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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 94% attendance explain attendance
How do they vote?
Voted very strongly for
- A Free Trade Agreement with China
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Live animal export
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Outsourcing government services
- Reducing personal income tax
- Temporary Exclusion Orders
- Trans rights
- Unconventional gas mining
Voted very strongly against
- A fast transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Building community climate change resilience
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending illegal logging
- For increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Increasing access to medicinal cannabis products
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing government support for the dairy industry
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- 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
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Making the cashless debit card program voluntary
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Stopping former ministers from taking lobbying positions within five years
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Targeting foreign interference in Australia
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- 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
- Increasing parliamentary entitlements for current MPs and Senators
- Putting welfare payments onto restricted debit cards
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 13th Dec 2019
Australian Crime Commission Amendment (Special Operations and Special Investigations) Bill 2019 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Wendy Askew voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 13th Dec 2019
Australian Crime Commission Amendment (Special Operations and Special Investigations) Bill 2019 - Third Reading - Retroactive application
Wendy Askew voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 13th Dec 2019
Australian Crime Commission Amendment (Special Operations and Special Investigations) Bill 2019 - Third Reading - Sunset clause
Wendy Askew voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 58% 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% | Alex Antic | SA | Liberal Party |
| 100% | Sam McMahon | NT | Country Liberal Party |
| 99% | Paul Scarr | Queensland | Liberal Party |
| 99% | Claire Chandler | Tasmania | Liberal Party |
| 99% | Perin Davey | NSW | National Party |