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Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate

People who support this policy believe that the federal government should increase the Newstart Allowance rate to ensure that it covers basic living costs.

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How each party's members voted

House of RepresentativesSenate

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
Party breakdown as a table (number of members in each group)
PartyConsistently againstAlmost always againstGenerally againstMixtureGenerally forAlmost always forConsistently forNot enough votesMembers in bar
Labor210000003
All 3 members, by agreement
MemberPartyPositionAgreement
Anne Urquhart (Braddon)LaborVoted almost always against12%
Matt Thistlethwaite (Kingsford Smith)LaborVoted consistently against0%
David Smith (Bean)LaborVoted consistently against0%

Votes that make up this policy

The policy position on each vote. Strong votes count more towards a member's agreement score.