• Liberal Party Senator for WA
• Minister for Education and Youth in the Senate (since 8 Oct 2021)
  Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (since 30 Mar 2021)
  Minister for Government Services (since 30 Mar 2021)
• Became a Senator on 1 July 2014 — Federal election
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• Voting record
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• Register of Interests

How Linda Reynolds voted on key issues since 2006:

• Voted consistently for same-sex marriage equality. votes
• Voted consistently for tobacco plain packaging. votes
• Voted almost always against a carbon price. votes
• Voted almost always against increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management. votes
• Voted consistently against increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace. votes
• Voted consistently against the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. votes
• Voted almost always against implementing refugee and protection conventions. votes
• Voted consistently for temporary protection visas. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against voluntary student union fees. votes
• Voted consistently against a minerals resource rent tax . votes
• Voted consistently against increasing protection of Australia's fresh water. votes
• Voted generally for regional processing of asylum seekers. votes
• Voted consistently against increasing marine conservation. votes
• Voted generally for unconventional gas mining. votes
• Voted consistently against restricting foreign ownership. votes
• Voted almost always against increasing investment in renewable energy. votes
• Voted consistently for privatising government assets. votes
• Voted almost always against more scrutiny of intelligence services & police. votes
• Voted consistently against increasing Aboriginal land rights. votes
• Voted almost always against increasing funding for university education. votes
• Voted consistently against increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites. votes
• Voted consistently for live animal export. votes
• Voted generally for decreasing availability of welfare payments. votes
• Has never voted on an emissions reduction fund. votes
• Voted almost always for increasing funding for road infrastructure. votes
• Voted almost always against increasing restrictions on gambling. votes
• Voted consistently against increasing fishing restrictions. votes
• Voted almost always against encouraging Australian-based industry. votes
• Has never voted on uranium export. votes
• Voted almost always for increasing surveillance powers. votes
• Voted generally against increasing consumer protections. votes
• Voted consistently against a federal inquiry into Queensland government administration. votes
• Voted consistently for offshore processing for people seeking asylum in Australia. votes
• Voted generally against increasing freedom of political communication. votes
• Voted consistently for storing all citizens' telecommunications data for access by government agencies. votes
• Voted consistently against requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records. votes
• Voted almost always for decreasing ABC and SBS funding. votes
• Voted generally against tighter means testing of family payments . votes
• Voted consistently for deregulating undergraduate university fees. votes
• Voted almost always against increasing accessibility of government data and documents. votes
• Voted consistently against removing children from immigration detention. votes
• Voted generally against landholders' right to say no to mining and gas exploration. votes
• Voted consistently against building Australia’s new submarine fleet in South Australia. votes
• Voted consistently for giving apprentices access to a $20,000 loan. votes
• Voted consistently against protecting whales within Australian waters. votes
• Voted consistently against increasing the diversity of media ownership. votes
• Voted consistently against increasing support for community radio and TV. votes
• Voted consistently for increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts. votes
• Voted consistently for charging postgraduate research students fees. votes
• Voted generally against decreasing the gender pay gap. votes
• Voted consistently against greater public scrutiny of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against increasing transparency of the China-Australia relationship. votes
• Voted consistently for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement. votes
• Voted consistently against requiring Parliamentary approval of military deployments. votes
• Voted almost always against treating government action on climate change as a matter of urgency. votes
• Voted almost always against increasing transparency of big business by making information public. votes
• Voted consistently for making Australians working overseas repay their student debts. votes
• Voted consistently against letting environmental groups challenge the legality of certain government decisions. votes
• Voted consistently for revoking citizenship of dual nationals involved with terrorism offences by the minister. votes
• Voted consistently against restricting donations to political parties. votes
• Voted almost always against creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission. votes
• Voted consistently for Senate electoral reform. votes
• Voted consistently against protecting whistleblowers. votes
• Voted almost always against a fast transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. votes
• Voted almost always against stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation. votes
• Voted almost always against ending illegal logging. votes
