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Senator Sarah Hanson-Young
- Australian Greens Senator for SA
- Became a Senator on 1 July 2008 — Federal election
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Voting record (from They Vote For You)
How Sarah Hanson-Young voted on key issues since 2006:
- Voted very strongly for same sex marriage. votes
- Voted very strongly for tobacco plain packaging. votes
- Voted very strongly for a carbon price. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management. votes
- Voted very strongly against government administered paid parental leave. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace. votes
- Voted moderately against the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. votes
- Voted very strongly for implementing refugee and protection conventions. votes
- Voted very strongly for recognising local government in the Constitution. votes
- Voted very strongly against temporary protection visas. votes
- Voted strongly against voluntary student union fees. votes
- Voted moderately for increasing or removing the debt limit. votes
- Voted very strongly for a minerals resource rent tax . votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing protection of Australia's fresh water. votes
- Voted very strongly against regional processing of asylum seekers. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing marine conservation. votes
- Voted very strongly against unconventional gas mining. votes
- Voted very strongly for restricting foreign ownership. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing investment in renewable energy. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against privatising government assets. votes
- Voted very strongly for more scrutiny of intelligence services & police. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing Aboriginal land rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing funding for university education. votes
- Voted strongly for decreasing the private health insurance rebate. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the age pension. votes
- Voted very strongly for extending government benefits to same-sex couples. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites. votes
- Voted very strongly against live animal exports. votes
- Voted very strongly for carbon farming. votes
- Voted very strongly against decreasing availability of welfare payments. votes
- Voted very strongly for re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals. votes
- Voted very strongly against the Intervention in the Northern Territory. votes
- Voted very strongly against an emissions reduction fund. votes
- Voted very strongly against increasing funding for road infrastructure. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing restrictions on gambling. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing beef import standards. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing fishing restrictions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging Australian-based industry. votes
- Voted very strongly against uranium export. votes
- Voted very strongly against increasing surveillance powers. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing consumer protections. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing public access to government data. votes
- Voted very strongly for an NBN (using fibre to the premises). votes
- Voted very strongly for a federal inquiry into Queensland government administration. votes
- Voted very strongly against offshore processing of asylum seekers. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing freedom of political communication. votes
- Voted very strongly against decreasing ABC and SBS funding. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Bills: Murray-Darling Basin Commission of Inquiry Bill 2019; Second Reading (22 Jul 2019)
“You can't eat cotton!”
- Bills: Murray-Darling Basin Commission of Inquiry Bill 2019; Second Reading (22 Jul 2019)
“I rise today to speak in favour of this particular piece of legislation, put forward by the Greens, to establish a commission of inquiry into the Murray-Darling Basin. Now we know that this place here in the Senate can be incredibly powerful for setting the tone of how we inquire into and really take on some of the big issues plaguing government policy from time to time. We did it with the...”
- Motions: South Australia: Transport (4 Jul 2019)
“I, and also on behalf of Senator Farrell, move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) public services in South Australia, this time the transport system, are under attack from privatisation, and (ii) privatisation of essential services has an adverse effect on South Australians, with services becoming more expensive and less reliable – electricity prices increased when the...”
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- Has spoken in 79 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Senators.
- People have made 11 comments on this Senator's speeches — well above average amongst Senators.
- 61 people are tracking whenever this Senator speaks — email me whenever Sarah Hanson-Young speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 569 times in debates — well above average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)
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- Parliament House web page for Sarah Hanson-Young
- Biography (From ABC's Q & A)
- 2013 Election results for SA (From ABC)
- 2010 Election results for SA (From ABC)
- 2007 Election results for SA (From ABC)
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