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17th Jun 2021
Motions - Gender Dysphoria - Treating gender diverse children
Jane Hume voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a small majority
6 rebellions 76% attendance
Jane Hume
Liberal Party Senator for Victoria since July 2016
Rebels 0.16% of the time explain rebellions 89% attendance explain attendance
Jane Hume is Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts in the Senate, Minister for the Environment in the Senate, Minister for Women's Economic Security, and Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and the Digital Economy.
How do they vote?
Voted consistently for
- A combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- A Free Trade Agreement with China
- A same-sex marriage plebiscite
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- Australia's timber industry
- Changing the wording of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Extended Supervision Orders (ESOs)
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- Giving approval for mining in the Liverpool Plains
- Imprisoning immigration detention workers who record or reveal information from their work
- Increasing parliamentary entitlements for current MPs and Senators
- Increasing state and territory environmental approval powers
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing the cost of humanities degrees
- Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 15%
- Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 19%
- Increasing the passenger movement charge ('PMC')
- Increasing the price of tobacco
- Live animal export
- MacMines' proposed China Stone coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- Maintaining or increasing defence spending
- 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 intervention in research funding grants
- Privatising certain government services
- Privatising government assets
- Privatising the ABC
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis
- Reducing the corporate tax rate
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Revoking citizenship of dual nationals involved with terrorism offences by the minister
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Technology neutral emission reduction targets
- Temporary Exclusion Orders
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- The Coalition's Youth Jobs PaTH
- The Murray Darling Basin Plan
- The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Unconventional gas mining
Voted almost always for
Voted generally for
- A declared area offence
- Preventative Detention Orders (PDOs)
- Prioritising religious freedom
- Reducing personal income tax
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Strengthening gun control laws
- Targeting foreign interference in Australia
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- Transgender rights
- Universal access to abortion services
Voted a mixture of for and against
Voted generally against
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- Closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing government support for the dairy industry
- Reducing air pollution
Voted almost always against
- A fast transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Ending illegal logging
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Promoting multiculturalism
- Protecting whales within Australian waters
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Treating government action on climate change as a matter of urgency
Voted consistently against
- A carbon price
- A constitutionally enshrined First Nations Voice in parliament
- A national redress scheme for institutional abuse survivors
- A review of our representatives' eligibility
- 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
- Assisting Australians trying to return from overseas
- Assisting the Arts sector through the coronavirus pandemic
- Building Australia’s new submarine fleet in South Australia
- Building community climate change resilience
- Changing the date of Australia Day
- Community right to say no to nuclear waste disposal sites
- Considering legislation to create a federal anti-corruption commission
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Criminalising "revenge porn"
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending Governor-General allowances for serious misconduct
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Expanding Medicare-funded dental care
- Extending Jobkeeper Payment
- Federal action on public housing
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Getting rid of the Gold Travel Pass
- 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 accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- Increasing federal government support for childcare
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing funding for legal aid
- Increasing funding for public schools
- Increasing funding for road infrastructure
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing funding for vocational education
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing penalties for breach of data
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing support for the Australian film and TV industry
- Increasing support for the Australian shipping industry
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- 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
- Increasing workplace protections for women
- Investing in climate science
- Legalising euthanasia
- Legalising pepper spray
- Making sanitary items GST-free
- Making the cashless debit card program voluntary and not mandatory
- More scrutiny of the Australian Defence Force
- Paid parental leave equality for stay-at-home mums and dads
- Pill testing
- Protecting Australian sovereignty in trade agreements
- Protecting citizens' privacy
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Putting a time limit on immigration detention
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records
- Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Stopping former ministers from taking lobbying positions within five years
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- The use of strong encryption technologies
- Treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency
Has never voted on
Please note that our voting records start in 2006.
Rebel votes
Jane Hume has voted against the majority of their party 3 times since entering Parliament in July 2016. explain rebellions
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edited 17th Jun 2021
Motions - Child Care - Adopt Labor's Cheaper Child Care Plan
Jane Hume voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a small majority
6 rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 23rd Nov 2018
Motions - Day of the Unborn Child - Religious freedom
Jane Hume voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 58% attendance
Free votes
Jane Hume has taken part in 12 free votes since entering Parliament in July 2016. explain “Free Votes”
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edited 24th Oct 2019
Motions - Abortion - Congratulate NSW
Jane Hume voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 7th Dec 2018
Documents - Queensland: Abortion - Let a vote happen
Jane Hume voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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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
Jane Hume voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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edited 30th Nov 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Jane Hume voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 23rd Dec 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Religious versus civil marriage celebrants
Jane Hume voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 23rd Dec 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Authorised marriage celebrant
Jane Hume voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 24th Dec 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Religious organisations
Jane Hume voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 24th Dec 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Charities
Jane Hume voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 29th Dec 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Defence chaplains
Jane Hume voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 29th Dec 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - "Freedom" amendments
Jane Hume voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 29th Dec 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Religious marriage celebrants
Jane Hume voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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edited 29th Dec 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Religious and conscientious protection
Jane Hume voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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
Jane Hume was absent
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
Jane Hume was absent
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
Jane Hume was absent
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 98% | Jim Molan | Liberal Party |
| 98% | Dean Smith | Liberal Party |
| 98% | Perin Davey | National Party |
| 97% | Richard Colbeck | Liberal Party |
| 97% | Jonathon Duniam | Liberal Party |