edited
4th Jan 2015
Motions - Youth Mental Health - Redirect chaplaincy funding to qualified mental health workers
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
Mehmet Tillem
Former Australian Labor Party Senator for Victoria August 2013 – June 2014
Never rebelled explain rebellions 97% attendance explain attendance
How do they vote?
Voted very strongly for
- A minerals resource rent tax
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Funding the national school chaplaincy program
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Live animal export
- Unconventional gas mining
Voted a mixture of for and against
What does this mean?Voted very strongly against
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Landholders' right to say no to mining and gas exploration
- Local community consultation on infrastructure projects
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Temporary protection visas
- The use of strong encryption technologies
- Treating government action on climate change as a matter of urgency
- Using natural resource wealth for the benefit of all Australians
Please note that our voting records start in 2006.
Rebel votes
Mehmet Tillem has never voted against the majority of their party since entering Parliament in August 2013. explain rebellions
Recent Votes
Recent votes in parliament that this Senator could have attended.
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Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Mehmet Tillem 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99% | Sue Lines | WA | whilst Australian Labor Party |
| 99% | Claire Moore | Queensland | Australian Labor Party |
| 99% | Anne Urquhart | Tasmania | Australian Labor Party |
| 99% | Joe Ludwig | Queensland | Australian Labor Party |
| 99% | Alex Gallacher | SA | Australian Labor Party |