• Australian Labor Party Senator for Victoria
• Became a Senator on 1 July 2019 — Federal election
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How Jess Walsh voted on key issues since 2006:

• Voted strongly for a carbon price. votes
• Voted strongly for increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management. votes
• Voted very strongly for increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace. votes
• Voted very strongly for the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. votes
• Voted very strongly for implementing refugee and protection conventions. votes
• Voted very strongly against increasing protection of Australia's fresh water. votes
• Voted very strongly against regional processing of asylum seekers. votes
• Voted moderately against increasing marine conservation. votes
• Voted moderately for unconventional gas mining. votes
• Voted very strongly against restricting foreign ownership. votes
• Voted moderately for increasing investment in renewable energy. votes
• Voted moderately against more scrutiny of intelligence services & police. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against increasing funding for university education. votes
• Voted strongly against increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites. votes
• Voted moderately for live animal exports. votes
• Voted very strongly against decreasing availability of welfare payments. votes
• Voted very strongly for increasing funding for road infrastructure. votes
• Voted very strongly against increasing restrictions on gambling. votes
• Voted very strongly for encouraging Australian-based industry. votes
• Voted very strongly for increasing surveillance powers. votes
• Voted very strongly for increasing consumer protections. votes
• Voted very strongly against offshore processing of asylum seekers. votes
• Voted moderately against decreasing ABC and SBS funding. votes

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• Never rebels against their party in this parliament.

Bills: COVID-19 Disaster Payment (Funding Arrangements) Bill 2021; Second Reading (24 Jun 2021)

“I rise to speak about the COVID-19 Disaster Payment (Funding Arrangements) Bill 2021. The government had to be dragged kicking and screaming to support workers with these payments in the latest round of the COVID crisis. Casual workers in Victoria were left waiting in the last outbreak, without income and without support, until the federal government finally delivered this payment. This...”

Adjournment: Coalition Government (23 Jun 2021)

“This week the government has been focused on the numbers—the numbers in the Nationals party room, numbers that have delivered a reheated, rehashed Deputy Prime Minister in Barnaby Joyce. But Australians are focused on the numbers that really matter. They are focused on the basic equations that matter to them, and they are asking themselves: 'Am I better off now than eight years ago,...”

Committees: Scrutiny of Bills Committee; Scrutiny Digest (23 Jun 2021)

“On behalf of Senator Polley, I present Scrutiny Digest No. 9 of 2021 of the Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills.”

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• Has spoken in 63 debates in the last year — average amongst Senators.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 76 times in debates — below average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)

Jess Walsh's latest interest statementLast updated: 4 May 2021