• Australian Labor Party Representative for Canberra
• Entered House of Representatives on 18 May 2019 — Federal election
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How Alicia Payne voted on key issues since 2006:

• Voted consistently for increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace. votes
• Voted consistently for increasing investment in renewable energy. votes
• Has never voted on more scrutiny of intelligence services & police. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against increasing funding for university education. votes
• Voted generally against decreasing availability of welfare payments. votes
• Voted consistently for encouraging Australian-based industry. votes
• Voted consistently for increasing consumer protections. votes
• Voted consistently for treating government action on climate change as a matter of urgency. votes
• Voted consistently for increasing transparency of big business by making information public. votes
• Voted consistently for creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission. votes
• Voted consistently for a fast transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. votes
• Voted consistently for stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation. votes
• Voted consistently against putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial. votes
• Voted generally against speeding things along in Parliament (procedural). votes
• Voted generally for suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural). votes
• Voted generally for letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural). votes
• Voted consistently for increasing housing affordability. votes
• Voted consistently for doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers. votes
• Voted consistently against drug testing welfare recipients. votes
• Voted consistently against privatising government services. votes
• Has never voted on government action on animal & plant extinctions. votes
• Voted consistently for increasing political transparency. votes
• Has never voted on a combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia. votes
• Voted almost always against political interference in research funding. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against protecting Australian sovereignty in trade agreements. votes
• Has never voted on community right to say no to nuclear waste disposal sites. votes
• Voted consistently for Temporary Exclusion Orders. votes
• Voted consistently for making the cashless debit card program voluntary. votes
• Voted consistently for increasing funding for vocational education. votes
• Has never voted on increasing access to the JobKeeper Payment. votes
• Has never voted on assisting the Arts sector through the coronavirus pandemic. votes
• Voted consistently for parliament continuing to meet during the COVID-19 pandemic. votes
• Has never voted on banning mobiles and other devices in immigration detention. votes
• Has never voted on increasing state and territory environmental approval powers. votes
• Has never voted on increasing the cost of humanities degrees. votes
• Has never voted on extending Jobkeeper Payment. votes
• Voted consistently for increasing support for the Australian film and TV industry. votes
• Voted consistently for building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19). votes
• Voted consistently for treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency. votes
• Voted consistently for increasing workplace protections for women. votes
• Has never voted on putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis. votes

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• Never rebels against their party in this parliament.

Questions without Notice: COVID-19: Quarantine (30 Nov 2021)

“My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that, in a report released this month, the Prime Minister's handpicked quarantine adviser, Jane Halton, told him 'purpose-built facilities represent the gold standard of quarantine' and 'monitoring variants of concern should ensure high-risk travellers are allocated to these purpose-built facilities'? Can the Prime Minister...”

Adjournment: Morrison Government (25 Nov 2021)

“Mr Speaker, I congratulate you on your election as Speaker.”

Adjournment: Morrison Government (25 Nov 2021)

“Yesterday marked 14 years since the election of the Rudd government. I joined the Labor Party in the year preceding that election, because I saw that our government had lost touch with the issues that were important to Australians and was attacking the things that made Australia the great place that it was, attacking our social safety net and our system of wages that had made Australia a...”

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• Has spoken in 57 debates in the last year — average amongst Representatives.
• People have made 0 comments on this Representative's speeches — below average amongst Representatives.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 89 times in debates — well below average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)

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