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Paid Parental Leave Amendment (More Support for Working Families) Bill 2023 - in Committee - Small business employers
Michaelia Cash voted Yes
David Van voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
Michaelia Cash and David Van have voted the same way 98% of the time
Michaelia Cash
Liberal Party Senator for WA since July 2008
David Van
Independent Senator for Victoria since June 2023
Since July 2019 Michaelia Cash and David Van have voted in the same division 695 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 684 times. They have only voted differently 11 times.
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 differently on
Always voted the same way on
- A carbon price
- A declared area offence
- A transition plan for coal workers
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- An independent inquiry into Attorney-General Christian Porter
- Assisting Australians trying to return from overseas
- Australia's timber industry
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Banning pay secrecy clauses
- Capping gas prices
- Closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
- Considering legislation to create a federal anti-corruption commission (procedural)
- Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Decreasing subsidisation of fossil fuels
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending government investment in fossil fuels
- Extending Jobkeeper Payment
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Increasing access to the JobKeeper Payment
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing funding for public schools
- Increasing government support for the dairy industry
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Increasing workplace protections
- Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees
- Live animal export
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Making the cashless debit card program voluntary and not mandatory
- Mandatory minimum sentences for certain offences
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Net zero emissions by 2050
- Offshore oil mining
- Paid parental leave equality for stay-at-home mums and dads
- Preventative Detention Orders (PDOs)
- Privatising certain government services
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis
- Reducing taxes for high-income earners
- Reducing taxes for middle-income earners
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- The Murray Darling Basin Plan
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- Unconventional gas mining
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 684 times. They have only voted differently 11 times.
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edited 22 days ago
Paid Parental Leave Amendment (More Support for Working Families) Bill 2023 - in Committee - Small business employers
Michaelia Cash voted Yes
David Van voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 13th Dec 2023
Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill 2023 - Indigenous people and SDLAM project withdrawal
Michaelia Cash voted No
David Van voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 79% attendance
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edited 13th Dec 2023
Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill 2023 - Complementary measures
Michaelia Cash voted Yes
David Van voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 80% attendance
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edited 13th Dec 2023
Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill 2023 - Held water and socio-economic outcomes
Michaelia Cash voted Yes
David Van voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 82% attendance
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edited 13th Dec 2023
Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill 2023 - Keep bill items as they are; held environmental water
Michaelia Cash voted No
David Van voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 82% attendance
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Business — Consideration of Legislation
Michaelia Cash voted No
David Van voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 80% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Michaelia Cash voted Yes
David Van voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 82% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Michaelia Cash voted No
David Van voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 82% attendance
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Business — Consideration of Legislation
Michaelia Cash voted No
David Van voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 67% attendance
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edited 15th Feb 2024
Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Australia's Engagement in the Pacific) Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Michaelia Cash voted No
David Van voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 76% attendance