Increasing the cost of humanities degrees
People who support this policy believe that the federal government should substantially increase the cost of humanities degrees at university (that is, degrees focussed on the study of human culture and society) in order to discourage students from enrolling in the the subject area and instead enrol in other subject areas, such as mathematics.
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
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 | 16 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 40 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| Nationals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| LNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Centre Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| One Nation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Speaker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Greens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
All 99 members, by agreement
| Member | Party | Position | Agreement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Hawke (Mitchell) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Michael McCormack (Riverina) | Nationals | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Melissa Price (Durack) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Angus Taylor (Hume) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| David Littleproud (Maranoa) | Nationals | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Melissa McIntosh (Lindsay) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Jerome Laxale (Bennelong) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Louise Miller-Frost (Boothby) | Labor | 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% |
| 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% |
| Marion Scrymgour (Lingiari) | Labor | 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% |
| Andrew Gee (Calare) | Independent | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Mary Doyle (Aston) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Jodie Belyea (Dunkley) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Helen Haines (Indi) | Independent | Voted consistently for | 95% |
| Dan Tehan (Wannon) | Liberal | Voted almost always for | 88% |
| Julian Leeser (Berowra) | Liberal | Voted almost always for | 88% |
| Anne Webster (Mallee) | Nationals | Voted almost always for | 88% |
| Angie Bell (Moncrieff) | LNP | Voted almost always for | 88% |
| Tim Wilson (Goldstein) | Liberal | Voted almost always for | 88% |
| Andrew Wallace (Fisher) | LNP | Voted generally for | 76% |
| Darren Chester (Gippsland) | Nationals | Voted generally for | 75% |
| Tony Pasin (Barker) | Liberal | Voted generally for | 75% |
| Ted O'Brien (Fairfax) | Liberal | Voted generally for | 75% |
| Rebekha Sharkie (Mayo) | Centre Alliance | Voted generally for | 75% |
| Phillip Thompson (Herbert) | LNP | Voted generally for | 75% |
| Andrew Hastie (Canning) | Liberal | Voted generally for | 62% |
| Pat Conaghan (Cowper) | Nationals | Voted generally for | 62% |
| Terry Young (Longman) | LNP | Voted generally for | 62% |
| Barnaby Joyce (New England) | One Nation | Voted generally for | 62% |
| Mark Dreyfus (Isaacs) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 52% |
| Joanne Ryan (Lalor) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 52% |
| Rick Wilson (O'Connor) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 52% |
| Peter Khalil (Wills) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 52% |
| Alicia Payne (Canberra) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 52% |
| Daniel Mulino (Fraser) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 52% |
| Kate Thwaites (Jagajaga) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 52% |
| Anika Wells (Lilley) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 52% |
| Josh Burns (Macnamara) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 52% |
| Ged Kearney (Cooper) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 52% |
| David Smith (Bean) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 52% |
| Shayne Neumann (Blair) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 41% |
| Tim Watts (Gellibrand) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 41% |
| Andrew Giles (Scullin) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 41% |
| Susan Templeman (Macquarie) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 41% |
| Meryl Swanson (Paterson) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 41% |
| Libby Coker (Corangamite) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 41% |
| Steve Georganas (Adelaide) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 41% |
| Matt Keogh (Burt) | Labor | Voted generally against | 38% |
| Josh Wilson (Fremantle) | Labor | Voted generally against | 38% |
| Andrew Wilkie (Clark) | Independent | Voted generally against | 36% |
| Catherine King (Ballarat) | Labor | Voted generally against | 29% |
| Michelle Rowland (Greenway) | Labor | Voted generally against | 29% |
| Julian Hill (Bruce) | Labor | Voted generally against | 29% |
| Andrew Leigh (Fenner) | Labor | Voted generally against | 29% |
| Sharon Claydon (Newcastle) | Labor | Voted generally against | 27% |
| Emma McBride (Dobell) | Labor | Voted generally against | 27% |
| Pat Conroy (Shortland) | Labor | Voted generally against | 27% |
| Richard Marles (Corio) | Labor | Voted generally against | 25% |
| Milton Dick (Oxley) | Speaker | Voted generally against | 25% |
| Matt Thistlethwaite (Kingsford Smith) | Labor | Voted generally against | 24% |
| Julie Collins (Franklin) | Labor | Voted generally against | 16% |
| Justine Elliot (Richmond) | Labor | Voted generally against | 16% |
| Lisa Chesters (Bendigo) | Labor | Voted generally against | 16% |
| Anthony Albanese (Grayndler) | Labor | Voted almost always against | 12% |
| Madeleine King (Brand) | Labor | Voted almost always against | 12% |
| Anne Urquhart (Braddon) | Labor | Voted almost always against | 6% |
| Jason Clare (Blaxland) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 5% |
| Amanda Rishworth (Kingston) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 5% |
| Tony Zappia (Makin) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 5% |
| Chris Bowen (McMahon) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 5% |
| Jim Chalmers (Rankin) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 5% |
| Anne Aly (Cowan) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 5% |
| Mike Freelander (Macarthur) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 5% |
| Luke Gosling (Solomon) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 5% |
| Anne Stanley (Werriwa) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 5% |
| Patrick Gorman (Perth) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 5% |
| Fiona Phillips (Gilmore) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 5% |
| Mark Butler (Hindmarsh) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 5% |
| Kristy McBain (Eden-Monaro) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 5% |
| Tony Burke (Watson) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Tanya Plibersek (Sydney) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Ed Husic (Chifley) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Zali Steggall (Warringah) | Independent | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Monique Ryan (Kooyong) | Independent | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Sophie Scamps (Mackellar) | Independent | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Elizabeth Watson-Brown (Ryan) | Greens | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Allegra Spender (Wentworth) | Independent | 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.
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- 8 Oct 2020 · HousePolicy: Aye (strong)Higher Education Support Amendment (Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students) Bill 2020 - Consideration of Senate Message - Agree with requests
- 8 Oct 2020 · SenatePolicy: Aye (strong)Higher Education Support Amendment (Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students) Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
- 8 Oct 2020 · SenatePolicy: Aye (strong)Higher Education Support Amendment (Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students) Bill 2020 - Agree to remaining stages
- 8 Oct 2020 · SenatePolicy: Aye (strong)Higher Education Support Amendment (Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students) Bill 2020 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
- 1 Sept 2020 · HousePolicy: AyeHigher Education Support Amendment (Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students) Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Keep second reading motion unchanged
- 1 Sept 2020 · HousePolicy: Aye (strong)Higher Education Support Amendment (Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students) Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
- 1 Sept 2020 · HousePolicy: Aye (strong)Higher Education Support Amendment (Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students) Bill 2020 - Third Reading - Pass the bill