edited
12th May 2016
Motions - Australian Electoral Commission: Election Materials - Use Australian paper
Robert Simms voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
Robert Simms
Former Australian Greens Senator for SA September 2015 – May 2016
Never rebelled explain rebellions 98% attendance explain attendance
How do they vote?
Voted consistently for
- A fast transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy
- A Royal Commission into banking
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing marine conservation
- Public transport
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Senate electoral reform
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
Voted generally for
Voted a mixture of for and against
Voted generally against
Voted consistently against
- A Free Trade Agreement with China
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Making Australians working overseas repay their student debts
- Revoking citizenship of dual nationals involved with terrorism offences by the minister
- Unconventional gas mining
We can't say anything concrete about how they voted on
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- Buffer zones around abortion clinics
- Community right to say no to nuclear waste disposal sites
- Giving approval for mining in the Liverpool Plains
- Greater public scrutiny of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Landholders' right to say no to mining and gas exploration
- Letting environmental groups challenge the legality of certain government decisions
- Live animal export
- Offshore oil mining
- Protecting Australian sovereignty in trade agreements
- Reducing air pollution
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Storing all citizens' telecommunications data for access by government agencies
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement
- The use of strong encryption technologies
- Voluntary student union fees
Please note that our voting records start in February 2006.
Rebel votes
Robert Simms has never voted against the majority of their party since entering Parliament in September 2015. explain rebellions
Recent Votes
Recent votes in parliament that this Senator could have attended.
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edited 23rd Aug 2016
Motions - Transport Industry - Support the industry
Robert Simms voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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Committees — Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee; Reference
Robert Simms voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
Compare Robert Simms with someone else
Shows people in order of those who voted always the same as Robert Simms (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% | Sarah Hanson-Young | Australian Greens Senator for SA |
| 100% | Nick McKim | Australian Greens Senator for Tasmania |
| 100% | Janet Rice | Australian Greens Senator for Victoria |
| 100% | Larissa Waters | Australian Greens Senator for Queensland |
| 100% | Peter Whish-Wilson | Australian Greens Senator for Tasmania |