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24th Oct 2019
Motions - Abortion - Congratulate NSW
Wendy Askew voted No in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
Wendy Askew
Liberal Party Senator for Tasmania since March 2019
Never rebels explain rebellions 76% attendance explain attendance
How do they vote?
Voted consistently for
- A combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- A declared area offence
- A Free Trade Agreement with China
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- An independent NDIS assessment process
- Australia's timber industry
- Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)
- Extended Supervision Orders (ESOs)
- Increasing state and territory environmental approval powers
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing the cost of humanities degrees
- Live animal export
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Mandatory minimum sentences for certain offences
- Nuclear energy
- Preventative Detention Orders (PDOs)
- Privatising certain government services
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis
- Reducing personal income tax
- Revoking citizenship of dual nationals involved with terrorism offences by the minister
- Temporary Exclusion Orders
Voted almost always for
Voted generally for
Voted a mixture of for and against
Voted generally against
Voted almost always against
- A carbon price
- A fast transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy
- Assisting Australians trying to return from overseas
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
- Considering legislation to create a federal anti-corruption commission
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Increasing access to the JobKeeper Payment
- Increasing funding for public schools
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Removing children from immigration detention
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- Treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency
Voted consistently against
- A constitutionally enshrined First Nations Voice in parliament
- A Royal Commission into Robodebt
- Building Australia’s new submarine fleet in South Australia
- Building community climate change resilience
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Ending illegal logging
- Extending Jobkeeper Payment
- Federal action on public housing
- Implementing the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
- Increasing access to medicinal cannabis products
- Increasing funding for road infrastructure
- 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 marine conservation
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing support for the Australian shipping industry
- Increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Increasing transparency of the China-Australia relationship
- Making the cashless debit card program voluntary and not mandatory
- Paid parental leave equality for stay-at-home mums and dads
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Putting a time limit on immigration detention
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Stopping former ministers from taking lobbying positions within five years
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Targeting foreign interference in Australia
- Treating government action on climate change as a matter of urgency
- Universal access to abortion services
Has never voted on
- Ending Governor-General allowances for serious misconduct
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing access under Freedom of Information law
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing parliamentary entitlements for current MPs and Senators
- Increasing protections for franchisees
- Increasing support for the Australian film and TV industry
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing workplace protections for women
- Offshore processing for people seeking asylum in Australia
- Protecting citizens' privacy
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- The Murray Darling Basin Plan
Please note that our voting records start in 2006.
Rebel votes
Wendy Askew has never voted against the majority of their party since entering Parliament in March 2019. explain rebellions
Free votes
Wendy Askew has taken part in 1 free vote since entering Parliament in March 2019. explain “Free Votes”
Recent Votes
Recent votes in parliament that this Senator could have attended.
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edited 2nd Dec 2021
Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment (Economic Empowerment) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Progress reports
Wendy Askew voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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edited 2nd Dec 2021
Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment (Economic Empowerment) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Schedule 2
Wendy Askew voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 39% attendance
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edited 2nd Dec 2021
Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment (Economic Empowerment) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Consultation issues
Wendy Askew voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 40% 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 | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 97% | Dean Smith | Liberal Party |
| 97% | Perin Davey | National Party |
| 97% | Sam McMahon | Country Liberal Party |
| 97% | Claire Chandler | Liberal Party |
| 96% | David Van | Liberal Party |