Bills — Help to Buy Bill 2023, Help to Buy (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023; in Committee
David Van voted Yes
Andrew McLachlan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
David Van and Andrew McLachlan have voted the same way 96% of the time
David Van
Independent Senator for Victoria since June 2023
Andrew McLachlan
Deputy President Senator for SA since July 2022
Since February 2020 David Van and Andrew McLachlan have voted in the same division 818 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 787 times. They have only voted differently 31 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.
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Always voted the same way on
- A carbon price
- A combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- A Royal Commission into Robodebt
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- An independent inquiry into Attorney-General Christian Porter
- Assisting Australians trying to return from overseas
- Australia's timber industry
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Capping gas prices
- Closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
- Considering legislation to create a federal anti-corruption commission (procedural)
- 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
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending government investment in fossil fuels
- Extended Supervision Orders (ESOs)
- 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 university education
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing protections for franchisees
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Increasing transparency of the China-Australia relationship
- Increasing workplace protections
- Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees
- Live animal export
- Mandatory minimum sentences for certain offences
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Net zero emissions by 2050
- No new fossil fuels projects
- Offshore oil mining
- Paid parental leave equality for stay-at-home mums and dads
- Placing the CFMEU into administration
- Privatising certain government services
- Procedural fairness
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Putting a time limit on immigration detention
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis
- Reducing taxes for high-income earners
- Reducing waste in Australia
- Repealing Stage 3 tax cuts
- Restricting donations to political parties
- The Murray Darling Basin Plan
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- Transgender rights
- Treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency
- Unconventional gas mining
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 787 times. They have only voted differently 31 times.
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Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
David Van voted Yes
Andrew McLachlan voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 53% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
David Van voted Yes
Andrew McLachlan voted No
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 83% attendance
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edited 13th Oct 2024
Motions - Gambling Advertising - Ban
David Van voted Yes
Andrew McLachlan voted No
Not passed by a small majority
2 rebellions 54% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
David Van voted Yes
Andrew McLachlan voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
David Van voted Yes
Andrew McLachlan voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
David Van voted Yes
Andrew McLachlan voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
David Van voted Yes
Andrew McLachlan voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 22nd Sep 2024
Paid Parental Leave Amendment (Adding Superannuation for a More Secure Retirement) Bill 2024 - in Committee - Additional entitlements
David Van voted No
Andrew McLachlan voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 17 days ago
Digital Id Bill 2023, Digital Id (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023 - Third Reading - Pass the bills
David Van voted Yes
Andrew McLachlan voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 17 days ago
Digital Id Bill 2023, Digital Id (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023 - Committee of the Whole - Opposition amendments
David Van voted No
Andrew McLachlan voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Bills — Digital Id Bill 2023, Digital Id (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023
David Van voted Yes
Andrew McLachlan voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Bills — Digital Id Bill 2023, Digital Id (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023
David Van voted Yes
Andrew McLachlan voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Bills — Digital Id Bill 2023, Digital Id (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023
David Van voted Yes
Andrew McLachlan voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Business — Consideration of Legislation
David Van voted No
Andrew McLachlan voted Yes
Not passed
No rebellions 88% attendance
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Business — Consideration of Legislation
David Van voted No
Andrew McLachlan voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 29th Mar 2024
Paid Parental Leave Amendment (More Support for Working Families) Bill 2023 - in Committee - Small business employers
David Van voted No
Andrew McLachlan voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 29th Mar 2024
Paid Parental Leave Amendment (More Support for Working Families) Bill 2023 - in Committee - Small business employers
David Van voted No
Andrew McLachlan voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 12th May 2024
Infrastructure Australia Amendment (Independent Review) Bill 2023 - in Committee - Initial assessments
David Van voted No
Andrew McLachlan voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 13th Dec 2023
Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill 2023 - Complementary measures
David Van voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Andrew McLachlan voted Yes
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
David Van voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Andrew McLachlan voted Yes
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
David Van voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Andrew McLachlan voted No
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 82% attendance
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edited 31st May 2024
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill 2023
David Van voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Andrew McLachlan voted No
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 80% attendance
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edited 31st May 2024
Business - Rearrangement - Suspend standing orders
David Van voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Andrew McLachlan voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 82% attendance
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edited 31st May 2024
Business - Rearrangement - Put the question
David Van voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Andrew McLachlan voted No
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 82% attendance
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edited 14th Jun 2024
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Disability Services and Inclusion Bill 2023 and five others
David Van voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Andrew McLachlan voted No
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 68% attendance
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edited 14th Jun 2024
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Move another motion immediately
David Van voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Andrew McLachlan voted No
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 68% attendance
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edited 14th Jun 2024
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Put the question
David Van voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Andrew McLachlan voted No
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 68% attendance
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edited 14th Jun 2024
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Suspend the usual procedural rules
David Van voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Andrew McLachlan voted No
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 68% attendance
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edited 14th Jun 2024
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Put the question
David Van voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Andrew McLachlan voted No
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
David Van voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Andrew McLachlan voted No
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 76% attendance