Compare how Bill Shorten and Sharon Bird voted on putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis

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Bill Shorten

Australian Labor Party Representative for Maribyrnong since November 2007

Voted consistently against putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis
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Sharon Bird

Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Cunningham October 2004 – May 2022

Voted consistently against putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis

How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should extend the Cashless Debit Card (or Indue) program on an ongoing basis, meaning that they should continue to put a large proportion of a person's welfare payment onto a debit card that cannot be used for alcohol or gambling and cannot be used to make cash withdrawals (see the policy "For putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial" for votes on the program's trial period)

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 putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis” which either Bill Shorten or Sharon Bird could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Bill Shorten and Sharon Bird 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 Bill Shorten Sharon Bird Supporters vote

28th Sep 2022, 10:38 AM – Representatives Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Repeal of Cashless Debit Card and Other Measures) Bill 2022 - Consideration of Senate Message - Agree and pass the bill

Yes - No

3rd Aug 2022, 9:19 AM – Representatives Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Repeal of Cashless Debit Card and Other Measures) Bill 2022 - Third Reading - Pass the bill

Yes - No

3rd Aug 2022, 9:06 AM – Representatives Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Repeal of Cashless Debit Card and Other Measures) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea

Yes - No

7th Dec 2020, 4:20 PM – Representatives Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Continuation of Cashless Welfare) Bill 2020 - Third Reading - Pass the bill

No No Yes

7th Dec 2020, 3:39 PM – Representatives Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Continuation of Cashless Welfare) Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea

No No Yes

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis” which either Bill Shorten or Sharon Bird 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 Bill Shorten Sharon Bird Supporters vote
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