Tag Archives: Voting

Last week in Parliament

By Mackay Ash | Published: April 17, 2020

You may have been reading about the unsuccessful amendments to the Coronavirus Economic Response Package that opposition MPs and Senators attempted to pass last week. The amendments related to expanding the Government’s JobKeeper payment to include more workers, such as casual workers, workers with major charities and working-visa holders who are still in the country. […]

Posted in OpenAustralia.org, They Vote For You, Uncategorized | Also tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Coronavirus and our Federal Parliament

By Mackay Ash | Published: March 20, 2020

Our federal parliament is scheduled to sit next week but, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, it’s going to look a bit different. On Wednesday, the Prime Minister released a media release explaining the type of changes we should expect. In a nut shell, our parliament is battening down the hatches and reducing its business to […]

Posted in They Vote For You, Uncategorized | Also tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Who will you vote for this election? A party or a person?

By Mackay Ash | Published: May 3, 2019

They Vote For You is based on the principle of holding individual representatives to account. You can find your representative’s report card and see how your electorate’s voting power is being used in Parliament. If you’re unhappy with what you find, you can contact your representative and ask for an explanation. And if you’re very […]

Posted in They Vote For You | Also tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

They Vote For You – Why isn’t there a policy on that?

By Mackay Ash | Published: July 28, 2016

Firstly, thank you for visiting They Vote For You! We currently have over a hundred policies that you can use to explore how your representatives vote on particular issues. But what if something’s missing that you really care about? And why isn’t it there already? Here are three possible reasons why we may not have […]

Posted in OpenAustralia Foundation, They Vote For You | Also tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

They Vote For You – What new policies would you like to see?

By Mackay Ash | Published: July 14, 2016

They Vote For You now has over one hundred policies to help us keep track of how our representatives are voting on our behalf! They range from whether to have a Royal Commission into banking to whether to legalise same-sex marriage, and you can find them all on your representative’s voting record. For example, here’s […]

Posted in OpenAustralia Foundation, They Vote For You | Also tagged , , , , , , | 9 Responses

Parliamentary vote tracker project: A Case Study – Asylum Seeker Policy

By Mackay Ash | Published: April 28, 2014

This post is part of a series on our parliamentary vote tracker project. Read our previous post to learn more about the concept of policies and policy selection. You can also read our previous posts: a technical update and an introduction to what we’re doing and why. Co-authored by Natasha Burrows. Specific wordings of policies have been […]

Posted in Development, Projects, They Vote For You | Also tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Parliamentary vote tracker project: The concept of policies and policy selection

By Natasha Burrows | Published: April 11, 2014

This post is part of a series on our parliamentary vote tracker project. You can also read our previous posts: a technical update and an introduction to what we’re doing and why. Advice from Richard Taylor has been a great anchor throughout the process of developing policies. This is that: The first priority when creating […]

Posted in Development, Projects, They Vote For You | Also tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment