# The Nationals — voting record How The Nationals is recorded voting in federal parliament across the 50 propositions scored for the 2025 election. This record consolidates the parliamentary voting record of The Nationals across the AEC-registered names and branches it appears under: National Party. - [Allow live animal export and place minimal restrictions on it.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/allow-live-animal-export-and-place-minimal-restrictions-on-it) — Strongly agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/32) - [Increase the powers and influence of trade unions in workplace relations.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/increase-the-powers-and-influence-of-trade-unions-in-workplace-relations) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/6) - [Introduce temporary protection visas for refugees.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/introduce-temporary-protection-visas-for-refugees) — Strongly agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/11) - [Increase the protection of Australia's fresh water resources, including its river and groundwater systems.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/increase-the-protection-of-australias-fresh-water-resources-including-its-river-and-groundwater-systems) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/15) - [Increase the protection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage sites.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/increase-the-protection-of-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-cultural-heritage-sites) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/30) - [Limit the availability of government social security payments.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/limit-the-availability-of-government-social-security-payments) — Strongly agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/34) - [Index HECS-HELP debts to the Bond rate instead of the generally lower Consumer Price Index rate.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/index-hecs-help-debts-to-the-bond-rate-instead-of-the-generally-lower-consumer-price-index-rate) — Strongly agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/70) - [Use legislation to reduce the gap in income between women and men and ensures both sexes are paid equally well.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/use-legislation-to-reduce-the-gap-in-income-between-women-and-men-and-ensures-both-sexes-are-paid-equally-well) — Disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/72) - [Restrict the size and type of political donations to reduce actual or perceived corruption.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/restrict-the-size-and-type-of-political-donations-to-reduce-actual-or-perceived-corruption) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/85) - [Increase access to medicinal cannabis products.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/increase-access-to-medicinal-cannabis-products) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/156) - [Commit to achieving net zero emissions by 2050 as part of Australia's efforts to address climate change.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/commit-to-achieving-net-zero-emissions-by-2050-as-part-of-australias-efforts-to-address-climate-change) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/285) - [Commit to achieving net zero emissions by 2035 as part of Australia's efforts to address climate change.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/commit-to-achieving-net-zero-emissions-by-2035-as-part-of-australias-efforts-to-address-climate-change) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/287) - [Increase funding for the legal assistance sector (Legal Aid, community legal centres, etc.).](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/increase-funding-for-the-legal-assistance-sector-legal-aid-community-legal-centres-etc) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/105) - [Increase federal investment in public housing.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/increase-federal-investment-in-public-housing) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/116) - [Expand publicly funded dental care.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/expand-publicly-funded-dental-care) — Disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/178) - [Make deliberate wage theft a criminal offence.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/make-deliberate-wage-theft-a-criminal-offence) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/339) - [Protect Australia's logging industry and the jobs it represents.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/protect-australias-logging-industry-and-the-jobs-it-represents) — Strongly agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/217) - [Introduce laws to prohibit corporations from engaging in conduct that is likely to result in excessive prices for goods and services for consumers.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/introduce-laws-to-prohibit-corporations-from-engaging-in-conduct-that-is-likely-to-result-in-excessive-prices-for-goods-and-services-for-consumers) — Equal merits · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/334) - [There should be a national digital identification system in Australia.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/there-should-be-a-national-digital-identification-system-in-australia) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/335) - [Support and increase investment for the Australian coal industry.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/support-and-increase-investment-for-the-australian-coal-industry) — Strongly agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/141) - [Increase legal protections for people who identify as LGBTIQA+.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/increase-legal-protections-for-people-who-identify-as-lgbtiqa) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/195) - [Increase the Youth Allowance rate to ensure that it covers basic living costs.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/increase-the-youth-allowance-rate-to-ensure-that-it-covers-basic-living-costs) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/219) - [The Minister should have the power to cap international student numbers at universities.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/the-minister-should-have-the-power-to-cap-international-student-numbers-at-universities) — Equal merits · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/332) - [Put the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) into administration.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/put-the-construction-forestry-and-maritime-employees-union-cfmeu-into-administration) — Agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/331) - [Make more subsidised childcare hours available to families.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/make-more-subsidised-childcare-hours-available-to-families) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/349) - [Make the cashless debit card program voluntary so that people are not forced to participate in it.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/make-the-cashless-debit-card-program-voluntary-so-that-people-are-not-forced-to-participate-in-it) — Disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/221) - [Close the Nauru Regional Processing Centre and stop all Nauru-based processing of people's claims for asylum.