Drug testing welfare recipients
People who support this policy believe that the federal government should introduce mandatory drug testing for people who receive certain welfare payments.
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
51 members
Liberal
13 members
Nationals
8 members
LNP
4 members
Independent
4 members
One Nation
1 member
Katter's Australian
1 member
Speaker
1 member
Centre Alliance
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 | 44 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 13 |
| Nationals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| LNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| One Nation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Katter's Australian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Speaker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Centre Alliance | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
All 84 members, by agreement
| Member | Party | Position | Agreement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Hawke (Mitchell) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Darren Chester (Gippsland) | Nationals | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| 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% |
| Ted O'Brien (Fairfax) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Julian Leeser (Berowra) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| David Littleproud (Maranoa) | Nationals | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Llew O'Brien (Wide Bay) | Nationals | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Pat Conaghan (Cowper) | Nationals | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Phillip Thompson (Herbert) | LNP | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Melissa McIntosh (Lindsay) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Terry Young (Longman) | LNP | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Anne Webster (Mallee) | Nationals | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Angie Bell (Moncrieff) | LNP | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Zali Steggall (Warringah) | Independent | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Andrew Gee (Calare) | Independent | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Tim Wilson (Goldstein) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Barnaby Joyce (New England) | One Nation | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Jason Wood (La Trobe) | Liberal | Voted almost always for | 91% |
| Andrew Wallace (Fisher) | LNP | Voted almost always for | 90% |
| Andrew Hastie (Canning) | Liberal | Voted generally for | 71% |
| Bob Katter (Kennedy) | Katter's Australian | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Anne Urquhart (Braddon) | Labor | Voted generally against | 32% |
| Mark Dreyfus (Isaacs) | Labor | Voted generally against | 29% |
| Julian Hill (Bruce) | Labor | Voted generally against | 19% |
| Amanda Rishworth (Kingston) | Labor | Voted almost always against | 10% |
| Steve Georganas (Adelaide) | Labor | Voted almost always against | 10% |
| Milton Dick (Oxley) | Speaker | Voted almost always against | 10% |
| Lisa Chesters (Bendigo) | Labor | Voted almost always against | 9% |
| Anne Aly (Cowan) | Labor | Voted almost always against | 9% |
| Rebekha Sharkie (Mayo) | Centre Alliance | Voted consistently against | 4% |
| Mike Freelander (Macarthur) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Anthony Albanese (Grayndler) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Tony Burke (Watson) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Jason Clare (Blaxland) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Julie Collins (Franklin) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Justine Elliot (Richmond) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Catherine King (Ballarat) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Richard Marles (Corio) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Shayne Neumann (Blair) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Tanya Plibersek (Sydney) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Tony Zappia (Makin) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Rob Mitchell (McEwen) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Ed Husic (Chifley) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Michelle Rowland (Greenway) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Chris Bowen (McMahon) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Tim Watts (Gellibrand) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Clare O'Neil (Hotham) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Matt Thistlethwaite (Kingsford Smith) | 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% |
| Matt Keogh (Burt) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Emma McBride (Dobell) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Susan Templeman (Macquarie) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Meryl Swanson (Paterson) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Luke Gosling (Solomon) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Madeleine King (Brand) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Pat Conroy (Shortland) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Peter Khalil (Wills) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Anne Stanley (Werriwa) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Andrew Leigh (Fenner) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Patrick Gorman (Perth) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Josh Wilson (Fremantle) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Alicia Payne (Canberra) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Libby Coker (Corangamite) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Daniel Mulino (Fraser) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Fiona Phillips (Gilmore) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Helen Haines (Indi) | Independent | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Kate Thwaites (Jagajaga) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Anika Wells (Lilley) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Josh Burns (Macnamara) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Mark Butler (Hindmarsh) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Andrew Wilkie (Clark) | Independent | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Ged Kearney (Cooper) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| David Smith (Bean) | 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.
- 17 Oct 2019 · HousePolicy: NoSocial Services Legislation Amendment (Drug Testing Trial) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Disagree with bill's main idea
- 17 Oct 2019 · HousePolicy: Aye (strong)Social Services Legislation Amendment (Drug Testing Trial) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
- 13 Aug 2018 · HousePolicy: Aye (strong)Social Services Legislation Amendment (Drug Testing Trial) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
- 21 Mar 2018 · SenatePolicy: Aye (strong)Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Agree with bill
- 7 Dec 2017 · SenatePolicy: Aye (strong)Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
- 11 Sept 2017 · HousePolicy: NoSocial Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Disagree with bill
- 11 Sept 2017 · HousePolicy: Aye (strong)Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
- 11 Sept 2017 · HousePolicy: Aye (strong)Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Agree to bill
- 11 Sept 2017 · HousePolicy: Aye (strong)Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill 2017 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
- 14 June 2017 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Budget - Abandon drug testing income support