• Voted almost always against protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats. votes
• Voted generally against a Royal Commission into banking. votes
• Voted consistently against the use of strong encryption technologies. votes
• Voted consistently for increasing parliamentary entitlements for current MPs and Senators. votes
• Voted consistently against increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income. votes
• Voted consistently against maintaining or increasing CSIRO funding. votes
• Voted generally against increasing funding for legal aid. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against buffer zones around abortion clinics. votes
• Voted almost always for putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial. votes
• Voted consistently against a publicly accessible foreign ownership register for agricultural land. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against speeding things along in Parliament (procedural). votes
• Voted generally against suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural). votes
• Voted consistently against federal action on public housing. votes
• Voted consistently against increasing housing affordability. votes
• Has never voted on ending immigration detention on Nauru. votes
• Voted consistently for imprisoning immigration detention workers who record or reveal information from their work. votes
• Voted generally against putting a time limit on immigration detention. votes
• Has never voted on ending immigration detention on Manus Island. votes
• Voted consistently against protecting the Great Barrier Reef. votes
• Voted consistently against public transport. votes
• Voted consistently for increasing the price of tobacco. votes
• Voted consistently against a national redress scheme for institutional abuse survivors. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against strengthening gun control laws. votes
• Voted consistently against the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). votes
• Voted almost always against protecting citizens' privacy. votes
• Voted consistently for a same-sex marriage plebiscite. votes
• Voted consistently for increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 19%. votes
• Voted consistently for an Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC). votes
• Voted consistently for increasing scrutiny of unions. votes
• Voted consistently for Preventative Detention Orders (PDOs). votes
• Voted consistently for increasing the passenger movement charge ('PMC'). votes
• Voted consistently against more scrutiny of the Australian Defence Force. votes
• Voted consistently for increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 15%. votes
• Voted consistently for Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs). votes
• Voted generally for increasing investment in the coal industry. votes
• Voted consistently for a Free Trade Agreement with China. votes
• Voted generally against changing the date of Australia Day. votes
• Voted consistently against doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers. votes
• Voted consistently against getting rid of the Gold Travel Pass. votes
• Voted consistently for changing the wording of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act. votes
• Voted consistently for getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates. votes
• Voted consistently for reducing the corporate tax rate. votes
• Voted consistently for the Coalition's Youth Jobs PaTH. votes
• Voted generally for the Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0"). votes
• Voted consistently for technology neutral emission reduction targets. votes
• Voted consistently against requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements. votes
• Voted consistently for giving approval for mining in the Liverpool Plains. votes
• Voted consistently against making sanitary items GST-free. votes
• Voted consistently against increasing access to medicinal cannabis products. votes
• Voted consistently against a Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability. votes
• Voted consistently against criminalising "revenge porn". votes
• Voted almost always against closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. votes
• Voted consistently for maintaining or increasing defence spending. votes
• Voted almost always for Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin. votes
• Voted consistently for drug testing welfare recipients. votes
• Voted consistently against refugee family reunification. votes
• Voted consistently for privatising government services. votes
• Voted consistently against a review of our representatives' eligibility. votes
• Voted almost always against increasing federal government support for childcare. votes
• Voted almost always against government action on animal & plant extinctions. votes
• Voted consistently for turning back asylum boats when possible. votes
• Voted generally against civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples. votes
• Voted almost always against universal access to abortion services. votes
• Voted consistently against expanding Medicare-funded dental care. votes
• Voted consistently against increasing the Newstart Allowance rate. votes
• Voted consistently against an inquiry into the Iraq War. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against the Paris Climate Agreement. votes
• Has never voted on increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship. votes
• Voted consistently for making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use. votes
• Voted consistently for privatising the ABC. votes
• Voted generally for targeting foreign interference in Australia. votes
