edited
2nd Dec 2022
Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022 - in Committee - Approval and importation of drugs
Sarah Henderson voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
Sarah Henderson
Liberal Party Senator for Victoria since September 2019
Never rebels explain rebellions 79% attendance explain attendance
Sarah Henderson is Shadow Minister for Education. Before being Liberal Party Senator for Victoria, Sarah Henderson was Liberal Party Representative for Corangamite.
How do they vote?
Voted consistently for
- A character test for Australian visas
- A citizenship test
- A referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice
- A same-sex marriage plebiscite
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- An emissions reduction fund
- Australia's timber industry
- Charging postgraduate research students fees
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Deregulating undergraduate university fees
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Extended Supervision Orders (ESOs)
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- Greater control over items brought into immigration detention centres
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- Increasing funding for road infrastructure
- Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 19%
- Increasing the Medicare Levy to pay for the National Disability Insurance Scheme
- Increasing the price of subsidised medicine
- Live animal export
- Mandatory minimum sentences for certain offences
- Nuclear energy
- Offshore oil mining
- Political intervention in research funding grants
- Privatising certain government services
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis
- Reducing taxes for high-income earners
- Reducing the corporate tax rate
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Revoking citizenship of dual nationals involved with terrorism offences by the courts
- Stopping people who arrive by boat from ever coming to Australia
- Temporary protection visas
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
Voted almost always for
Voted generally for
- A combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing the cost of humanities degrees
- Senate electoral reform
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
Voted a mixture of for and against
Voted generally against
- An independent inquiry into Attorney-General Christian Porter
- Capping gas prices
- Decreasing subsidisation of fossil fuels
- Ending indexation on student debt (vocational and tertiary)
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Net zero emissions by 2050
- No new fossil fuels projects
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Treating COVID vaccine status as a protected attribute
Voted almost always against
- Assisting Australians trying to return from overseas
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
- Considering legislation to create a federal anti-corruption commission (procedural)
- Considering motions on Gaza (2023-24) (procedural)
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending government investment in fossil fuels
- Increasing access to the JobKeeper Payment
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Repealing Stage 3 tax cuts
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- Transgender rights
Voted consistently against
- A carbon price
- A minerals resource rent tax
- A Royal Commission into Robodebt
- A Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability
- Banning pay secrecy clauses
- Decreasing government funding for private schools
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Extending Jobkeeper Payment
- Federal action on public housing
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Fee-free university and TAFE education
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing funding for legal aid
- Increasing government support for the dairy industry
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing penalties for breach of data
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing protections for franchisees
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing support for the Australian shipping industry
- Increasing the age pension
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Increasing transparency of the China-Australia relationship
- Increasing workplace protections
- Letting environmental groups challenge the legality of certain government decisions
- Market-led approaches to protecting biodiversity
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Paid parental leave equality for stay-at-home mums and dads
- Procedural fairness
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Putting a time limit on immigration detention
- Reducing waste in Australia
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
- Requiring Parliamentary approval of military deployments
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Self-governance of the territories
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- The federal government calling for a ceasefire in Gaza (2023-24)
- The territories being able to legalise euthanasia
- Transgender children and young people having access to gender affirming healthcare
- Vehicle efficiency standards
We can't say anything concrete about how they voted on
- A declared area offence
- A Free Trade Agreement with China
- A transition plan for coal workers
- An independent NDIS assessment process
- Assisting the Arts sector through the coronavirus pandemic
- Banning the sale of non-therapeutic vapes
- Building Australia’s new submarine fleet in South Australia
- Building community climate change resilience
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Climate change mitigation strategies (e.g., carbon capture and storage)
- Compulsory income management for welfare recipients
- Ending illegal logging
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Implementing the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
- Implementing the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full
- Increasing access to medicinal cannabis products
- Increasing access under Freedom of Information law
- Increasing funding for public schools
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing state and territory environmental approval powers
- Increasing support for the Australian film and TV industry
- Increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Increasing workplace protections for women
- Introducing a Pacific Engagement Visa (PEV)
- More scrutiny of the Australian Defence Force
- Net zero emissions by 2035
- Offshore processing for people seeking asylum in Australia
- Placing the CFMEU into administration
- Preventative Detention Orders (PDOs)
- Privatising government-owned assets
- Protecting citizens' privacy
- Reducing air pollution
- Reproductive bodily autonomy
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Revoking citizenship of dual nationals involved with terrorism offences by the minister
- Targeting foreign interference in Australia
- The Murray Darling Basin Plan
- Treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency
- Universal access to abortion services
Please note that our voting records start in February 2006.
Rebel votes
Sarah Henderson has never voted against the majority of their party since entering Parliament in September 2013. explain rebellions
Free votes
Sarah Henderson has taken part in 18 free votes since entering Parliament in September 2013. explain “Free Votes”
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edited 2nd Dec 2022
Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022 - in Committee - Limitation of power
Sarah Henderson voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 25th Nov 2022
Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Sarah Henderson voted No in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Inclusion in annual reports
Sarah Henderson voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Annual report
Sarah Henderson voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Introduce threshold
Sarah Henderson voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Sections 28F and 28G
Sarah Henderson voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Stage 2 licences
Sarah Henderson voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Definition of mitochondrial donation licence
Sarah Henderson voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Definition of gene technology
Sarah Henderson voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 24th Oct 2019
Motions - Abortion - Congratulate NSW
Sarah Henderson voted No in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2018
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Religion & right to refuse
Sarah Henderson voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 95% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2018
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Charities
Sarah Henderson voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2018
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Facilities
Sarah Henderson voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2018
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Charitable status
Sarah Henderson voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 95% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2018
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Defence appointed celebrants
Sarah Henderson voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 98% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2018
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Safeguard conscientious & religious beliefs
Sarah Henderson voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 95% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2018
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Def of marriage + conscientious protections
Sarah Henderson voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 94% attendance
Recent Votes
Recent votes in parliament that this Senator could have attended.
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Matters of Urgency — Aukus
Sarah Henderson was absent
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 50% attendance
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Committees — Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Reference
Sarah Henderson was absent
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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Committees — Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference
Sarah Henderson was absent
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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edited 26th Apr 2019
Resolutions of the Senate - Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission - Don't concur with Senate resolution
Sarah Henderson voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 5th Apr 2019
Resolutions of the Senate - Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission - Concur with Senate resolution
Sarah Henderson voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 95% attendance
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edited 5th Apr 2019
Criminal Code Amendment (Sharing of Abhorrent Violent Material) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Refer to Committee
Sarah Henderson voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
Compare Sarah Henderson with someone else
Shows people in order of those who voted always the same as Sarah Henderson (100% agreement) to those who never voted the same (0% agreement).
We only compare those votes where both people attended. This may reveal relationships between people that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.
| Agreement | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 100% | Hollie Hughes | Liberal Party Senator for NSW |
| 100% | Kerrynne Liddle | Liberal Party Senator for SA |
| 100% | Llew O'Brien | National Party Representative for Wide Bay |
| 100% | Anne Ruston | Liberal Party Senator for SA |
| 100% | Dave Sharma | Liberal Party Senator for NSW |