Country Liberals (NT) — voting record

How Country Liberals (NT) is recorded voting in federal parliament across the 50 propositions scored for the 2019 election.

Water allocations in the Murray-Darling Basin should be prioritised to farmers for irrigation over environment flows Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Centrelink payments to unemployed people should be paid to a debit card that cannot be used for alcohol, gambling or to make cash withdrawals Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
The Adani Group's plan to build the Carmichael mine in Queensland's Galilee Basin should be supported by the federal government Agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Australian-based industries operating in internationally competitive markets should receive government support to remain in Australia Disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Dairy farmers should receive government protection from market forces affecting their industry (i.e. through regulated farm gate prices for milk products) Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
The gambling industry should have tighter restrictions placed on it in order to resolve problem gambling issues Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Asylum seekers being held in offshore processing centres should be transferred to Australia for medical attention if more than one doctor says they need it Disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
It should be legal to import pepper spray (a non-lethal chemical agent) for individual self-defence Equal merits · record(opens in a new tab)
Users of illicit drugs should be able to access 'pill testing' services (e.g. at music festivals) in order to have their drugs analysed and discuss the risks with a health professional Equal merits · record(opens in a new tab)
Coal seam gas (CSG) mining should be allowed in Australia Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
People from countries considered to be sources of radicalism should be banned from travelling to Australia Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Forest and bush habitats should be better protected from commercial logging and agricultural clearing through increased government regulation, surveillance and enforcement Disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Technology companies that provide users with a means to encrypt communications should be allowed to keep those communications encrypted from law enforcement agencies Equal merits · record(opens in a new tab)
Climate change policy should be treated as a matter of urgency Disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
The Great Barrier Reef should be better protected from mining contaminants, agricultural run-off and encroachment by commercial fishing operators through increased government regulation, surveillance and enforcement Disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Exports of live animals for overseas meat production should be allowed with minimal restrictions Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Centrelink payments to unemployed people should be increased (currently $277.85 per week for a single person without children) Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Landholders should have the right to refuse mining exploration on their land, meaning underground natural resources which are owned by the taxpayer may never be discovered or exploited Equal merits · record(opens in a new tab)
Climate change policy should include a carbon pricing mechanism to provide financial incentives for companies to produce less carbon emissions Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Renewable energy initiatives should receive more taxpayer funding Equal merits · record(opens in a new tab)
Asylum seekers who are children should be released from immigration detention Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Corporations with a revenue of more than $100m/yr should be required to publicly disclose certain financial information which is normally confidential, such as how much tax they paid Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
The ABC and SBS should receive less taxpayer funding Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Donations to political parties should be subjected to high levels of public disclosure, regardless of the administrative burden Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Australian's right to privacy (i.e. deciding what personal information governments store and who can access it) should be protected, even if it means government and law enforcement systems may be less efficient Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Abortion services should be available and accessible to all women in Australia Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Religious institutions should be allowed to discriminate against people (e.g. based on their sexuality or gender) if compelled by their religious teachings Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Nuclear power generation should be permitted in Australia Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
The government should intervene to help reduce the gap in income between men and women Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Government ministers should be banned from becoming industry lobbyists for at least 5 years after leaving parliament Equal merits · record(opens in a new tab)
The legal assistance sector (Legal Aid, etc.) should receive more taxpayer funding to improve access to our justice system Disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
It should be against the law for anyone to travel to conflict zones overseas unless they have an exemption (e.g. journalists, humanitarian workers) Agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Law enforcement agencies should be able to detain individuals for up to 14 days without charge for the purposes of investigating possible or actual terrorism attacks Agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Laws that protect Australia's political and economic systems and educational institutions from foreign government interference (e.g. China) should be maintained and strengthened Equal merits · record(opens in a new tab)
Euthanasia (also known as 'assisted suicide' or 'right to die'), should be legalised in Australia Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Protesters should be banned from protesting near abortion clinics Equal merits · record(opens in a new tab)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land rights should have increased legal recognition and protection Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Racist language that insults and humiliates people should be allowed, so long as it is not used to harass people Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Government-owned assets operating in competitive markets, such as electricity infrastructure, should be sold and managed by the private sector Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Australia's corporate tax rate should be reduced (currently 30% or 27.5% for eligible companies) Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
The date of Australia Day should be changed from January 26 to another date, out of respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people Disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
The government should support the weapons manufacturing industries in Australia, including by providing financial incentives and funding Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Marriage celebrants should have the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples if it is against their beliefs to do so Agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Centrelink payments to unemployed people should be suspended if they fail to pass a mandatory drug test Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Employees working Sundays or public holidays should receive the same pay rate as on weekdays Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Government services such as Centrelink should be outsourced so they are managed by private sector organisations Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Immigration and border protection workers who record or reveal confidential information from their work should be subjected to criminal prosecution Equal merits · record(opens in a new tab)
The amount of government funding that non-government schools receive should be based on the socio-economic ranking of the school's community Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Australia's Defence budget should be maintained at current levels or greater (currently $34.6bn or 2% of GDP) Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Asylum seeker boats should be turned back at sea, if it is safe to do so Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)

This party is scored on its recorded parliamentary votes, sourced from They Vote For You, not on its campaign statements. Each row links to the divisions Division A formal, recorded vote in parliament, where members are counted for and against. They Vote For You publishes these votes, and How2Vote's scores are built from them. Full glossary behind it. See how the scoring works and all parties, 2019.