Compare how Dave Sharma and Julian Simmonds voted on putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis
Dave Sharma
Liberal Party Senator for NSW since November 2023
Julian Simmonds
Former Liberal National Party Representative for Ryan May 2019 – May 2022
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 Dave Sharma or Julian Simmonds could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Dave Sharma and Julian Simmonds 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 | Dave Sharma | Julian Simmonds | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
7th Dec 2020, 4:20 PM – Representatives Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Continuation of Cashless Welfare) Bill 2020 - Third Reading - Pass the bill |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
7th Dec 2020, 3:39 PM – Representatives Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Continuation of Cashless Welfare) Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea |
Yes | 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 Dave Sharma or Julian Simmonds 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 | Dave Sharma | Julian Simmonds | Supporters vote | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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