Mathias Cormann and David Van have voted the same way 100% of the time
Mathias Cormann
Former Liberal Party Senator for WA June 2007 – November 2020
David Van
Independent Senator for Victoria since June 2023
Between July 2019 and November 2020 Mathias Cormann and David Van have voted in the same division 210 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 210 times. They have never voted differently.
How do their votes on policies compare?
Policies are groups of votes related to an issue. We only show policies where we have enough information on both people.
Always voted the same way on
- A Royal Commission into Robodebt
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending government investment in fossil fuels
- Increasing access to the JobKeeper Payment
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing government support for the dairy industry
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Increasing transparency of the China-Australia relationship
- Live animal export
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Mandatory minimum sentences for certain offences
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Offshore oil mining
- Privatising certain government services
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Reducing taxes for high-income earners
- Reducing taxes for middle-income earners
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary Exclusion Orders
- Unconventional gas mining