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24th Feb 2022
Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2021 - Consideration in Detail - Agree with amended bill
Dave Sharma voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Passed by a small majority
5 rebellions 82% attendance
Dave Sharma
Former Liberal Party Representative for Wentworth May 2019 – May 2022
Rebelled 0.4% of the time explain rebellions 90% attendance explain attendance
How do they vote?
Voted consistently for
- A character test for Australian visas
- 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 intervention in research funding grants
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Temporary Exclusion Orders
Voted generally for
Voted generally against
Voted almost always against
Voted consistently against
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Increasing access to the JobKeeper Payment
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing funding for vocational education
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing support for the Australian film and TV industry
- Increasing support for the Australian shipping industry
- Parliament continuing to meet during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Protecting Australian sovereignty in trade agreements
- Treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency
We can't say anything concrete about how they voted on
- Assisting the Arts sector through the coronavirus pandemic
- Banning mobiles and other devices in immigration detention
- Community right to say no to nuclear waste disposal sites
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing support for rural and regional Australia
- Increasing workplace protections for women
- Making the cashless debit card program voluntary and not mandatory
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Privatising certain government services
- Reducing waste in Australia
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
Please note that our voting records start in February 2006.
Rebel votes
Dave Sharma has voted against the majority of their party 3 times since entering Parliament in May 2019. explain rebellions
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Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2021 - Consideration in Detail - Students
Dave Sharma voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Passed by a small majority
5 rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 24th Feb 2022
Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2021 - Consideration in Detail - Students
Dave Sharma voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a small majority
5 rebellions 81% attendance
Free votes
Dave Sharma has taken part in 1 free vote since entering Parliament in May 2019. explain “Free Votes”
Recent Votes
Recent votes in parliament that this Representative could have attended.
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Australian Research Council Amendment Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Condemn Government's research policies
Dave Sharma voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 24th Feb 2022
Courts and Tribunals Legislation Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - For merit-based appointments
Dave Sharma voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 81% attendance
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edited 19th Sep 2022
Motions - Prime Minister - Don't let a vote happen
Dave Sharma voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
Compare Dave Sharma with someone else
Shows people in order of those who voted always the same as Dave Sharma (100% agreement) to those who never voted the same (0% agreement).
We only compare those votes where both people attended. This may reveal relationships between people that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.
| Agreement | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 100% | Andrew Gee | Independent Representative for Calare |
| 100% | Andrew Hastie | Liberal Party Representative for Canning |
| 100% | Julian Leeser | Liberal Party Representative for Berowra |
| 100% | Melissa Price | Liberal Party Representative for Durack |
| 100% | Dan Tehan | Liberal Party Representative for Wannon |