Maintaining or increasing defence spending
People who support this policy believe that the federal government should keep up or increase the amount of money it spends on defence.
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
1 member+84 not enough votes
Liberal0 members+15 not enough votes
Nationals0 members+11 not enough votes
LNP0 members+11 not enough votes
Independent0 members+7 not enough votes
One Nation0 members+1 not enough votes
Centre Alliance0 members+1 not enough votes
Greens0 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 1 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Nationals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| LNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| One Nation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Centre Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Greens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
All 132 members, by agreement
| Member | Party | Position | Agreement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Hawke (Mitchell) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Darren Chester (Gippsland) | Nationals | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Dan Tehan (Wannon) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Michael McCormack (Riverina) | Nationals | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Scott Buchholz (Wright) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Tony Pasin (Barker) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Michelle Landry (Capricornia) | Nationals | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Melissa Price (Durack) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Jason Wood (La Trobe) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Kevin Hogan (Page) | Nationals | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Andrew Hastie (Canning) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| David Littleproud (Maranoa) | Nationals | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Llew O'Brien (Wide Bay) | Nationals | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Pat Conaghan (Cowper) | Nationals | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Phillip Thompson (Herbert) | LNP | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Melissa McIntosh (Lindsay) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Terry Young (Longman) | LNP | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Anne Webster (Mallee) | Nationals | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Angie Bell (Moncrieff) | LNP | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Garth Hamilton (Groom) | LNP | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Henry Pike (Bowman) | LNP | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Aaron Violi (Casey) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Andrew Willcox (Dawson) | LNP | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Zoe McKenzie (Flinders) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Colin Boyce (Flynn) | LNP | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Sam Birrell (Nicholls) | Nationals | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Andrew Wallace (Fisher) | LNP | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Andrew Gee (Calare) | Independent | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Cameron Caldwell (Fadden) | LNP | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Simon Kennedy (Cook) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Mary Aldred (Monash) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| David Batt (Hinkler) | LNP | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Jamie Chaffey (Parkes) | Nationals | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Alison Penfold (Lyne) | Nationals | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Leon Rebello (McPherson) | LNP | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Tom Venning (Grey) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Ben Small (Forrest) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Tim Wilson (Goldstein) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Barnaby Joyce (New England) | One Nation | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Anne Urquhart (Braddon) | Labor | Voted generally for | 67% |
| Anthony Albanese (Grayndler) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Tony Burke (Watson) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Jason Clare (Blaxland) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Mark Dreyfus (Isaacs) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Justine Elliot (Richmond) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Catherine King (Ballarat) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Richard Marles (Corio) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Shayne Neumann (Blair) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Tanya Plibersek (Sydney) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Amanda Rishworth (Kingston) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Tony Zappia (Makin) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Rob Mitchell (McEwen) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Ed Husic (Chifley) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Michelle Rowland (Greenway) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Chris Bowen (McMahon) | 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% |
| Clare O'Neil (Hotham) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Matt Thistlethwaite (Kingsford Smith) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Joanne Ryan (Lalor) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Sharon Claydon (Newcastle) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Andrew Giles (Scullin) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Matt Keogh (Burt) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Anne Aly (Cowan) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Emma McBride (Dobell) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Luke Gosling (Solomon) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Madeleine King (Brand) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Julian Hill (Bruce) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Pat Conroy (Shortland) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Peter Khalil (Wills) | Labor | 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% |
| Rebekha Sharkie (Mayo) | Centre Alliance | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Josh Wilson (Fremantle) | 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% |
| Helen Haines (Indi) | Independent | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Kate Thwaites (Jagajaga) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Anika Wells (Lilley) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Josh Burns (Macnamara) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Zali Steggall (Warringah) | Independent | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Steve Georganas (Adelaide) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Mark Butler (Hindmarsh) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| David Smith (Bean) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Kristy McBain (Eden-Monaro) | 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% |
| Alison Byrnes (Cunningham) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Kate Chaney (Curtin) | Independent | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Dai Le (Fowler) | Independent | 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% |
| Dan Repacholi (Hunter) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Monique Ryan (Kooyong) | Independent | 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% |
| Tracey Roberts (Pearce) | 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% |
| Elizabeth Watson-Brown (Ryan) | Greens | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Matt Burnell (Spence) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Zaneta Mascarenhas (Swan) | 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% |
| Basem Abdo (Calwell) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Ash Ambihaipahar (Barton) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Carol Berry (Whitlam) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Nicolette Boele (Bradfield) | Independent | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Jo Briskey (Maribyrnong) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Julie-Ann Campbell (Moreton) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Claire Clutterham (Sturt) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Emma Comer (Petrie) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Kara Cook (Bonner) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Trish Cook (Bullwinkel) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Ali France (Dickson) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Tom French (Moore) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Matt Gregg (Deakin) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Rowan Holzberger (Forde) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Madonna Jarrett (Brisbane) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Alice Jordan-Baird (Gorton) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| David Moncrieff (Hughes) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Gabriel Ng (Menzies) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Matt Smith (Leichhardt) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Zhi Soon (Banks) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Jess Teesdale (Bass) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Rebecca White (Lyons) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Sarah Witty (Melbourne) | Labor | 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.
- 25 Aug 2025 · SenatePolicy: AyeDefence Housing Australia Amendment Bill 2025 - Second Reading - Increase defence expenditure
- 30 July 2025 · HousePolicy: AyeDefence Housing Australia Amendment Bill 2025 - Report from Federation Chamber - Increase defence expenditure
- 9 May 2017 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Military Unmanned Aerial Vehicles - Fund diplomatic network and aid
- 22 Mar 2017 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Defence Expenditure - Redirect