How did Labor members vote on tax & budget?

Across the 19 divisions on whether a bill should proceed or pass, Labor members cast 980 votes matching "Higher taxes, more services" and 25 matching "Lower taxes, smaller government". These are counts of individual votes, not a statement of party policy.

How did Liberal members vote on tax & budget?

Across the 19 divisions on whether a bill should proceed or pass, Liberal members cast 6 votes matching "Higher taxes, more services" and 506 matching "Lower taxes, smaller government". These are counts of individual votes, not a statement of party policy.

How did Independent members vote on tax & budget?

Across the 19 divisions on whether a bill should proceed or pass, Independent members cast 62 votes matching "Higher taxes, more services" and 60 matching "Lower taxes, smaller government". These are counts of individual votes, not a statement of party policy.

Where does Verity's record on tax & budget 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.

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How parliament voted on Tax & Budget

Q: How did parliament vote on tax & budget?

Verity has matched 99 recorded divisions in the Australian federal parliament to Tax & Budget, held between 4 August 2022 and 31 March 2026. Of those, 19 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.

Verity has matched 99 recorded divisions to Tax & Budget, held between 4 August 2022 and 31 March 2026. 19 of them decided whether a bill should proceed or pass. The other 80 were procedural — orders for the production of documents, limits on debate, and motions to put the question.

The question Verity tracks

Should taxes be raised to fund more public services?

A vote is counted as “Higher taxes, more services” when it matched the direction tagged to that division, and “Lower taxes, smaller government” when it went the other way — whichever way the motion itself was worded.

How each party voted

Across the 19 divisions that decided whether a bill should proceed or pass, 4 August 2022 – 26 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 Tax & Budget
Party	Higher taxes, more services	Lower taxes, smaller government	Divisions
Labor	98098%	252%	19
Liberal	61%	50699%	19
Independent	6251%	6049%	19
Nationals	00%	109100%	16
Greens	8482%	1818%	16
One Nation	412%	2988%	19

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 “Higher taxes, more services”

Michelle Ananda-RajahLabor · Victoria12 of 13
Anne AlyLabor · Cowan11 of 11
Chris BowenLabor · McMahon11 of 11
Tony BurkeLabor · Watson11 of 11
Mark ButlerLabor · Hindmarsh11 of 11
Alison ByrnesLabor · Cunningham11 of 11
Andrew CharltonLabor · Parramatta11 of 11
Lisa ChestersLabor · Bendigo11 of 11

Most votes for “Lower taxes, smaller government”

Angie BellLiberal · Moncrieff11 of 11
Sam BirrellNationals · Nicholls11 of 11
Colin BoyceLiberal · Flynn11 of 11
Scott BuchholzLiberal · Wright11 of 11
Garth HamiltonLiberal · Groom11 of 11
Alex HawkeLiberal · Mitchell11 of 11
Barnaby JoyceOne Nation · New England11 of 11
Michael McCormackNationals · Riverina11 of 11

Every division tagged to Tax & Budget

99 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 — 99 divisions clear that bar for Tax & Budget. 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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