Rex Patrick Team — voting record

How Rex Patrick Team is recorded voting in federal parliament across the 36 propositions scored for the 2022 election.

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)
Conservation of Australia's marine environments should be increased, such as by protecting them from offshore oil and gas drilling Equal merits · record(opens in a new tab)
Renewable energy initiatives should receive more taxpayer funding Agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Australia's intelligence agencies should be subjected to greater oversight and transparency in relation to their actions and powers Agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Australian-based industries operating in internationally competitive markets should receive government support to remain in Australia Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Asylum seekers who arrive by boat should be held offshore while their applications are processed Disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
The rights of individuals and organisations to communicate about political issues should be protected and increased Agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
The ABC and SBS should receive less taxpayer funding Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Government data and documents should be made more easily accessible to the public and Parliament Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Australia's future relationship with the People's Republic of China should be subjected to greater transparency and scrutiny Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Climate change action should be treated as a matter of urgency Agrees · 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 agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Donations to political parties should be capped and subjected to greater transparency Agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
An anti-corruption commission, similar to the NSW ICAC, should be established at the federal level Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
It should be harder for corporations and wealthy individuals to aggressively minimise their Australian tax obligations Strongly agrees · 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 Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Australia's foreign aid budget should be increased from 0.22% of Gross National Income (GNI), to be more inline with the UN target of 0.7% of GNI Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
There should be a time limit on how long asylum seekers can be detained for while their claims are being processed Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
The Australian Government should increase its investment and support for the Australian coal industry Disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Terminally ill people should have access to medicinal cannabis products Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Greater resources should be made available to achieve the Closing the Gap targets, which are intended to reduce disadvantage among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Australia's biodiversity should be better protected through stronger conservation regulation Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Government ministers should not be allowed to take up lobbying positions within 5 years of leaving Parliament Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Protections for people who identify as LGBTI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex) should be increased, and exemptions which permit discrimination against LGBTI people should be removed Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Religious institutions should have the right to discriminate against people (e.g. based on their sexuality or gender) if compelled by their religious teachings Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
The Cashless Debit Card for welfare recipients (which can't be used to buy alcohol or gambling products) should be voluntary Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Instead of gathering evidence from their own specialists, National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) recipients should be required to complete an independent assessment in order to determine appropriate funding Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Schools students should recite a pledge of loyalty to Australia, similar to the Australian citizenship pledge Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Certain crimes, such as child sex offences, should attract mandatory minimum sentences Disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Taxpayer funding of schools should be increased, and targeted to schools in the public system Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
University degrees which will support jobs in priority areas (e.g. maths, science, engineering, health) should be made more affordable at the expense of degrees in other subject areas (e.g. arts, law, economics) Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Australians stranded overseas due to COVID-19 should have been better supported by the Australian Government, such as through increasing its flight caps Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
A First Nations Voice to Parliament should be enshrined in the Australian Constitution, as called for in the Uluru Statement from the Heart Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
The recommendations of the 1987 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody should be implemented in full in order to address the ongoing issue of Aboriginal deaths in custody Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Dedicated quarantine facilitiates should have been built in every state and territory as part of the Australian Government's COVID-19 pandemic response Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
Protections for women in the workplace in respect to discrimination and harassment should be increased Equal merits · record(opens in a new tab)

This independent 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, 2022.