Policylook

Policy quiz: which party do you vote like?

Answer 20 questions on real parliament votes and see which Australian party's voting record matches your views. No account needed.

The questions

  1. An emissions reduction fund: The federal government should introduce an emissions reduction fund so it can buy domestic greenhouse gas emissions reductions and offsets by reverse auction. This is a key part of the Coalition Government's Direct Action policy.
  2. Investing in climate science: The federal government should invest in climate science to ensure that Australia is best equipped to deal with the challenges of climate change
  3. Maintaining or increasing CSIRO funding: The federal government should maintain or increase the amount of funding allocated to the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
  4. Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers: The Federal Government should pass laws that ensure that people seeking asylum who are being held at offshore processing centres will be transferred to Australia for medical attention if more than one doctor say they need it, unless the Home Affairs Minister rejects it for security reasons
  5. Privatising government-owned assets: The federal government should privatise government owned assets
  6. Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements: All native title claimants need to sign an Indigenous Land Use Agreement before the Agreement can be registered by the Native Title Registrar (agreements like this let, for example, mining companies mine in an area covered by native title)
  7. Vehicle efficiency standards: The federal government should introduce a vehicle efficiency standard (also known as a fuel efficiency or a vehicle carbon emissions standard)
  8. The Coalition's Youth Jobs PaTH: The Government should introduced the Youth Jobs PaTH, a youth employment plan to assist up to 120,000 jobs seekers under 25 years which includes three phases three phases (skills training, voluntary internships and wage subsidies for businesses)
  9. Criminalising "revenge porn": The federal government should make it a criminal offence to share intimate images without consent (known colloquially as "revenge porn") and not just leave it up to the state-level governments to criminalise it separately in each State and Territory
  10. Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 19%: The federal government should increase the tax rate for working holiday visa holders so that they are taxed at a rate of 19% on every dollar earned up to $37,000
  11. Humane treatment of asylum seekers: The federal government should ban offshore processing and not hold asylum seekers indefinitely
  12. Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 15%: The federal government should increase the tax rate for working holiday visa holders so that they are taxed at a rate of 15% on every dollar earned up to $37,000
  13. A citizenship test: People should have to pass a test before they are eligible to become Australian citizens
  14. Increasing support for community radio and TV: The federal government should support community broadcasting (radio and television) by, for example, increasing its funding and its ability to broadcast
  15. Giving apprentices access to a $20,000 loan: The federal government should introduce a loan program for apprentices, to a maximum of $20,000, like the program currently available for university students
  16. A same-sex marriage plebiscite: The federal government should hold a plebiscite (or national vote) on the question of whether the law should be changed to allow same-sex couples to marry
  17. Increasing penalties for breach of data: The federal government should increase penalties for breach of data by for-profit companies that have been contracted by the government to store sensitive information or to provide services to citizens
  18. Banning the sale of non-therapeutic vapes: The federal government should restrict the importation, domestic manufacture, supply, commercial possession and advertisement of non-therapeutic and disposable vaping goods
  19. Introducing digital ID: The federal government should introduce legislation to establish digital ID in Australia
  20. Supporting weapons manufacturing in Australia: The federal government should provide financial support for the Australian weapons manufacturing industry

Party voting records from They Vote For You, a project of the OpenAustralia Foundation (CC BY 4.0).