• 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 strongly 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: United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (4 Dec 2018)

“I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that:   (i) the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity took place in Egypt from 13 to 29 November 2018,   (ii) the United Nations report to the Convention demonstrated that Australia is failing to meet international targets, especially in parts of the country where land clearing and habitat destruction are widespread,...”

Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers: Climate Change (4 Dec 2018)

“It was his lump of coal; his pet rock—his favourite piece of symbolism of where, apparently, the heart and soul of the coalition lies. The former Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has belled the cat. The reason he got kicked out of the job was not because of Newspoll and was not because of other policies: it was all because of climate change. The climate change deniers still rule the...”

Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers: Climate Change (4 Dec 2018)

“I move: That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Finance and the Public Service (Senator Cormann) to a question without notice asked by Senator Hanson-Young today relating to climate change. I rise to take note of the answers given to me by Senator Cormann in relation to my questions relating to Australia's position in the COP24. Nations right around the world are...”

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• Has spoken in 107 debates in the last year — above average amongst Senators.
• People have made 9 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") 562 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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