Compare how Ralph Babet and Fatima Payman voted on putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis

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Ralph Babet

United Australia Party Senator for Victoria since May 2022

Voted generally for putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis
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Fatima Payman

Independent Senator for WA since July 2024

Voted consistently against putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis

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 Ralph Babet or Fatima Payman could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Ralph Babet and Fatima Payman 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 Ralph Babet Fatima Payman Supporters vote

27th Sep 2022, 11:09 PM – Senate Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Repeal of Cashless Debit Card and Other Measures) Bill 2022 - Third Reading - Pass the bill

No Yes No

27th Sep 2022, 11:05 PM – Senate Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Repeal of Cashless Debit Card and Other Measures) Bill 2022 - in Committee - Agree with the bill as amended

No Yes No

27th Sep 2022, 7:26 PM – Senate Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Repeal of Cashless Debit Card and Other Measures) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea

absent Yes No

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 Ralph Babet or Fatima Payman 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 Ralph Babet Fatima Payman Supporters vote
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