Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
People who support this policy believe that the federal government should increase the limit on the total amount of Commonwealth stock and securities that may be on issue at any time (known as the 'debt limit') or remove the limit altogether.
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
28 members+1 not enough votes
Liberal
8 members
Nationals
4 members
Independent
1 member
Katter's Australian
1 member
One Nation
1 member
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 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| Nationals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Katter's Australian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| One Nation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
All 44 members, by agreement
| Member | Party | Position | Agreement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Tehan (Wannon) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Michael McCormack (Riverina) | Nationals | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Scott Buchholz (Wright) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Tony Pasin (Barker) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Michelle Landry (Capricornia) | Nationals | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Melissa Price (Durack) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Angus Taylor (Hume) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Rick Wilson (O'Connor) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Kevin Hogan (Page) | Nationals | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Steve Georganas (Adelaide) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Andrew Wilkie (Clark) | Independent | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Bob Katter (Kennedy) | Katter's Australian | Voted almost always for | 92% |
| Alex Hawke (Mitchell) | Liberal | Voted generally for | 75% |
| Darren Chester (Gippsland) | Nationals | Voted generally for | 75% |
| Jason Wood (La Trobe) | Liberal | Voted generally for | 75% |
| Barnaby Joyce (New England) | One Nation | Voted generally for | 66% |
| Anthony Albanese (Grayndler) | Labor | Voted generally against | 34% |
| Jason Clare (Blaxland) | Labor | Voted generally against | 34% |
| Tony Burke (Watson) | Labor | Voted generally against | 25% |
| Julie Collins (Franklin) | Labor | Voted generally against | 25% |
| Justine Elliot (Richmond) | Labor | Voted generally against | 25% |
| Catherine King (Ballarat) | Labor | Voted generally against | 25% |
| Richard Marles (Corio) | Labor | Voted generally against | 25% |
| Shayne Neumann (Blair) | Labor | Voted generally against | 25% |
| Tanya Plibersek (Sydney) | Labor | Voted generally against | 25% |
| Amanda Rishworth (Kingston) | Labor | Voted generally against | 25% |
| Tony Zappia (Makin) | Labor | Voted generally against | 25% |
| Chris Bowen (McMahon) | Labor | Voted generally against | 25% |
| Matt Thistlethwaite (Kingsford Smith) | Labor | Voted generally against | 25% |
| Mark Butler (Hindmarsh) | Labor | Voted generally against | 25% |
| Anne Urquhart (Braddon) | Labor | Voted generally against | 20% |
| Mark Dreyfus (Isaacs) | Labor | Voted almost always against | 8% |
| Rob Mitchell (McEwen) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Ed Husic (Chifley) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Michelle Rowland (Greenway) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Lisa Chesters (Bendigo) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Tim Watts (Gellibrand) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Clare O'Neil (Hotham) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Joanne Ryan (Lalor) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Sharon Claydon (Newcastle) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Jim Chalmers (Rankin) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Andrew Giles (Scullin) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Pat Conroy (Shortland) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Andrew Leigh (Fenner) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
Votes that make up this policy
The policy position on each vote. Strong votes count more towards a member's agreement score.
- 9 Dec 2013 · HousePolicy: AyeCommonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration of Senate Message - Make requested amendments
- 9 Dec 2013 · SenatePolicy: AyeCommonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Removing debt limit
- 9 Dec 2013 · SenatePolicy: AyeCommonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Agree to bill as amended
- 9 Dec 2013 · SenatePolicy: AyeCommonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Adopt report
- 14 Nov 2013 · HousePolicy: AyeCommonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration of Senate Message - Debt ceiling of $400 billion
- 14 Nov 2013 · SenatePolicy: NoCommonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 - In Committee - Debt ceiling of $400 billion
- 13 Nov 2013 · HousePolicy: NoCommonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration in Detail - Debt ceiling of $400 billion
- 25 June 2012 · SenatePolicy: AyeAppropriation Bill (No. 2) 2012-2013 - Second Reading - Increase debt limit
- 4 Feb 2009 · HousePolicy: AyeCommonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2009 - Second Reading - Read a second time