Compare how Lidia Thorpe and Anne Ruston voted on putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis
Lidia Thorpe
Independent Senator for Victoria since February 2023
Anne Ruston
Liberal Party Senator for SA since September 2012
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 Lidia Thorpe or Anne Ruston could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Lidia Thorpe and Anne Ruston 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 | Lidia Thorpe | Anne Ruston | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
27th Sep 2022, 11:09 PM – Senate Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Repeal of Cashless Debit Card and Other Measures) Bill 2022 - Third Reading - Pass the bill |
absent | No | No |
27th Sep 2022, 11:05 PM – Senate Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Repeal of Cashless Debit Card and Other Measures) Bill 2022 - in Committee - Agree with the bill as amended |
absent | No | No |
27th Sep 2022, 7:26 PM – Senate Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Repeal of Cashless Debit Card and Other Measures) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea |
absent | No | No |
9th Dec 2020, 10:08 PM – Senate Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Continuation of Cashless Welfare) Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea |
No | Yes | Yes |
9th Dec 2020, 12:23 AM – Senate Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Continuation of Cashless Welfare) Bill 2020 - Third Reading - Pass the bill |
No | Yes | 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 Lidia Thorpe or Anne Ruston 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 | Lidia Thorpe | Anne Ruston | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
9th Dec 2020, 9:57 PM – Senate Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Continuation of Cashless Welfare) Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Withdraw the bill |
Yes | No | No |
9th Dec 2020, 12:19 AM – Senate Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Continuation of Cashless Welfare) Bill 2020 - in Committee - Keep items unchanged |
No | Yes | Yes |