Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
People who support this policy believe that the federal government should adjust how indexation rates of Higher Education Loan Programme (HELP) debts (also known as HECS-HELP debts) are quantified in order to make the system more sustainable.
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
Labor
18 members+11 not enough votes
Liberal
8 members+6 not enough votes
Greens
8 members+1 not enough votes
LNP
2 members
One Nation
2 members+1 not enough votes
Nationals
1 member+2 not enough votes
Deputy Senate President
1 member
United Australia
1 member
Independent
1 member
Jacqui Lambie Network
1 member
Senate President
1 member
CLP0 members+1 not enough votes
Australia's Voice0 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 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 18 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Greens | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| LNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| One Nation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nationals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Deputy Senate President | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| United Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacqui Lambie Network | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Senate President | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| CLP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Australia's Voice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
All 67 members, by agreement
| Member | Party | Position | Agreement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anne Ruston (SA) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Matthew Canavan (Queensland) | LNP | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Raff Ciccone (Victoria) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Nita Green (Queensland) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Tony Sheldon (NSW) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Marielle Smith (SA) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Jess Walsh (Victoria) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Jana Stewart (Victoria) | Labor | Voted consistently for | 100% |
| Varun Ghosh (WA) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Lisa Darmanin (Victoria) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Steph Hodgins-May (Victoria) | Greens | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Josh Dolega (Tasmania) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Michelle Ananda-Rajah (Victoria) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Jessica Collins (NSW) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Richard Dowling (Tasmania) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Corinne Mulholland (Queensland) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Charlotte Walker (SA) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Ellie Whiteaker (WA) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Michaelia Cash (WA) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 99% |
| Bridget McKenzie (Victoria) | Nationals | Voted consistently for | 99% |
| Dean Smith (WA) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 99% |
| James McGrath (Queensland) | LNP | Voted consistently for | 99% |
| James Paterson (Victoria) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 99% |
| Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 99% |
| Slade Brockman (WA) | Deputy Senate President | Voted consistently for | 99% |
| Sarah Henderson (Victoria) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 96% |
| Alex Antic (SA) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 92% |
| Tim Ayres (NSW) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 92% |
| Claire Chandler (Tasmania) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 92% |
| Katy Gallagher (ACT) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 92% |
| Susan McDonald (Queensland) | Nationals | Not enough votes to say | 92% |
| Matt O'Sullivan (WA) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 92% |
| Paul Scarr (Queensland) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 92% |
| Karen Grogan (SA) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 92% |
| Ross Cadell (NSW) | Nationals | Not enough votes to say | 92% |
| Jacinta Nampijinpa Price (NT) | CLP | Not enough votes to say | 92% |
| Fatima Payman (WA) | Australia's Voice | Not enough votes to say | 92% |
| Andrew McLachlan (SA) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 92% |
| Jane Hume (Victoria) | Liberal | Voted generally for | 82% |
| Pauline Hanson (Queensland) | One Nation | Voted generally for | 79% |
| Richard Colbeck (Tasmania) | Liberal | Voted generally for | 76% |
| Mehreen Faruqi (NSW) | Greens | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Malcolm Roberts (Queensland) | One Nation | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Penny Allman-Payne (Queensland) | Greens | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Ralph Babet (Victoria) | United Australia | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Barbara Pocock (SA) | Greens | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| David Pocock (ACT) | Independent | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| David Shoebridge (NSW) | Greens | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Dorinda Cox (WA) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Tammy Tyrrell (Tasmania) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Don Farrell (SA) | Labor | Voted generally against | 34% |
| Carol Brown (Tasmania) | Labor | Voted generally against | 32% |
| Penny Wong (SA) | Labor | Voted generally against | 25% |
| Murray Watt (Queensland) | Labor | Voted generally against | 22% |
| Jacqui Lambie (Tasmania) | Jacqui Lambie Network | Voted generally against | 18% |
| Sue Lines (WA) | Senate President | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Larissa Waters (Queensland) | Greens | Voted almost always against | 14% |
| Jenny McAllister (NSW) | Labor | Voted almost always against | 12% |
| Anthony Chisholm (Queensland) | Labor | Voted almost always against | 12% |
| Malarndirri McCarthy (NT) | Labor | Voted almost always against | 12% |
| Helen Polley (Tasmania) | Labor | Voted almost always against | 9% |
| Glenn Sterle (WA) | Labor | Voted almost always against | 9% |
| Nick McKim (Tasmania) | Greens | Voted almost always against | 6% |
| Jordon Steele-John (WA) | Greens | Voted almost always against | 6% |
| Deborah O'Neill (NSW) | Labor | Voted almost always against | 5% |
| Sarah Hanson-Young (SA) | Greens | Voted consistently against | 5% |
| Tyron Whitten (WA) | One Nation | 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.
- 30 July 2025 · SenatePolicy: NoUniversities Accord (Cutting Student Debt by 20 per Cent) Bill 2025 - in Committee - Cap HECS indexation at 3%
- 20 June 2023 · SenatePolicy: NoEducation Legislation Amendment (Startup Year and Other Measures) Bill 2023 - in Committee - Abolishing indexation
- 13 Aug 2018 · SenatePolicy: Aye (strong)Higher Education Support Legislation Amendment (Student Loan Sustainability) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
- 13 Aug 2018 · SenatePolicy: Aye (strong)Higher Education Support Legislation Amendment (Student Loan Sustainability) Bill 2018 - in Committee - Agree with amended bill
- 13 Aug 2018 · SenatePolicy: Aye (strong)Higher Education Support Legislation Amendment (Student Loan Sustainability) Bill 2018 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
- 27 Mar 2018 · HousePolicy: Aye (strong)Higher Education Support Legislation Amendment (Student Loan Sustainability) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
- 27 Mar 2018 · HousePolicy: Aye (strong)Higher Education Support Legislation Amendment (Student Loan Sustainability) Bill 2018 - Consideration in Detail - Agree with bill as amended
- 25 Feb 2015 · HousePolicy: Aye (strong)Higher Education and Research Reform Bill 2014 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
- 2 Dec 2014 · SenatePolicy: Aye (strong)Higher Education and Research Reform Amendment Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Agree with the main idea of the bill
- 4 Sept 2014 · HousePolicy: Aye (strong)Higher Education and Research Reform Amendment Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Agree with the main idea of the bill
- 4 Sept 2014 · HousePolicy: Aye (strong)Higher Education and Research Reform Amendment Bill 2014 - Consideration in Detail - Agree to the bill