# Australian Democrats — voting record How Australian Democrats is recorded voting in federal parliament across the 10 propositions scored for the 2019 election. - [Water allocations in the Murray-Darling Basin should be prioritised to farmers for irrigation over environment flows](https://how2vote.au/2019/issues/water-allocations-in-the-murray-darling-basin-should-be-prioritised-to-farmers-for-irrigation-over-environment-flows) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/185) - [Australian-based industries operating in internationally competitive markets should receive government support to remain in Australia](https://how2vote.au/2019/issues/australian-based-industries-operating-in-internationally-competitive-markets-should-receive-government-support-to-remain-in-australia) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/42) - [Forest and bush habitats should be better protected from commercial logging and agricultural clearing through increased government regulation, surveillance and enforcement](https://how2vote.au/2019/issues/forest-and-bush-habitats-should-be-better-protected-from-commercial-logging-and-agricultural-clearing-through-increased-government-regulation-surveillance-and-enforcement) — Strongly agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/94) - [Climate change policy should be treated as a matter of urgency](https://how2vote.au/2019/issues/climate-change-policy-should-be-treated-as-a-matter-of-urgency) — Strongly agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/79) - [The Great Barrier Reef should be better protected from mining contaminants, agricultural run-off and encroachment by commercial fishing operators through increased government regulation, surveillance and enforcement](https://how2vote.au/2019/issues/the-great-barrier-reef-should-be-better-protected-from-mining-contaminants-agricultural-run-off-and-encroachment-by-commercial-fishing-operators-through-increased-government-regulation-surveillance-and-enforcement) — Strongly agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/122) - [Renewable energy initiatives should receive more taxpayer funding](https://how2vote.au/2019/issues/renewable-energy-initiatives-should-receive-more-taxpayer-funding) — Strongly agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/20) - [Donations to political parties should be subjected to high levels of public disclosure, regardless of the administrative burden](https://how2vote.au/2019/issues/donations-to-political-parties-should-be-subjected-to-high-levels-of-public-disclosure-regardless-of-the-administrative-burden) — Strongly agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/199) - [Australian's right to privacy (i.e. deciding what personal information governments store and who can access it) should be protected, even if it means government and law enforcement systems may be less efficient](https://how2vote.au/2019/issues/australians-right-to-privacy-ie-deciding-what-personal-information-governments-store-and-who-can-access-it-should-be-protected-even-if-it-means-government-and-law-enforcement-systems-may-be-less-efficient) — Strongly agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/128) - [The government should intervene to help reduce the gap in income between men and women](https://how2vote.au/2019/issues/the-government-should-intervene-to-help-reduce-the-gap-in-income-between-men-and-women) — Strongly agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/72) - [Government-owned assets operating in competitive markets, such as electricity infrastructure, should be sold and managed by the private sector](https://how2vote.au/2019/issues/government-owned-assets-operating-in-competitive-markets-such-as-electricity-infrastructure-should-be-sold-and-managed-by-the-private-sector) — Equal merits · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/21) 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](https://how2vote.au/glossary#division) behind it. See [how the scoring works](https://how2vote.au/methodology) and [all parties, 2019](https://how2vote.au/2019/parties). --- Source: Vote data © They Vote For You (OpenAustralia Foundation), ODbL. Licence: [Open Database Licence v1.0](https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/). Registered party names © Commonwealth of Australia (Australian Electoral Commission). Authorised by General Consulting Services Pty Ltd as trustee for the Australian Business Trust, trading as National Digital, Gold Coast, Queensland.