Protecting citizens' privacy
People who support this policy believe that the federal government should respect its citizens' right to privacy and make sure all sensitive information it does have access to (such as medical, census or tax data) is kept secure.
View on They Vote For You →How each party's members voted
Each bar is 100% of a party's current members in the House of Representatives whom They Vote For You places in one of its seven agreement groups for this policy (its own categories, shown as published). Bars show percentages of members, not vote totals; the number beside each bar is how many members that is. Members They Vote For You says haven't cast enough votes on the policy are counted separately, not in the bars.
- Consistently against
- Almost always against
- Generally against
- Mixture
- Generally for
- Almost always for
- Consistently for
Labor
3 members+40 not enough votes
Katter's Australian0 members+1 not enough votes
Centre Alliance0 members+1 not enough votes
Independent0 members+8 not enough votes
Greens0 members+1 not enough votes
Nationals0 members+1 not enough votes
Liberal0 members+1 not enough votes
Party breakdown as a table (number of members in each group)
| Party | Consistently against | Almost always against | Generally against | Mixture | Generally for | Almost always for | Consistently for | Not enough votes | Members in bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 3 |
| Katter's Australian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Centre Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Greens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nationals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
All 56 members, by agreement
| Member | Party | Position | Agreement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Katter (Kennedy) | Katter's Australian | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Rebekha Sharkie (Mayo) | Centre Alliance | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Helen Haines (Indi) | Independent | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Zali Steggall (Warringah) | Independent | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Andrew Wilkie (Clark) | Independent | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Kate Chaney (Curtin) | Independent | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Dai Le (Fowler) | Independent | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Monique Ryan (Kooyong) | Independent | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Sophie Scamps (Mackellar) | Independent | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Elizabeth Watson-Brown (Ryan) | Greens | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Allegra Spender (Wentworth) | Independent | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Anne Urquhart (Braddon) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 43% |
| Matt Thistlethwaite (Kingsford Smith) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 5% |
| David Smith (Bean) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 3% |
| Mark Dreyfus (Isaacs) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Justine Elliot (Richmond) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Shayne Neumann (Blair) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Tony Zappia (Makin) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Michelle Rowland (Greenway) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Lisa Chesters (Bendigo) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Tim Watts (Gellibrand) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Joanne Ryan (Lalor) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Emma McBride (Dobell) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Susan Templeman (Macquarie) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Meryl Swanson (Paterson) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Luke Gosling (Solomon) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Julian Hill (Bruce) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Peter Khalil (Wills) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Llew O'Brien (Wide Bay) | Nationals | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Anne Stanley (Werriwa) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Andrew Leigh (Fenner) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Patrick Gorman (Perth) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Alicia Payne (Canberra) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Libby Coker (Corangamite) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Daniel Mulino (Fraser) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Fiona Phillips (Gilmore) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Kate Thwaites (Jagajaga) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Josh Burns (Macnamara) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Steve Georganas (Adelaide) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Ged Kearney (Cooper) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Jerome Laxale (Bennelong) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Louise Miller-Frost (Boothby) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Carina Garland (Chisholm) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Tania Lawrence (Hasluck) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Sam Rae (Hawke) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Cassandra Fernando (Holt) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Dan Repacholi (Hunter) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Marion Scrymgour (Lingiari) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Andrew Charlton (Parramatta) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Sally Sitou (Reid) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Gordon Reid (Robertson) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Matt Burnell (Spence) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Sam Lim (Tangney) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Mary Doyle (Aston) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Jodie Belyea (Dunkley) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Ben Small (Forrest) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
Votes that make up this policy
The policy position on each vote. Strong votes count more towards a member's agreement score.
- 29 July 2025 · SenatePolicy: AyeMatters of Urgency - Cybersafety - Privacy concerns regarding the Internet Search Engine Services Online Safety Code
- 27 Nov 2024 · HousePolicy: AyeOnline Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024 - Consideration in Detail - Personal data harvesting
- 23 Feb 2021 · SenatePolicy: AyeTreasury Laws Amendment (News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Privacy concerns
- 12 Nov 2018 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - My Health Record - Extend opt-out period
- 20 Sept 2018 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Right to Privacy - Protect
- 15 Aug 2018 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Digital Encryption - Warrant and privacy
- 29 Nov 2017 · SenatePolicy: AyeDocuments - Department of Human Services - Order for the Production of Documents
- 18 June 2013 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - PRISM - Australia's vulnerability
- 27 Feb 2013 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - National Security Inquiry - Abandon plan to retain data for up to two years
- 26 Feb 2007 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Smartcard - Privacy