Compare how Maria Vamvakinou and Luke Gosling voted on making the cashless debit card program voluntary and not mandatory

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Maria Vamvakinou

Australian Labor Party Representative for Calwell since November 2001

Voted consistently for making the cashless debit card program voluntary and not mandatory
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Luke Gosling

Australian Labor Party Representative for Solomon since July 2016

Voted consistently for making the cashless debit card program voluntary and not mandatory

How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees 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

Now this is where it gets a bit tricky… Two people might vote the same way on votes they both attended, so their votes are 100% in agreement. They might also have voted in a way we’d describe differently when looking at all of one person's votes. If the other person didn’t or couldn’t have attended those votes we leave those out of the comparison. Because that just wouldn’t be fair now, would it?

Most important divisions relevant to this policy

These are the most important divisions related to the policy “for making the cashless debit card program voluntary and not mandatory” which either Maria Vamvakinou or Luke Gosling could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Maria Vamvakinou and Luke Gosling on this policy. Where a person could not have attended a division because they were not a member of parliament at the time (or in the wrong house) it is marked as "-".

Division Maria Vamvakinou Luke Gosling Supporters vote
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Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for making the cashless debit card program voluntary and not mandatory” which either Maria Vamvakinou or Luke Gosling could have attended. Where a person could not have attended a division because they were not a member of parliament at the time (or in the wrong house) it is marked as "-".

Division Maria Vamvakinou Luke Gosling Supporters vote

28th Mar 2023, 5:20 PM – Representatives Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management Reform) Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Against compulsory income management

Yes Yes Yes

30th Jul 2019, 6:11 PM – Representatives Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Cashless Welfare) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Make voluntary

Yes Yes Yes