Making the cashless debit card program voluntary and not mandatory
People who support this policy believe that the federal government should make the cashless debit card program (a program where welfare payments are put onto controlled debit cards, also known as Indue cards, for restricted use) voluntary so that people are not forced to participate in it.
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
44 members+23 not enough votes
Independent
3 members+5 not enough votes
Nationals
2 members+7 not enough votes
Liberal
2 members+11 not enough votes
Centre Alliance
1 member
LNP
1 member+5 not enough votes
Speaker0 members+1 not enough votes
One Nation0 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 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 23 | 44 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Nationals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| Centre Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| LNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Speaker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| One Nation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Greens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
All 107 members, by agreement
| Member | Party | Position | Agreement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Albanese (Grayndler) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Julie Collins (Franklin) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Mark Dreyfus (Isaacs) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Justine Elliot (Richmond) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Catherine King (Ballarat) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Richard Marles (Corio) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Shayne Neumann (Blair) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Tanya Plibersek (Sydney) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Tony Zappia (Makin) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Rob Mitchell (McEwen) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Ed Husic (Chifley) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Michelle Rowland (Greenway) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Chris Bowen (McMahon) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Clare O'Neil (Hotham) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Matt Thistlethwaite (Kingsford Smith) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Joanne Ryan (Lalor) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Sharon Claydon (Newcastle) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Andrew Giles (Scullin) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Matt Keogh (Burt) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Anne Aly (Cowan) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Emma McBride (Dobell) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Mike Freelander (Macarthur) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Susan Templeman (Macquarie) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Luke Gosling (Solomon) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Madeleine King (Brand) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Julian Hill (Bruce) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Pat Conroy (Shortland) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Peter Khalil (Wills) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Anne Stanley (Werriwa) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Andrew Leigh (Fenner) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Patrick Gorman (Perth) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Josh Wilson (Fremantle) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Alicia Payne (Canberra) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Libby Coker (Corangamite) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Daniel Mulino (Fraser) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Fiona Phillips (Gilmore) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Kate Thwaites (Jagajaga) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Anika Wells (Lilley) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Josh Burns (Macnamara) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Steve Georganas (Adelaide) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Mark Butler (Hindmarsh) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Ged Kearney (Cooper) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| David Smith (Bean) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Kristy McBain (Eden-Monaro) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Jerome Laxale (Bennelong) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Louise Miller-Frost (Boothby) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Henry Pike (Bowman) | LNP | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Carina Garland (Chisholm) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Alison Byrnes (Cunningham) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Kate Chaney (Curtin) | Independent | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Andrew Willcox (Dawson) | LNP | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Tania Lawrence (Hasluck) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Sam Rae (Hawke) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Cassandra Fernando (Holt) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Dan Repacholi (Hunter) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Monique Ryan (Kooyong) | Independent | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Sophie Scamps (Mackellar) | Independent | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Sam Birrell (Nicholls) | Nationals | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Andrew Charlton (Parramatta) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Tracey Roberts (Pearce) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Sally Sitou (Reid) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Gordon Reid (Robertson) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Matt Burnell (Spence) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Zaneta Mascarenhas (Swan) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Sam Lim (Tangney) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Allegra Spender (Wentworth) | Independent | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Anne Urquhart (Braddon) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 98% |
| Tony Burke (Watson) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 92% |
| Jason Clare (Blaxland) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 92% |
| Amanda Rishworth (Kingston) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 92% |
| Lisa Chesters (Bendigo) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 92% |
| Tim Watts (Gellibrand) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 92% |
| Jim Chalmers (Rankin) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 92% |
| Ted O'Brien (Fairfax) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 92% |
| Meryl Swanson (Paterson) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 92% |
| Milton Dick (Oxley) | Speaker | Not enough votes to say | 92% |
| Michael McCormack (Riverina) | Nationals | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Melissa Price (Durack) | Liberal | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Andrew Hastie (Canning) | Liberal | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Rebekha Sharkie (Mayo) | Centre Alliance | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Pat Conaghan (Cowper) | Nationals | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Zali Steggall (Warringah) | Independent | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Andrew Wilkie (Clark) | Independent | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Andrew Wallace (Fisher) | LNP | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Alex Hawke (Mitchell) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 8% |
| Darren Chester (Gippsland) | Nationals | Not enough votes to say | 8% |
| Dan Tehan (Wannon) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 8% |
| Scott Buchholz (Wright) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 8% |
| Tony Pasin (Barker) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 8% |
| Michelle Landry (Capricornia) | Nationals | Not enough votes to say | 8% |
| Angus Taylor (Hume) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 8% |
| Jason Wood (La Trobe) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 8% |
| Rick Wilson (O'Connor) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 8% |
| Kevin Hogan (Page) | Nationals | Not enough votes to say | 8% |
| Julian Leeser (Berowra) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 8% |
| David Littleproud (Maranoa) | Nationals | Not enough votes to say | 8% |
| Llew O'Brien (Wide Bay) | Nationals | Not enough votes to say | 8% |
| Phillip Thompson (Herbert) | LNP | Not enough votes to say | 8% |
| Melissa McIntosh (Lindsay) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 8% |
| Terry Young (Longman) | LNP | Not enough votes to say | 8% |
| Anne Webster (Mallee) | Nationals | Not enough votes to say | 8% |
| Angie Bell (Moncrieff) | LNP | Not enough votes to say | 8% |
| Andrew Gee (Calare) | Independent | Not enough votes to say | 8% |
| Barnaby Joyce (New England) | One Nation | Not enough votes to say | 8% |
| Helen Haines (Indi) | Independent | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Elizabeth Watson-Brown (Ryan) | Greens | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Tim Wilson (Goldstein) | Liberal | 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.
- 28 Mar 2023 · HousePolicy: AyeSocial Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management Reform) Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Against compulsory income management
- 1 Aug 2019 · SenatePolicy: Aye (strong)Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Cashless Welfare) Bill 2019 - in Committee - Make voluntary
- 31 July 2019 · SenatePolicy: AyeSocial Security (Administration) Amendment (Cashless Welfare) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Stop being compulsory
- 30 July 2019 · HousePolicy: AyeSocial Security (Administration) Amendment (Cashless Welfare) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Make voluntary