Motions — Senate Debate
Dave Sharma voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
Dave Sharma
Liberal Party Representative for Wentworth since May 2019
Never rebels explain rebellions 90% attendance explain attendance
How do they vote?
Voted very strongly for
- A combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Increasing state and territory environmental approval powers
- Increasing the cost of humanities degrees
- Political interference in research funding
- Privatising government services
- Putting welfare payments onto restricted debit cards (known as cashless debit cards)
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Temporary Exclusion Orders
Voted moderately against
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
Voted strongly against
What does this mean?Voted very strongly against
- A fast transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy
- Assisting the Arts sector through the coronavirus pandemic
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Extending Jobkeeper Payment
- Government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Increasing access to the JobKeeper Payment
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing funding for vocational education
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing support for the Australian film and TV industry
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Making the cashless debit card program voluntary
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Parliament continuing to meet during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Protecting Australian sovereignty in trade agreements
- Treating government action on climate change as a matter of urgency
Has never voted on
- Banning mobiles and other devices in immigration detention
- Community right to say no to nuclear waste disposal sites
Please note that our voting records start in 2006.
Rebel votes
Dave Sharma has never voted against the majority of their party since entering Parliament in May 2019. explain rebellions
Recent Votes
Recent votes in parliament that this Representative could have attended.
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Motions — Senate Debate
Dave Sharma voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Motions — Senate Debate
Dave Sharma voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
Possible Friends
Shows which Representatives voted most similarly to this one in the 2013 (current) Parliament. This is measured from 0% agreement (never voted the same) to 100% (always voted the same). Only votes that both Representatives attended are counted. This may reveal relationships between Representatives that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.
| Agreement | Name | Electorate | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100% | Garth Hamilton | Groom | Liberal National Party |
| 99% | Fiona Martin | Reid | Liberal Party |
| 99% | Nicolle Flint | Boothby | Liberal Party |
| 99% | Vince Connelly | Stirling | Liberal Party |
| 99% | Paul Fletcher | Bradfield | Liberal Party |