# Derryn Hinch's Justice Party — voting record

How Derryn Hinch's Justice Party is recorded voting in federal parliament across the 21 propositions scored for the 2025 election.

- [Allow live animal export and place minimal restrictions on it.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/allow-live-animal-export-and-place-minimal-restrictions-on-it) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/32)
- [Increase the powers and influence of trade unions in workplace relations.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/increase-the-powers-and-influence-of-trade-unions-in-workplace-relations) — Strongly agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/6)
- [Increase the protection of Australia's fresh water resources, including its river and groundwater systems.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/increase-the-protection-of-australias-fresh-water-resources-including-its-river-and-groundwater-systems) — Strongly agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/15)
- [Increase the protection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage sites.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/increase-the-protection-of-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-cultural-heritage-sites) — Equal merits · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/30)
- [Limit the availability of government social security payments.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/limit-the-availability-of-government-social-security-payments) — Agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/34)
- [Use legislation to reduce the gap in income between women and men and ensures both sexes are paid equally well.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/use-legislation-to-reduce-the-gap-in-income-between-women-and-men-and-ensures-both-sexes-are-paid-equally-well) — Strongly agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/72)
- [Restrict the size and type of political donations to reduce actual or perceived corruption.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/restrict-the-size-and-type-of-political-donations-to-reduce-actual-or-perceived-corruption) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/85)
- [Increase access to medicinal cannabis products.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/increase-access-to-medicinal-cannabis-products) — Strongly agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/156)
- [Increase funding for the legal assistance sector (Legal Aid, community legal centres, etc.).](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/increase-funding-for-the-legal-assistance-sector-legal-aid-community-legal-centres-etc) — Strongly agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/105)
- [Increase federal investment in public housing.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/increase-federal-investment-in-public-housing) — Agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/116)
- [Expand publicly funded dental care.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/expand-publicly-funded-dental-care) — Agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/178)
- [Support and increase investment for the Australian coal industry.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/support-and-increase-investment-for-the-australian-coal-industry) — Agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/141)
- [Increase legal protections for people who identify as LGBTIQA+.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/increase-legal-protections-for-people-who-identify-as-lgbtiqa) — Strongly agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/195)
- [Increase the Youth Allowance rate to ensure that it covers basic living costs.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/increase-the-youth-allowance-rate-to-ensure-that-it-covers-basic-living-costs) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/219)
- [Close the Nauru Regional Processing Centre and stop all Nauru-based processing of people's claims for asylum.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/close-the-nauru-regional-processing-centre-and-stop-all-nauru-based-processing-of-peoples-claims-for-asylum) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/118)
- [There should be more scrutiny of the Australian Defence Force both in Australia and overseas.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/there-should-be-more-scrutiny-of-the-australian-defence-force-both-in-australia-and-overseas) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/137)
- [Decrease government funding for private schools.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/decrease-government-funding-for-private-schools) — Equal merits · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/289)
- [Implement the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full, including an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice and a Makarrata Commission for agreement-making and truth-telling.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/implement-the-uluru-statement-from-the-heart-in-full-including-an-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-voice-and-a-makarrata-commission-for-agreement-making-and-truth-telling) — Strongly agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/309)
- [Put a ban on new thermal coal mines opening in Australia.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/put-a-ban-on-new-thermal-coal-mines-opening-in-australia) — Disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/222)
- [Work to address homelessness in specific vulnerable groups, such as older women and First Nations people.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/work-to-address-homelessness-in-specific-vulnerable-groups-such-as-older-women-and-first-nations-people) — Equal merits · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/338)
- [Amend laws and policies to meet the objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/amend-laws-and-policies-to-meet-the-objectives-of-the-paris-climate-agreement) — Strongly agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/183)

This party is scored on its recorded parliamentary votes, sourced from They Vote For You, not on its campaign statements. Each row links to the [divisions](https://how2vote.au/glossary#division) behind it. See [how the scoring works](https://how2vote.au/methodology) and [all parties, 2025](https://how2vote.au/2025/parties).

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Source: <https://how2vote.au/2025/parties/derryn-hinchs-justice-party>

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