Senate
Former Senator Janet Rice
Former Senator Janet Rice was an Australian Greens senator for Victoria. First elected 1 July 2014.
- 2022 Became party room chair
- 2024 Censured after protest
- 2024 Resigned from Senate
- Australian Greens
Before this: won Victorian Senate seat (2013).
What do they focus on?
Her 41 tracked speeches address income support and poverty, including Ending Poverty in Australia (Antipoverty Commission) and Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Repeal of Cashless Debit Card and Other Measures).
Other speeches cover climate and the environment, including Ending Native Forest Logging and Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Amendment (Using New Technologies to Fight Climate Change).
Her 28 tracked sponsored amendments also addressed income support and disability rules, including Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Strengthening the Safety Net) and Disability Services and Inclusion (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions).
Her tracked votes also covered workplace rules in Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes No. 2). 2), university support changes in Higher Education Support Amendment (Response to the Australian Universities Accord Interim Report), and budget funding in Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2022-2023. 1) 2022-2023.
Bars show tracked speeches and amendments by policy area.
How do they vote?
Share of recorded votes on the same side as each party's majority.
393 tracked votes while with Greens.
How do they compare?
- Years in parliament i Total time served across every stint in either chamber, up to the end of the tracked record. 9.8 yrs 0.2 avg 8.5 yrs 33.3
- Votes against their party i Recorded votes cast against their own party's majority side. The average is across party members only. 0 avg 0.6 26
- Bills introduced i Bills they introduced to Parliament, counted across the tracked record. 0 avg 2.8 46
- Amendments sponsored i Amendments to bills they put forward during debate, counted across the tracked record. 28 avg 7.9 226
The marker starts at their party’s position and shifts only for floor-crossings towards a neighbouring party. No topic strip is shown because their economic, social and environment votes followed the party line.
What have they done lately?
Former Senator Janet Rice left parliament on 19 Apr 2024. This card covers their full tracked record.
When do they vote against their party?
Former recorded no votes against the Greens position across 393 recorded votes.
What do they say in debate?
41 tracked speeches across 37 bills.
- 35 backing a bill
- 2 with reservations
- 4 against
- 0 no clear position
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About these numbers
Based on 766 tracked bills from the 47th and 48th Parliaments, current to 6 July 2026. This is a sample of parliamentary activity, not the complete record.
Career markers come from dated public records. Voting figures use division lists only. For party members, the left-to-right marker begins at the party position. It moves only when the member votes against that party and on the same side as a neighbouring party; other cross-party combinations do not affect it. Independents and minor-party members are placed by their votes in divisions where the Greens and the Coalition took opposite sides. If this position differs from a member’s broader public politics, a note appears below the strip.