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/close-the-nauru-regional-processing-centre-and-stop-all-nauru-based-processing-of-peoples-claims-for-asylum) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/118) - [There should be more scrutiny of the Australian Defence Force both in Australia and overseas.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/there-should-be-more-scrutiny-of-the-australian-defence-force-both-in-australia-and-overseas) — Disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/137) - [Decrease government funding for private schools.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/decrease-government-funding-for-private-schools) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/289) - [Implement the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full, including an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice and a Makarrata Commission for agreement-making and truth-telling.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/implement-the-uluru-statement-from-the-heart-in-full-including-an-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-voice-and-a-makarrata-commission-for-agreement-making-and-truth-telling) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/309) - [Increase funding for initiatives that support rural and regional communities.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/increase-funding-for-initiatives-that-support-rural-and-regional-communities) — Disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/239) - [Put a ban on new thermal coal mines opening in Australia.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/put-a-ban-on-new-thermal-coal-mines-opening-in-australia) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/222) - [Substantially increase the cost of humanities degrees at university.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/substantially-increase-the-cost-of-humanities-degrees-at-university) — Agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/246) - [Increase workplace protections, for example, by ensuring there are adequate dispute resolution processes available.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/increase-workplace-protections-for-example-by-ensuring-there-are-adequate-dispute-resolution-processes-available) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/251) - [Extend the Cashless Debit Card program, which means welfare recipient's cannot use payments to purchase alcohol or withdraw cash.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/extend-the-cashless-debit-card-program-which-means-welfare-recipients-cannot-use-payments-to-purchase-alcohol-or-withdraw-cash) — Strongly agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/276) - [Ban pay secrecy clauses so that employees can freely discuss and compare their pay with others.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/ban-pay-secrecy-clauses-so-that-employees-can-freely-discuss-and-compare-their-pay-with-others) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/291) - [Give government the power to put a limit on gas prices in order to address rising electricity costs.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/give-government-the-power-to-put-a-limit-on-gas-prices-in-order-to-address-rising-electricity-costs) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/292) - [Let people ask for reasons for government decisions and challenge them if they were made unlawfully.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/let-people-ask-for-reasons-for-government-decisions-and-challenge-them-if-they-were-made-unlawfully) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/293) - [Permit access to gender affirming healthcare for transgender people under the age of eighteen.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/permit-access-to-gender-affirming-healthcare-for-transgender-people-under-the-age-of-eighteen) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/297) - [The federal government should call for a ceasefire in Gaza.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/the-federal-government-should-call-for-a-ceasefire-in-gaza) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/318) - [Ban all new fossil fuel projects.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/ban-all-new-fossil-fuel-projects) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/260) - [Introduce a permanent Pacific Engagement Visa (PEV) to encourage more permanent migration to Australia from Pacific Island countries.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/introduce-a-permanent-pacific-engagement-visa-pev-to-encourage-more-permanent-migration-to-australia-from-pacific-island-countries) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/319) - [Allow the Home Affairs Minister to seek court orders stripping dual nationals of Australian citizenship for terrorism offences.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/allow-the-home-affairs-minister-to-seek-court-orders-stripping-dual-nationals-of-australian-citizenship-for-terrorism-offences) — Agrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/320) - [Amend the law to extend paid parental leave to up to 12 months by 2030.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/amend-the-law-to-extend-paid-parental-leave-to-up-to-12-months-by-2030) — Disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/322) - [Support Build to Rent (BTR) with tax incentives, so as to encourage the development of more multi-apartment buildings where the apartments are rented out.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/support-build-to-rent-btr-with-tax-incentives-so-as-to-encourage-the-development-of-more-multi-apartment-buildings-where-the-apartments-are-rented-out) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/326) - [Introduce a new vehicle efficiency standard (also known as a fuel efficiency or a vehicle carbon emissions standard).](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/introduce-a-new-vehicle-efficiency-standard-also-known-as-a-fuel-efficiency-or-a-vehicle-carbon-emissions-standard) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/329) - [Work to address homelessness in specific vulnerable groups, such as older women and First Nations people.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/work-to-address-homelessness-in-specific-vulnerable-groups-such-as-older-women-and-first-nations-people) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/338) - [Amend laws and policies to meet the objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/amend-laws-and-policies-to-meet-the-objectives-of-the-paris-climate-agreement) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/183) - [Create fee-free places at TAFE for Australians.](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/create-fee-free-places-at-tafe-for-australians) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/343) - [Reduce the tax rate on the lowest taxable income bracket (i.e., the tax on income between $18,201 and $45,000).](https://how2vote.au/2025/issues/reduce-the-tax-rate-on-the-lowest-taxable-income-bracket-ie-the-tax-on-income-between-18201-and-45000) — Strongly disagrees · [record](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/policies/348) This party is scored on its recorded parliamentary votes, sourced from They Vote For You, not on its campaign statements. 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