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17th Jun 2021
Motions - Gender Dysphoria - Treating gender diverse children
Richard Colbeck voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a small majority
6 rebellions 76% attendance
Richard Colbeck
Liberal Party Senator for Tasmania since February 2018
Rebels 0.085% of the time explain rebellions 87% attendance explain attendance
Richard Colbeck is Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services, and Minister for Sport. Before being Liberal Party Senator for Tasmania, Richard Colbeck was Liberal Party Senator for Tasmania.
How do they vote?
Voted very strongly for
- A citizenship test
- A combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- An emissions reduction fund
- An independent NDIS assessment process
- Australia's timber industry
- Changing the wording of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act
- Charging postgraduate research students fees
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Deregulating undergraduate university fees
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- Giving apprentices access to a $20,000 loan
- Imprisoning immigration detention workers who record or reveal information from their work
- Increasing beef import standards
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing funding for road infrastructure
- Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing parliamentary entitlements for current MPs and Senators
- Increasing state and territory environmental approval powers
- Increasing the cost of humanities degrees
- MacMines' proposed China Stone coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Mandatory minimum sentences for certain offences
- Offshore processing for people seeking asylum in Australia
- Political interference in research funding
- Prioritising religious freedom
- Privatising government assets
- Privatising government services
- Privatising the ABC
- Putting welfare payments onto restricted debit cards (known as cashless debit cards)
- Reducing personal income tax
- Removing parallel import restrictions for books
- Senate electoral reform
- Storing all citizens' telecommunications data for access by government agencies
- Temporary Exclusion Orders
- Temporary protection visas
- The Murray Darling Basin Plan
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Unconventional gas mining
- Uranium export
- Voluntary student union fees
Voted strongly for
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Increasing availability of abortion drugs
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Live animal export
- Offshore oil mining
- Revoking citizenship of dual nationals involved with terrorism offences by the minister
- Stem cell research
- Targeting foreign interference in Australia
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
Voted moderately for
- A declared area offence
- A publicly accessible foreign ownership register for agricultural land
- Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)
- Funding the national school chaplaincy program
- Giving approval for mining in the Liverpool Plains
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Nuclear energy
- Preventative Detention Orders (PDOs)
- Promoting multiculturalism
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement
Voted a mixture of for and against
- A Free Trade Agreement with China
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Transgender rights
Voted moderately against
- Closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Landholders' right to say no to mining and gas exploration
- Local community consultation on infrastructure projects
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Putting a time limit on immigration detention
- Reducing air pollution
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- The use of strong encryption technologies
- Tighter means testing of family payments
Voted strongly against
- A carbon price
- A constitutionally enshrined First Nations Voice in parliament
- A fast transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy
- A minerals resource rent tax
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Community right to say no to nuclear waste disposal sites
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income
- Making the cashless debit card program voluntary
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Protecting Australian sovereignty in trade agreements
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Public transport
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Treating government action on climate change as a matter of urgency
Voted very strongly against
- A federal inquiry into Queensland government administration
- A review of parliamentary entitlements
- A Royal Commission into banking
- A Royal Commission into Robodebt
- A Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability
- A travel ban on people from certain countries
- An independent inquiry into Attorney-General Christian Porter
- An inquiry into the Iraq War
- An NBN (using fibre to the premises)
- Assisting Australians trying to return from overseas
- Assisting the Arts sector through the coronavirus pandemic
- Banning all investment in cluster munitions
- Building Australia’s new submarine fleet in South Australia
- Building community climate change resilience
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Carbon farming
- Criminalising "revenge porn"
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Ending Governor-General allowances for serious misconduct
- Ending illegal logging
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Equal treatment for all couples
- Expanding Medicare-funded dental care
- Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
- Extending Jobkeeper Payment
- Federal action on public housing
- For increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Greater public scrutiny of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations
- High speed rail on the east coast
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Implementing the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing access to medicinal cannabis products
- Increasing access to the JobKeeper Payment
