How did parliament vote on cost of living?

Verity has matched 181 recorded divisions in the Australian federal parliament to Cost of Living, held between 2 August 2022 and 1 April 2026. Of those, 37 decided whether a bill should proceed or pass; the rest were procedural motions such as orders for the production of documents and limits on debate. Every division is listed on this page with its tally.

How did Labor members vote on cost of living?

Across the 37 divisions on whether a bill should proceed or pass, Labor members cast 1529 votes matching "More intervention" and 168 matching "Market-led approach". These are counts of individual votes, not a statement of party policy.

How did Liberal members vote on cost of living?

Across the 37 divisions on whether a bill should proceed or pass, Liberal members cast 59 votes matching "More intervention" and 757 matching "Market-led approach". These are counts of individual votes, not a statement of party policy.

How did Greens members vote on cost of living?

Across the 37 divisions on whether a bill should proceed or pass, Greens members cast 169 votes matching "More intervention" and 61 matching "Market-led approach". These are counts of individual votes, not a statement of party policy.

Where does Verity's record on cost of living come from?

Division tallies and individual votes come from the official division record via TheyVoteForYou. Matching a division to this issue, and deciding which way a yes vote fell on it, is AI-assisted tagging, used only at or above 60% confidence. Verity does not characterise how anyone votes — it shows the votes and links to every division behind them.

Policy issue

How parliament voted on Cost of Living

Verity has matched 181 recorded divisions to Cost of Living, held between 2 August 2022 and 1 April 2026. 37 of them decided whether a bill should proceed or pass. The other 144 were procedural — orders for the production of documents, limits on debate, and motions to put the question.

The question Verity tracks

Should the government do more to reduce the cost of living?

A vote is counted as “More intervention” when it matched the direction tagged to that division, and “Market-led approach” when it went the other way — whichever way the motion itself was worded.

How each party voted

Across the 37 divisions that decided whether a bill should proceed or pass, 3 August 2022 – 31 March 2026. Procedural motions are excluded here because a government votes down opposition and crossbench motions as a bloc regardless of the policy, which tells you about the numbers on the floor rather than about the issue. The full tagged list is below.

Votes by party on divisions deciding whether a bill should proceed or pass, tagged to Cost of Living
Party	More intervention	Market-led approach	Divisions
Labor	1,52990%	16810%	37
Liberal	597%	75793%	34
Greens	16973%	6127%	36
Independent	13358%	9742%	37
Nationals	53%	17497%	29
One Nation	514%	3086%	29
JLN	2172%	828%	18

Counts of individual votes cast by members of each party, not a statement of party policy. Parties with fewer than 20 votes on these divisions are not listed.

How individual members voted

Current members with at least 5 votes on these divisions. Members of the same party almost always vote together, so many share an identical record and the order between them means nothing — the counts and the total are what matter.

Most votes for “More intervention”

Anne AlyLabor · Cowan17 of 17
Michelle Ananda-RajahLabor · Victoria17 of 21
Josh BurnsLabor · Macnamara17 of 17
Alison ByrnesLabor · Cunningham17 of 18
Andrew CharltonLabor · Parramatta17 of 18
Lisa ChestersLabor · Bendigo17 of 18
Sharon ClaydonLabor · Newcastle17 of 18
Libby CokerLabor · Corangamite17 of 18

Most votes for “Market-led approach”

Sam BirrellNationals · Nicholls15 of 15
Pat ConaghanNationals · Cowper15 of 15
Ted O'BrienLiberal · Fairfax15 of 15
Henry PikeLiberal · Bowman15 of 16
Angus TaylorLiberal · Hume15 of 15
Phillip ThompsonLiberal · Herbert15 of 15
Aaron VioliLiberal · Casey15 of 15
Andrew WillcoxLiberal · Dawson15 of 15

Every division tagged to Cost of Living

181 divisions, newest first. Open any one to see how every member voted.

Division tallies and individual votes: the official division record via TheyVoteForYou. Matching a division to this issue, and which way a yes vote fell on it, is AI-assisted tagging used only at or above 60% confidence — 181 divisions clear that bar for Cost of Living. Counts on this page were computed when the page was last built from the live record. How every figure is computed · Report an error

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