Rex PATRICK — voting record
How Rex PATRICK is recorded voting in federal parliament across the 30 propositions scored for the 2025 election.
- Allow live animal export and place minimal restrictions on it. Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Increase the powers and influence of trade unions in workplace relations. Equal merits · record(opens in a new tab)
- Increase the protection of Australia's fresh water resources, including its river and groundwater systems. Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Increase the protection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage sites. Agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Limit the availability of government social security payments. Strongly disagrees · 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 agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Restrict the size and type of political donations to reduce actual or perceived corruption. Agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Increase access to medicinal cannabis products. Strongly agrees · 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 agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Commit to achieving net zero emissions by 2035 as part of Australia's efforts to address climate change. Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Increase federal investment in public housing. Agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Expand publicly funded dental care. Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Protect Australia's logging industry and the jobs it represents. Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Support and increase investment for the Australian coal industry. Disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Increase legal protections for people who identify as LGBTIQA+. Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Increase the Youth Allowance rate to ensure that it covers basic living costs. Strongly agrees · 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. Equal merits · record(opens in a new tab)
- There should be more scrutiny of the Australian Defence Force both in Australia and overseas. Equal merits · record(opens in a new tab)
- Decrease government funding for private schools. Strongly agrees · 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 agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Put a ban on new thermal coal mines opening in Australia. Equal merits · record(opens in a new tab)
- Substantially increase the cost of humanities degrees at university. Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Increase workplace protections, for example, by ensuring there are adequate dispute resolution processes available. Strongly agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Extend the Cashless Debit Card program, which means welfare recipient's cannot use payments to purchase alcohol or withdraw cash. Strongly disagrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Let people ask for reasons for government decisions and challenge them if they were made unlawfully. Equal merits · record(opens in a new tab)
- Permit access to gender affirming healthcare for transgender people under the age of eighteen. Equal merits · record(opens in a new tab)
- Ban all new fossil fuel projects. 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 agrees · record(opens in a new tab)
- Amend laws and policies to meet the objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement. Strongly agrees · 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, 2025.