processing for people seeking asylum in Australia
- Paid parental leave equality for stay-at-home mums and dads
Please note that our voting records start in 2006.
Rebel votes
Marielle Smith has never voted against the majority of their party since entering Parliament in July 2019. explain rebellions
Free votes
Marielle Smith 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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Bills — National Skills Commissioner Bill 2020; Second Reading
Marielle Smith was absent
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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Bills — National Skills Commissioner Bill 2020; Second Reading
Marielle Smith was absent
Not passed
No rebellions 71% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Marielle Smith was absent
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 50% 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% | Louise Pratt | WA | Australian Labor Party |
| 97% | Tim Ayres | NSW | Australian Labor Party |
| 96% | Jess Walsh | Victoria | Australian Labor Party |
| 96% | Nita Green | Queensland | Australian Labor Party |
| 96% | Tony Sheldon | NSW | Australian Labor Party |