Senator · Jacqui Lambie Network · Member for Tasmania

Jacqui Lambie

Chamber Senate Days in office 2,602 Jurisdiction commonwealth Party Jacqui Lambie Network Verified 2 May 2026

Findings

Broke 2 of 4 tracked election promises.
Voted consistently against a minerals resource rent tax .

Documented actions

34 AYE / 19 NO

Voting record

1 of 4

Promises kept

2,602

Days in office

Voting record

AYE vs NO

34 AYE · 19 NO

Policy stance distribution (229 policy areas)

Strong opponent 50Mostly opposes 23Mixed record 45Mostly supports 29Strong supporter 82

Policy positions

They Vote For You ↗

229 policy areas mapped from disclosed division votes. Bars left of centre mark opposition; bars right of it, support. Showing the 5 most decisive positions first — the clearest strong-opponent and strong-supporter rows, not an arbitrary cut.

OpposesSupports

a minerals resource rent tax

STRONG OPPONENT

restricting foreign ownership

STRONG SUPPORTER

an emissions reduction fund

STRONG SUPPORTER

increasing funding for road infrastructure

STRONG SUPPORTER

increasing restrictions on gambling

STRONG SUPPORTER

Show all 229 policy areas — grouped by stance

STRONG OPPONENT — 50

a minerals resource rent tax

deregulating undergraduate university fees

giving apprentices access to a $20,000 loan

charging postgraduate research students fees

the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement

increasing parliamentary entitlements for current MPs and Senators

increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income

increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 19%

increasing scrutiny of unions

increasing the passenger movement charge ('PMC')

changing the date of Australia Day

doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers

changing the wording of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act

requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements

increasing penalties for breach of data

a combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia

making the cashless debit card program voluntary and not mandatory

an independent NDIS assessment process

investing in climate science

increasing state and territory environmental approval powers

banning pay secrecy clauses

up to 12 months of paid parental leave by 2030

temporary protection visas

increasing the cost of humanities degrees

a Free Trade Agreement with China

storing all citizens' telecommunications data for access by government agencies

requiring Parliamentary approval of military deployments

revoking citizenship of dual nationals involved with terrorism offences by the minister

reducing air pollution

making university education fee-free

putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis

net zero emissions by 2035

decreasing government funding for private schools

considering motions on Gaza (2023-26) (procedural)

getting rid of the Gold Travel Pass

protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats

turning back asylum boats when possible

offshore processing for people seeking asylum in Australia

ending illegal logging

protecting citizens' privacy

giving approval for mining in the Liverpool Plains

making TAFE education fee-free

an independent inquiry into Attorney-General Christian Porter

decreasing ABC and SBS funding

limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees

more scrutiny of intelligence services & police

ending indexation on student debt (vocational and tertiary)

increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts

banning new thermal coal mines

assisting the Arts sector through the coronavirus pandemic

MOSTLY OPPOSES — 23

decreasing subsidisation of fossil fuels

the federal government calling for a ceasefire in Gaza (2023-26)

refugee family reunification

climate change mitigation strategies (e.g., carbon capture and storage)

Senate electoral reform

more scrutiny of the Australian Defence Force

reducing waste in Australia

public transport

privatising certain government services

a carbon price

regional processing of asylum seekers

protecting the Great Barrier Reef

mandatory minimum sentences for certain offences

protecting whistleblowers

wiping all student debt (university and vocational)

reducing university student debt

ending immigration detention on Manus Island

paid placements for all students

ending immigration detention on Nauru

putting a time limit on immigration detention

transgender rights and protections

ending government investment in fossil fuels

treating COVID vaccine status as a protected attribute

MIXED RECORD — 45

unconventional gas mining

assisting Australians trying to return from overseas

getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates

making sanitary items GST-free

procedural fairness

closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians

increasing freedom of political communication

increasing legal protections for LGBTI people

criminalising hate speech

Improving pay and conditions for gig workers

speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)

suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)

increasing investment in renewable energy

increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites

uranium export

decreasing the gender pay gap

making Australians working overseas repay their student debts

letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)

imprisoning immigration detention workers who record or reveal information from their work

drug testing welfare recipients

making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use

nuclear energy

pill testing

community right to say no to nuclear waste disposal sites

building community climate change resilience

increasing access to the JobKeeper Payment

increasing support for rural and regional Australia

increasing support for the Australian film and TV industry

building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)

treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency

increasing workplace protections for women

legalising recreational cannabis for adults

Extended Supervision Orders (ESOs)

increasing parliamentary scrutiny of laws

capping gas prices

repealing Stage 3 tax cuts

transgender children and young people having access to gender affirming healthcare

implementing the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full

vehicle efficiency standards

banning politicial deepfakes

reducing tax concessions for high socio-economic status

increasing access to subsidised childcare

criminalising hate symbols

capping the indexation rates for HECS-HELP debts

condemning the genocide in Gaza (2023 - ongoing)

MOSTLY SUPPORTS — 29

increasing housing affordability

the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)

Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin

increasing workplace protections

increasing transparency of big business by making information public

strengthening gun control laws

increasing access to medicinal cannabis products

increasing the Newstart Allowance rate

no new fossil fuels projects

implementing refugee and protection conventions

making price gouging illegal

live animal export

requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records

offshore oil mining

decreasing availability of welfare payments

an Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)

federal government action on animal & plant extinctions

voluntary student union fees

increasing investment in the coal industry

political intervention in research funding grants

a Royal Commission into Robodebt

extending Jobkeeper Payment

reducing taxes for middle-income earners

having a referendum on whether to create an Indigenous Voice to Parliament

restricting donations to political parties

increasing consumer protections

increasing surveillance powers

federal action on public housing

increasing marine conservation

STRONG SUPPORTER — 82

restricting foreign ownership

an emissions reduction fund

increasing funding for road infrastructure

increasing restrictions on gambling

increasing fishing restrictions

a federal inquiry into Queensland government administration

removing children from immigration detention

increasing support for community radio and TV

increasing transparency of the China-Australia relationship

a Royal Commission into banking

the use of strong encryption technologies

maintaining or increasing CSIRO funding

increasing funding for legal aid

buffer zones around abortion clinics

a publicly accessible foreign ownership register for agricultural land

increasing the price of tobacco

a national redress scheme for institutional abuse survivors

a same-sex marriage plebiscite

Preventative Detention Orders (PDOs)

Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)

the Coalition's Youth Jobs PaTH

the Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")

a Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability

criminalising "revenge porn"

increasing federal government support for childcare

universal access to abortion services

increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship

targeting foreign interference in Australia

a declared area offence

the territories being able to legalise euthanasia

stopping former ministers from taking lobbying positions within five years

protecting Australian sovereignty in trade agreements

Temporary Exclusion Orders

paid parental leave equality for stay-at-home mums and dads

increasing protections for franchisees

implementing the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody

reproductive bodily autonomy

market-led approaches to protecting biodiversity

introducing a Pacific Engagement Visa (PEV)

revoking citizenship of dual nationals involved with terrorism offences by the courts

banning the sale of non-therapeutic vapes

placing the CFMEU into administration

introducing digital ID

criminalising wage theft

mandatory climate financial disclosures

increasing government support for the dairy industry

compulsory income management for welfare recipients

putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial

the Murray Darling Basin Plan

considering legislation to create a federal anti-corruption commission (procedural)

a character test for Australian visas

reducing taxes for high-income earners

a review of our representatives' eligibility

self-governance of the territories

increasing the diversity of media ownership

the Paris Climate Agreement

increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace

increasing funding for university education

maintaining or increasing defence spending

Australia's timber industry

increasing funding for public schools

increasing Aboriginal land rights

creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission

increasing the age pension

increasing access under Freedom of Information law

building Australia’s new submarine fleet in South Australia

letting environmental groups challenge the legality of certain government decisions

stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation

targetting homelessness in specific vulnerable groups

encouraging Australian-based industry

net zero emissions by 2050

a transition plan for coal workers

landholders' right to say no to mining and gas exploration

expanding public funded dental care

increasing political transparency

increasing the Youth Allowance rate

increasing accessibility of government data and documents

increasing protection of Australia's fresh water

increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 15%

greater public scrutiny of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations

increasing the financial return on fossil fuels

increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management

Election promises

Source ↗

1 of 4

tracked election promises kept

Invest in Australian-made AI

broken Made 10 Mar 2026 Source

Make big tech pay for Australian copyright

partial Made 10 Mar 2026 Source

Invest $4.4 billion in Australian-made AI

kept Made 10 Mar 2026 Source

Put a minister for AI

broken Made 10 Mar 2026 Source

Votes & actions

They Vote For You ↗

53 documented actions · 34 AYE · 19 NO · showing the 5 most recent

Vote	Action	Date
NO	Documents — Cybersafety; Order for the Production of Documents	5 Mar 2026	Source
AYE	Documents — Defence Personnel; Order for the Production of Documents	5 Mar 2026	Source
NO	Documents — Cybersafety; Order for the Production of Documents	5 Mar 2026	Source
NO	Bills — Defence Amendment (Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defence) Bill 2025; Third Reading	4 Mar 2026	Source
AYE	Business — Rearrangement	4 Mar 2026	Source

Show actions 6–45 of 53

AYE	Business — Rearrangement	4 Mar 2026	Source
AYE	Documents — Australia Day; Order for the Production of Documents	4 Mar 2026	Source
AYE	Documents — Home Guarantee Scheme; Order for the Production of Documents	4 Mar 2026	Source
AYE	Documents — Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Firearms and Customs Laws) Bill 2026; Order for the Production of Documents	4 Mar 2026	Source
AYE	Business — Rearrangement	4 Mar 2026	Source
NO	Bills — Defence Amendment (Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defence) Bill 2025; Third Reading	4 Mar 2026	Source
NO	Documents — Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026, Australia Day, Department of the Treasury, Special Minister of State, New and Redeveloping Internationa	4 Mar 2026	Source
AYE	Documents — National Anti-Racism Framework; Order for the Production of Documents	4 Mar 2026	Source
NO	Documents — Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026; Order for the Production of Documents	4 Mar 2026	Source
AYE	Documents — Australia Day; Order for the Production of Documents	4 Mar 2026	Source
AYE	Documents — Department of the Treasury; Order for the Production of Documents	4 Mar 2026	Source
AYE	Documents — Special Minister of State; Order for the Production of Documents	4 Mar 2026	Source
AYE	Documents — New and Redeveloping International Ports Framework Review; Order for the Production of Documents	4 Mar 2026	Source
AYE	Documents — Victoria: Bushfires; Order for the Production of Documents	4 Mar 2026	Source
AYE	Documents — Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Firearms and Customs Laws) Bill 2026; Order for the Production of Documents	4 Mar 2026	Source
AYE	Documents — Home Guarantee Scheme; Order for the Production of Documents	4 Mar 2026	Source
AYE	Documents — Housing Australia; Order for the Production of Documents	4 Mar 2026	Source
AYE	Documents — Taxation; Order for the Production of Documents	4 Mar 2026	Source
AYE	Business — Consideration of Legislation	4 Mar 2026	Source
AYE	Committees — Procedure Committee; Reference	4 Mar 2026	Source
AYE	Committees — Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee; Reference	4 Mar 2026	Source
NO	Documents — Department of Social Services; Order for the Production of Documents	4 Mar 2026	Source
AYE	Documents — Forestry Industry; Order for the Production of Documents	4 Mar 2026	Source
AYE	Documents — Independent Audit of the Defence Estate; Order for the Production of Documents	4 Mar 2026	Source
AYE	Documents — Cybersafety; Order for the Production of Documents	4 Mar 2026	Source
AYE	Documents — National Anti-Racism Framework; Order for the Production of Documents	3 Mar 2026	Source
NO	Documents — National Anti-Racism Framework; Order for the Production of Documents	3 Mar 2026	Source
AYE	Motions - Australian Defence Force - Let another motion be introduced	3 Mar 2026	Source
NO	Documents — Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water; Order for the Production of Documents	3 Mar 2026	Source
AYE	Bills — Defence Amendment (Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defence) Bill 2025; in Committee	3 Mar 2026	Source
AYE	Documents — Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water; Order for the Production of Documents	3 Mar 2026	Source
NO	Documents — Climate Change and Energy Portfolio; Order for the Production of Documents	3 Mar 2026	Source
NO	Documents — Department of Defence; Order for the Production of Documents	3 Mar 2026	Source
AYE	Documents — Climate Change and Energy Portfolio; Order for the Production of Documents	3 Mar 2026	Source
NO	Documents — Trade and Tourism; Order for the Production of Documents	3 Mar 2026	Source
AYE	Documents — Department of Defence; Order for the Production of Documents	3 Mar 2026	Source
AYE	Documents — Trade and Tourism; Order for the Production of Documents	3 Mar 2026	Source
AYE	Documents — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Order for the Production of Documents	3 Mar 2026	Source
NO	Documents — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Order for the Production of Documents	3 Mar 2026	Source
NO	Documents — National Anti-Racism Framework; Order for the Production of Documents	3 Mar 2026	Source

