Compare how David Van and Nick McKim voted on making the cashless debit card program voluntary and not mandatory

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David Van

Independent Senator for Victoria since June 2023

Voted consistently against making the cashless debit card program voluntary and not mandatory
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Nick McKim

Australian Greens Senator for Tasmania since August 2015

Voted consistently for making the cashless debit card program voluntary and not mandatory

How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should make the cashless debit card program (a program where welfare payments are put onto controlled debit cards, also known as Indue cards, for restricted use) voluntary so that people are not forced to participate in it

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 making the cashless debit card program voluntary and not mandatory” which either David Van or Nick McKim could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of David Van and Nick McKim 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 David Van Nick McKim Supporters vote

1st Aug 2019, 10:12 AM – Senate Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Cashless Welfare) Bill 2019 - in Committee - Make voluntary

No Yes Yes

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for making the cashless debit card program voluntary and not mandatory” which either David Van or Nick McKim 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 David Van Nick McKim Supporters vote

31st Jul 2019, 11:30 AM – Senate Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Cashless Welfare) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Stop being compulsory

No Yes Yes