- Increasing access under Freedom of Information law
- Increasing federal government support for childcare
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing funding for legal aid
- Increasing funding for public schools
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing funding for vocational education
- Increasing government support for the dairy industry
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing protections for franchisees
- Increasing support for community radio and TV
- Increasing support for the Australian film and TV industry
- Increasing the age pension
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Increasing transparency of the China-Australia relationship
- Increasing workplace protections for women
- Investing in climate science
- Legalising euthanasia
- Legalising pepper spray
- Letting environmental groups challenge the legality of certain government decisions
- Maintaining or increasing CSIRO funding
- More scrutiny of the Australian Defence Force
- Paid parental leave equality for stay-at-home mums and dads
- Pill testing
- Protecting citizens' privacy
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Protecting whales within Australian waters
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Refugee family reunification
- Requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records
- Requiring Parliamentary approval of military deployments
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Stopping former ministers from taking lobbying positions within five years
- Strengthening gun control laws
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- The right to protest
- Treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency
- Using natural resource wealth for the benefit of all Australians
- Withdrawing troops from Afghanistan
Has never voted on
- Buffer zones around abortion clinics
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- Making Australians working overseas repay their student debts
- Recognising local government in the Constitution
- Universal access to abortion services
Please note that our voting records start in 2006.
Rebel votes
Richard Colbeck has voted against the majority of their party 3 times since February 2006. explain rebellions
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edited 17th Jun 2021
Motions - Child Care - Adopt Labor's Cheaper Child Care Plan
Richard Colbeck voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a small majority
6 rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 24th Aug 2018
Motions - Free Speech - Against gender neutral language
Richard Colbeck voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a modest majority
3 rebellions 59% attendance
Free votes
Richard Colbeck has taken part in 13 free votes since February 2006. explain “Free Votes”
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edited 14th Sep 2018
Restoring Territory Rights (Assisted Suicide Legislation) Bill 2015 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Richard Colbeck voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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edited 16th Sep 2016
Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - Third Reading - Read a third time DUPLICATE
Richard Colbeck voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Richard Colbeck voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 10th Oct 2014
Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - In Committee - 15 day warrant duration
Richard Colbeck voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 10th Oct 2014
Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - In Committee - Increase penalties to 15 years
Richard Colbeck voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - In Committee - National Stem Cell Bank
Richard Colbeck voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - In Committee - Deposit of stem cell samples
Richard Colbeck voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - In Committee - Public health benefit
Richard Colbeck voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Richard Colbeck voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Richard Colbeck voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 96% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - In Committee - Amend the current process
Richard Colbeck voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - In Committee - Amend the current process
Richard Colbeck voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 95% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Richard Colbeck voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
Recent Votes
Recent votes in parliament that this Senator could have attended.
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edited 3rd Sep 2021
Treasury Laws Amendment (2021 Measures No. 2) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Live Performance Federal Insurance Guarantee Fund
Richard Colbeck voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 35% attendance
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edited 3rd Sep 2021
Treasury Laws Amendment (2021 Measures No. 2) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Publication of COVID-19 payment info
Richard Colbeck voted No
Not passed
No rebellions 32% attendance
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edited 3rd Sep 2021
Sex Discrimination and Fair Work (Respect at Work) Amendment Bill 2021 - in Committee - Overly high threshold
Richard Colbeck voted No
Not passed
No rebellions 32% attendance
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edited 12th May 2016
Motions - Australian Electoral Commission: Election Materials - Use Australian paper
Richard Colbeck voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 23rd Aug 2016
Motions - Transport Industry - Support the industry
Richard Colbeck 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
Richard Colbeck voted No
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 98% | Jim Molan | NSW | Liberal Party |
| 98% | Lucy Gichuhi | SA | whilst Independent |
| 98% | Jonathon Duniam | Tasmania | Liberal Party |
| 98% | Andrew McLachlan | SA | Liberal Party |
| 98% | Dean Smith | WA | Liberal Party |