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Decreasing availability of welfare payments

People who support this policy believe that the federal government should limit the availability of government social security payments.

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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 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
Labor
20 members
Liberal
15 members
Greens
7 members
Nationals
2 members+1 not enough votes
LNP
2 members
One Nation
2 members
Independent
2 members
United Australia
1 member
Deputy Senate President
1 member
Jacqui Lambie Network
1 member
Senate President
1 member
Australia's Voice
0 members+1 not enough votes
Party breakdown as a table (number of members in each group)
PartyConsistently againstAlmost always againstGenerally againstMixtureGenerally forAlmost always forConsistently forNot enough votesMembers in bar
Labor1088201020
Liberal00002211015
Greens700000007
Nationals000011012
LNP000011002
One Nation000011002
Independent200000002
United Australia000000101
Deputy Senate President000010001
Jacqui Lambie Network000010001
Senate President000100001
Australia's Voice000000010
All 56 members, by agreement
MemberPartyPositionAgreement
Dean Smith (WA)LiberalVoted consistently for100%
Anne Ruston (SA)LiberalVoted consistently for100%
Sarah Henderson (Victoria)LiberalVoted consistently for100%
Karen Grogan (SA)LaborVoted consistently for100%
Ralph Babet (Victoria)United AustraliaVoted consistently for100%
Dave Sharma (NSW)LiberalVoted consistently for100%
Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania)LiberalVoted consistently for99%
Alex Antic (SA)LiberalVoted consistently for99%
Matt O'Sullivan (WA)LiberalVoted consistently for99%
Andrew Bragg (NSW)LiberalVoted consistently for98%
Paul Scarr (Queensland)LiberalVoted consistently for98%
Andrew McLachlan (SA)LiberalVoted consistently for98%
Claire Chandler (Tasmania)LiberalVoted consistently for96%
Bridget McKenzie (Victoria)NationalsVoted almost always for92%
Richard Colbeck (Tasmania)LiberalVoted almost always for92%
Ross Cadell (NSW)NationalsNot enough votes to say92%
Fatima Payman (WA)Australia's VoiceNot enough votes to say92%
Matthew Canavan (Queensland)LNPVoted almost always for89%
Jane Hume (Victoria)LiberalVoted almost always for87%
Pauline Hanson (Queensland)One NationVoted almost always for86%
Slade Brockman (WA)Deputy Senate PresidentVoted generally for82%
James McGrath (Queensland)LNPVoted generally for80%
James Paterson (Victoria)LiberalVoted generally for75%
Malcolm Roberts (Queensland)One NationVoted generally for74%
Jacqui Lambie (Tasmania)Jacqui Lambie NetworkVoted generally for69%
Michaelia Cash (WA)LiberalVoted generally for68%
Deborah O'Neill (NSW)LaborVoted generally for64%
Don Farrell (SA)LaborVoted generally for63%
Susan McDonald (Queensland)NationalsVoted generally for63%
Glenn Sterle (WA)LaborVoted a mixture of for and against58%
Marielle Smith (SA)LaborVoted a mixture of for and against56%
Sue Lines (WA)Senate PresidentVoted a mixture of for and against56%
Malarndirri McCarthy (NT)LaborVoted a mixture of for and against54%
Carol Brown (Tasmania)LaborVoted a mixture of for and against53%
Tammy Tyrrell (Tasmania)LaborVoted a mixture of for and against50%
Helen Polley (Tasmania)LaborVoted a mixture of for and against47%
Jenny McAllister (NSW)LaborVoted a mixture of for and against46%
Murray Watt (Queensland)LaborVoted a mixture of for and against44%
Penny Wong (SA)LaborVoted generally against40%
Anthony Chisholm (Queensland)LaborVoted generally against33%
Tim Ayres (NSW)LaborVoted generally against30%
Raff Ciccone (Victoria)LaborVoted generally against23%
Nita Green (Queensland)LaborVoted generally against23%
Tony Sheldon (NSW)LaborVoted generally against23%
Jess Walsh (Victoria)LaborVoted generally against23%
Katy Gallagher (ACT)LaborVoted generally against22%
Lidia Thorpe (Victoria)IndependentVoted consistently against3%
Jordon Steele-John (WA)GreensVoted consistently against2%
Larissa Waters (Queensland)GreensVoted consistently against1%
Sarah Hanson-Young (SA)GreensVoted consistently against0%
Nick McKim (Tasmania)GreensVoted consistently against0%
Mehreen Faruqi (NSW)GreensVoted consistently against0%
Barbara Pocock (SA)GreensVoted consistently against0%
David Pocock (ACT)IndependentVoted consistently against0%
David Shoebridge (NSW)GreensVoted consistently against0%
Dorinda Cox (WA)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.