# Australian Democrats — voting record How Australian Democrats is recorded voting in federal parliament across the 12 propositions scored for the 2022 election. - [Conservation of Australia's marine environments should be increased, such as by protecting them from offshore oil and gas drilling](https://how2vote.au/2022/issues/conservation-of-australias-marine-environments-should-be-increased-such-as-by-protecting-them-from-offshore-oil-and-gas-drilling) — Strongly agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/17) - [Renewable energy initiatives should receive more taxpayer funding](https://how2vote.au/2022/issues/renewable-energy-initiatives-should-receive-more-taxpayer-funding) — Strongly agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/20) - [Australia's intelligence agencies should be subjected to greater oversight and transparency in relation to their actions and powers](https://how2vote.au/2022/issues/australias-intelligence-agencies-should-be-subjected-to-greater-oversight-and-transparency-in-relation-to-their-actions-and-powers) — Strongly agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/23) - [Australian-based industries operating in internationally competitive markets should receive government support to remain in Australia](https://how2vote.au/2022/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) - [The rights of individuals and organisations to communicate about political issues should be protected and increased](https://how2vote.au/2022/issues/the-rights-of-individuals-and-organisations-to-communicate-about-political-issues-should-be-protected-and-increased) — Agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/53) - [Government data and documents should be made more easily accessible to the public and Parliament](https://how2vote.au/2022/issues/government-data-and-documents-should-be-made-more-easily-accessible-to-the-public-and-parliament) — Strongly agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/59) - [Climate change action should be treated as a matter of urgency](https://how2vote.au/2022/issues/climate-change-action-should-be-treated-as-a-matter-of-urgency) — Strongly agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/79) - [Donations to political parties should be capped and subjected to greater transparency](https://how2vote.au/2022/issues/donations-to-political-parties-should-be-capped-and-subjected-to-greater-transparency) — Strongly agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/85) - [Forest and bush habitats should be better protected from commercial logging and agricultural clearing through increased government regulation, surveillance and enforcement](https://how2vote.au/2022/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) - [The Australian Government should increase its investment and support for the Australian coal industry](https://how2vote.au/2022/issues/the-australian-government-should-increase-its-investment-and-support-for-the-australian-coal-industry) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/141) - [Greater resources should be made available to achieve the Closing the Gap targets, which are intended to reduce disadvantage among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people](https://how2vote.au/2022/issues/greater-resources-should-be-made-available-to-achieve-the-closing-the-gap-targets-which-are-intended-to-reduce-disadvantage-among-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-people) — Strongly agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/160) - [Australia's biodiversity should be better protected through stronger conservation regulation](https://how2vote.au/2022/issues/australias-biodiversity-should-be-better-protected-through-stronger-conservation-regulation) — Equal merits · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/172) 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, 2022](https://how2vote.au/2022/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.