Australian Conservatives — voting record
How Australian Conservatives is recorded voting in federal parliament across the 28 propositions scored for the 2025 election.
For scoring, Australian Conservatives is combined with Family First, treated as one continuous party (see methodology ).
- Allow live animal export and place minimal restrictions on it. Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Increase the powers and influence of trade unions in workplace relations. Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Introduce temporary protection visas for refugees. Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Increase the protection of Australia's fresh water resources, including its river and groundwater systems. Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Increase the protection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage sites. Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Limit the availability of government social security payments. Agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Index HECS-HELP debts to the Bond rate instead of the generally lower Consumer Price Index rate. Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Use legislation to reduce the gap in income between women and men and ensures both sexes are paid equally well. Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Restrict the size and type of political donations to reduce actual or perceived corruption. Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Increase access to medicinal cannabis products. Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Commit to achieving net zero emissions by 2050 as part of Australia's efforts to address climate change. Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Increase funding for the legal assistance sector (Legal Aid, community legal centres, etc.). Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Increase federal investment in public housing. Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Expand publicly funded dental care. Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Protect Australia's logging industry and the jobs it represents. Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Support and increase investment for the Australian coal industry. Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Increase legal protections for people who identify as LGBTIQA+. Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Increase the Youth Allowance rate to ensure that it covers basic living costs. Disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Make the cashless debit card program voluntary so that people are not forced to participate in it. Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Close the Nauru Regional Processing Centre and stop all Nauru-based processing of people's claims for asylum. Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- There should be more scrutiny of the Australian Defence Force both in Australia and overseas. Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Decrease government funding for private schools. Equal merits · record(opens in a new tab)
- Implement the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full, including an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice and a Makarrata Commission for agreement-making and truth-telling. Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Put a ban on new thermal coal mines opening in Australia. Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Ban all new fossil fuel projects. Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Introduce a new vehicle efficiency standard (also known as a fuel efficiency or a vehicle carbon emissions standard). Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Work to address homelessness in specific vulnerable groups, such as older women and First Nations people. Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Amend laws and policies to meet the objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement. Strongly disagrees · 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, 2025.