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7th Oct 2014
Motions — Republic of Nauru - Coalition policies
Lin Thorp voted Yes, rebelling against the Australian Labor Party
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 84% attendance
Lin Thorp
Former Australian Labor Party Senator for Tasmania June 2012 – June 2014
Rebelled 0.23% of the time explain rebellions 83% attendance explain attendance
How do they vote?
Voted very strongly for
- A minerals resource rent tax
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Funding the national school chaplaincy program
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Recognising local government in the Constitution
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Uranium export
Voted strongly for
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Same-sex marriage equality
Voted moderately for
- A carbon price
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Ending illegal logging
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Unconventional gas mining
Voted a mixture of for and against
- Australia's timber industry
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Live animal export
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
Voted moderately against
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Increasing access under Freedom of Information law
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Putting a time limit on immigration detention
Voted strongly against
What does this mean?Voted very strongly against
- A publicly accessible foreign ownership register for agricultural land
- Banning all investment in cluster munitions
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing funding for road infrastructure
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Landholders' right to say no to mining and gas exploration
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Protecting whales within Australian waters
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records
- Requiring Parliamentary approval of military deployments
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Strengthening gun control laws
- The use of strong encryption technologies
- Using natural resource wealth for the benefit of all Australians
Has never voted on
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Local community consultation on infrastructure projects
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Treating government action on climate change as a matter of urgency
Please note that our voting records start in 2006.
Rebel votes
Lin Thorp has voted against the majority of their party 1 time since entering Parliament in June 2012. explain rebellions
Free votes
Lin Thorp has taken part in 2 free votes since entering Parliament in June 2012. explain “Free Votes”
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edited 24th Oct 2014
Marriage Act Amendment (Recognition of Foreign Marriages for Same-Sex Couples) Bill 2013 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Lin Thorp voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 95% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Marriage Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Lin Thorp voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
Recent Votes
Recent votes in parliament that this Senator could have attended.
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edited 4th Jan 2015
Motions - Youth Mental Health - Redirect chaplaincy funding to qualified mental health workers
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
Possible Friends
Shows which Senators voted most similarly to this one in the 2010-2013 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% | Claire Moore | Queensland | Australian Labor Party |
| 97% | Anne McEwen | SA | Australian Labor Party |
| 97% | Alex Gallacher | SA | Australian Labor Party |
| 97% | Mehmet Tillem | Victoria | Australian Labor Party |
| 97% | Ursula Stephens | NSW | Australian Labor Party |