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Michael Keenan, former Representative

- Former Liberal Party Representative for Stirling
- Left House of Representatives on 18 May 2019 — retired
- Entered House of Representatives on 9 October 2004 — Federal election
Voting record (from They Vote For You)
How Michael Keenan voted on key issues since 2006:
- Voted very strongly against same sex marriage. votes
- Voted very strongly against tobacco plain packaging. votes
- Voted strongly against a carbon price. votes
- Voted very strongly against increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management. votes
- Voted moderately for government administered paid parental leave. votes
- Voted very strongly against increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace. votes
- Voted very strongly against the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. votes
- Voted moderately against implementing refugee and protection conventions. votes
- Voted moderately for increasing competition in bulk wheat export. votes
- Voted very strongly for recognising local government in the Constitution. votes
- Voted very strongly for temporary protection visas. votes
- Voted very strongly for voluntary student union fees. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing or removing the debt limit. votes
- Voted very strongly against a minerals resource rent tax . votes
- Voted very strongly against increasing protection of Australia's fresh water. votes
- Voted moderately for regional processing of asylum seekers. votes
- Voted very strongly against increasing marine conservation. votes
- Voted very strongly for unconventional gas mining. votes
- Voted very strongly against restricting foreign ownership. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing investment in renewable energy. votes
- Voted very strongly for privatising government assets. votes
- Voted very strongly for stem cell research. votes
- Voted very strongly for more scrutiny of intelligence services & police. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing Aboriginal land rights. votes
- Voted very strongly against increasing funding for university education. votes
- Voted very strongly against decreasing the private health insurance rebate. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the price of subsidised medicine. votes
- Voted moderately against increasing the age pension. votes
- Voted very strongly against extending government benefits to same-sex couples. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing availability of abortion drugs. votes
- Voted very strongly for live animal exports. votes
- Voted very strongly against carbon farming. votes
- Voted very strongly for decreasing availability of welfare payments. votes
- Voted very strongly against re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Intervention in the Northern Territory. votes
- Voted very strongly for an emissions reduction fund. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing funding for road infrastructure. votes
- Voted very strongly against increasing restrictions on gambling. votes
- Voted very strongly against increasing fishing restrictions. votes
- Voted very strongly against encouraging Australian-based industry. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing consumer protections. votes
- Has never voted on increasing public access to government data. votes
- Voted very strongly against an NBN (using fibre to the premises). votes
- Voted very strongly for decreasing ABC and SBS funding. votes
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More on their full record
- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Parliamentary Representation: Valedictory (3 Apr 2019)
“Mr Deputy Speaker, on indulgence, I am humbled and more than a little surprised to stand here to make my final speech after 15 years in this place, because in 2004, when I was elected, it would have seemed pretty unlikely that I would have been given the tremendous opportunity to represent Stirling for the past 15 years. In 2004, I had recently returned to Perth and I was asked by the Liberal...”
- Matters of Public Importance: Workplace Relations (20 Feb 2019)
“He's lying! He's lying!”
- Matters of Public Importance: Workplace Relations (20 Feb 2019)
“Regardless of the facts, I withdraw.”
Numbers
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- Has spoken in 15 debates in the last year — well below average amongst Representatives.
- People have made 3 comments on this Representative's speeches — above average amongst Representatives.
- This Representative's speeches are understandable to an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 33 people are tracking whenever this Representative speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 572 times in debates — well above average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)