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 very strongly for
- A fast transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy
- A Royal Commission into banking
- Buffer zones around abortion clinics
- Building Australia’s new submarine fleet in South Australia
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Greater public scrutiny of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- 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
- Protecting Australian sovereignty in trade agreements
- Public transport
- Requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Senate electoral reform
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- The use of strong encryption technologies
- Treating government action on climate change as a matter of urgency
Voted moderately against
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
Voted very strongly against
- A Free Trade Agreement with China
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- Giving approval for mining in the Liverpool Plains
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Live animal export
- Making Australians working overseas repay their student debts
- Putting welfare payments onto restricted debit cards
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Revoking citizenship of dual nationals involved with terrorism offences by the minister
- Storing all citizens' telecommunications data for access by government agencies
- The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement
- Unconventional gas mining
- Voluntary student union fees
Please note that our voting records start in 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100% | Sarah Hanson-Young | SA | Australian Greens |
| 100% | Janet Rice | Victoria | Australian Greens |
| 100% | Rachel Siewert | WA | Australian Greens |
| 100% | Peter Whish-Wilson | Tasmania | Australian Greens |
| 100% | Lee Rhiannon | NSW | Australian Greens |