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 Senate 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
Liberal
9 members
Labor
8 members+2 not enough votes
Greens
3 members+1 not enough votes
LNP
2 members
One Nation
1 member+1 not enough votes
Deputy Senate President
1 member
Nationals
1 member
Senate President
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Labor | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Greens | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| LNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| One Nation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Deputy Senate President | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nationals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Senate President | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
All 30 members, by agreement
| Member | Party | Position | Agreement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michaelia Cash (WA) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Dean Smith (WA) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Anne Ruston (SA) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Matthew Canavan (Queensland) | LNP | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| James McGrath (Queensland) | LNP | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| James Paterson (Victoria) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Pauline Hanson (Queensland) | One Nation | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Jane Hume (Victoria) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Richard Colbeck (Tasmania) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Malcolm Roberts (Queensland) | One Nation | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Sarah Henderson (Victoria) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Dave Sharma (NSW) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Slade Brockman (WA) | Deputy Senate President | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Bridget McKenzie (Victoria) | Nationals | Voted generally for | 77% |
| Carol Brown (Tasmania) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 55% |
| Katy Gallagher (ACT) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 55% |
| Deborah O'Neill (NSW) | Labor | Voted generally against | 32% |
| Jenny McAllister (NSW) | Labor | Voted generally against | 32% |
| Don Farrell (SA) | Labor | Voted generally against | 32% |
| Malarndirri McCarthy (NT) | Labor | Voted generally against | 32% |
| Murray Watt (Queensland) | Labor | Voted generally against | 32% |
| Helen Polley (Tasmania) | Labor | Voted almost always against | 9% |
| Glenn Sterle (WA) | Labor | Voted almost always against | 9% |
| Sue Lines (WA) | Senate President | Voted almost always against | 9% |
| Anthony Chisholm (Queensland) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 1% |
| Sarah Hanson-Young (SA) | Greens | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Nick McKim (Tasmania) | Greens | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Jordon Steele-John (WA) | Greens | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Larissa Waters (Queensland) | Greens | 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.
- 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