• Australian Greens Senator for SA
• Became a Senator on 1 July 2008 — Federal election
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• Voting record
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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

Read about how the voting record is decided.

• Never rebels against their party in this parliament.

Motions: Murray-Darling Basin (11 Sep 2019)

“I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) the Murray-Darling Basin is in crisis, (ii) the Murray-Darling Basin is being exploited by water barons and big corporate irrigators who are pushing up the price of water and squeezing family farms out of the water market, and (iii) urgent and immediate action is required to prevent more mass native-fish deaths, and more devastation for...”

Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers: Climate Change (11 Sep 2019)

“I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Agriculture (Senator McKenzie) to a question without notice asked by the Leader of the Australian Greens (Senator Di Natale) today relating to climate change. We've seen the government put up the white flag today on the Murray-Darling Basin. We've got fires raging across Queensland and New South Wales. And the minister...”

Motions: Endangered Species (10 Sep 2019)

“I move: That the Senate— (a) notes a study entitled Lotsoflosswithlittlescrutiny:Theattritionofhabitatcriticalfo rthreatenedspeciesinAustralia, which was published on 8 September 2019, and found that: (i) Australia has one of the worst extinction rates of any nation, yet there has been little assessment of the effect of the EnvironmentProtectionandBiodiversityConservationAct1999 (EPBC...”

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• Has spoken in 70 debates in the last year — above average amongst Senators.
• People have made 11 comments on this Senator's speeches — well above average amongst Senators.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 580 times in debates — well above average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)

Sarah Hanson-Young's latest interest statement from Australian Parliament HouseLast updated: 31 Jul 2014

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