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Senator Stirling Griff

- Centre Alliance Senator for SA
- Changed party from Nick Xenophon Team on 10 Apr 2018
- Became a Senator on 1 July 2016 — Federal election
- Email me whenever Stirling Griff speaks (no more than once per day)
Voting record (from They Vote For You)
How Stirling Griff 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 against a carbon price. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace. votes
- Has never voted on the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. votes
- Voted very strongly for implementing refugee and protection conventions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against voluntary student union fees. votes
- Voted moderately for increasing protection of Australia's fresh water. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against regional processing of asylum seekers. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against increasing marine conservation. votes
- Voted moderately for unconventional gas mining. votes
- Voted very strongly for restricting foreign ownership. votes
- Voted moderately for increasing investment in renewable energy. votes
- Voted very strongly against privatising government assets. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against more scrutiny of intelligence services & police. votes
- Voted very strongly against increasing Aboriginal land rights. votes
- Voted very strongly against increasing funding for university education. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites. votes
- Voted moderately against live animal exports. votes
- Voted strongly against decreasing availability of welfare payments. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing restrictions on gambling. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing fishing restrictions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging Australian-based industry. votes
- Voted moderately against increasing surveillance powers. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against increasing consumer protections. votes
- Voted very strongly for offshore processing of asylum seekers. votes
- Has never voted on 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
- Motions: e-Cigarette Products (27 Feb 2020)
“I move: That the Senate— (a) notes: (i) recent media reports that teenagers are taking up vaping under the misapprehension it is safe, and that concerned parents support a ban on the supply, sale and use of all e-cigarette products in Australia, (ii) that it is legal to sell only nicotine-free vaping liquids in Australia, (iii) that, while the sale of...”
- Matters of Public Importance: Climate Change (26 Feb 2020)
“We shall now proceed to the consideration of documents.”
- Matters of Public Importance: Climate Change (26 Feb 2020)
“Senator Brockman, on a point of order?”
Numbers
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- Has spoken in 75 debates in the last year — above average amongst Senators.
- People have made 0 comments on this Senator's speeches — average amongst Senators.
- 8 people are tracking whenever this Senator speaks — email me whenever Stirling Griff speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 139 times in debates — below average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)