• Voted consistently against increasing penalties for breach of data. votes
• Voted almost always for a declared area offence. votes
• Voted consistently against legalising euthanasia. votes
• Voted consistently against stopping former ministers from taking lobbying positions within five years. votes
• Voted generally for promoting multiculturalism. votes
• Voted consistently against increasing legal protections for LGBTI people. votes
• Voted generally for nuclear energy. votes
• Voted consistently for prioritising religious freedom. votes
• Voted almost always against increasing political transparency. votes
• Voted consistently against a travel ban on people from certain countries. votes
• Voted consistently for MacMines' proposed China Stone coal mine in the Galilee Basin. votes
• Voted generally for a combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia. votes
• Voted consistently for political interference in research funding. votes
• Voted consistently against protecting Australian sovereignty in trade agreements. votes
• Voted consistently against pill testing. votes
• Voted consistently against legalising pepper spray. votes
• Voted generally against increasing government support for the dairy industry. votes
• Has never voted on ending Governor-General allowances for serious misconduct. votes
• Voted generally against transgender rights. votes
• Voted consistently against community right to say no to nuclear waste disposal sites. votes
• Voted almost always for Australia's timber industry. votes
• Has never voted on reducing personal income tax. votes
• Voted consistently against for increasing the Youth Allowance rate. votes
• Voted consistently for Temporary Exclusion Orders. votes
• Voted almost always against making the cashless debit card program voluntary. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against banning new thermal coal mines. votes
• Voted generally against reducing air pollution. votes
• Has never voted on an independent NDIS assessment process. votes
• Has never voted on investing in climate science. votes
• Voted generally against building community climate change resilience. votes
• Voted almost always for offshore oil mining. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against increasing funding for vocational education. votes
• Voted consistently against increasing access to the JobKeeper Payment. votes
• Voted consistently against assisting the Arts sector through the coronavirus pandemic. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against mandatory minimum sentences for certain offences. votes
• Has never voted on paid parental leave equality for stay-at-home mums and dads. votes
• Voted consistently against increasing funding for public schools. votes
• Voted consistently against a Royal Commission into Robodebt. votes
• Has never voted on increasing state and territory environmental approval powers. votes
• Voted consistently for increasing the cost of humanities degrees. votes
• Voted almost always for the Murray Darling Basin Plan. votes
• Voted almost always against assisting Australians trying to return from overseas. votes
• Voted consistently against extending Jobkeeper Payment. votes
• Has never voted on increasing protections for franchisees. votes
• Has never voted on an independent inquiry into Attorney-General Christian Porter. votes
• Voted consistently against a constitutionally enshrined First Nations Voice in parliament. votes
• Has never voted on implementing the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. votes
• Voted consistently against increasing support for the Australian film and TV industry. votes
• Voted consistently against building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19). votes
• Voted consistently against treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency. votes
• Voted consistently against increasing workplace protections for women. votes
• Voted consistently for putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis. votes

Read about how the voting record is decided.

• Never rebels against their party in this parliament.

Documents: Centrelink's Compliance Program; Order for the Production of Documents (24 Nov 2021)

“I table a document relating to the order for the production of documents concerning the income compliance program. The government does not make public interest immunity claims lightly and without careful consideration of the particular harm to the public interest. As I've previously advised the Senate, I have carefully reviewed the claim of public interest immunity, and I recognise it would...”

Documents: Centrelink's Compliance Program; Order for the Production of Documents (24 Nov 2021)

“I table a document relating to the order for production of documents concerning the income compliance—”

Committees: Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee, Treaties Joint Committee; Government Response to Report (23 Nov 2021)

“I present two government responses to committee reports as listed on today's Order of Business. In accordance with the usual practice, I seek leave to incorporate the documents in Hansard. Leave granted. The documents read as follows— Australian Government response to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee Report : Courts and Tribunals Legislation Amendment...”

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• Has spoken in 50 debates in the last year — below average amongst Senators.
• People have made 1 comment on this Senator's speeches — average amongst Senators.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 435 times in debates — above average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)

Linda Reynolds's latest interest statementLast updated: 23 Sep 2019