Show actions 46–53 of 53

AYE	Documents — National Anti-Racism Framework; Order for the Production of Documents	3 Mar 2026	Source
NO	Documents — Prime Minister; Order for the Production of Documents	3 Mar 2026	Source
AYE	Motions — Middle East	2 Mar 2026	Source
NO	Motions — Middle East	2 Mar 2026	Source
NO	Business — Rearrangement	2 Mar 2026	Source
AYE	Motions — Middle East	2 Mar 2026	Source
NO	Motions — Middle East	2 Mar 2026	Source
NO	Business — Rearrangement	2 Mar 2026	Source

Money

AEC Transparency Register / AusTender ↗

Jacqui Lambie is a member of Jacqui Lambie Network. Individual donation disclosures aren't required for party members under AEC rules — donations are recorded against the party as a whole. View Jacqui Lambie Network donations →

Federal contracts to party donors

Suppliers that both donated to Jacqui Lambie Network and won federal contracts — not evidence of a causal link, a cross-reference only.

Melbourne Mining Club

1 contract

$16,863

Foreign ties & lobbying

Lobbying contact (1 firm)

C|T Group (formerly Crosby Textor)

Registered for: Chevron Australia, Minerals Council of Australia, Telstra Corporation, Uber Australia

Place & sources

ABS electorate data ↗

$480K

Median house price

$380

Median weekly rent

36.2%

Rental stress

19.8%

Investor owned

Evidence and sources

Actions and votes: They Vote For You / OpenAustralia
Donations: AEC Transparency Register
Foreign ties: Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme, public disclosures
Federal contracts: AusTender
Housing figures: ABS electorate-level housing data

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News

No news mentions matched to Jacqui Lambie yet. Coverage is limited to a small set of RSS sources and headline-only name matching — absence here doesn't mean no coverage exists.

This profile reflects public disclosures as recorded in the sources above; it is not exhaustive and reporting lags vary by source. Donations to a politician's party as a whole are not attributed to individual members, per AEC disclosure rules — see the Money section. "Documented actions" summarise votes and public statements sourced from parliamentary records; absence of an action here does not mean it didn't happen, only that it isn't captured in these sources yet. Report an error or see something out of date? Read our full methodology →