Helen Haines
MP for Indi · Independent
Attendance
94%
1,452 of 1,544 divisions
Voted against their party
0
Never crossed the floor
Policy areas voted on
103
scored by They Vote For You
Voted consistently for
95% or more of their votes supported these positions.
- creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- privatising certain government services
- transgender rights and protections
- community right to say no to nuclear waste disposal sites
- increasing access to the JobKeeper Payment
- assisting the Arts sector through the coronavirus pandemic
Voted consistently against
5% or fewer of their votes supported these positions.
- increasing funding for university education
- putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial
- drug testing welfare recipients
- prioritising religious freedom
- a combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- protecting Australian sovereignty in trade agreements
- Temporary Exclusion Orders
- making the cashless debit card program voluntary and not mandatory
Voted both ways
Positions where Helen’s votes fall on both sides. Each of these policies groups dozens of divisions across many years, including procedural motions and narrow amendments. Follow a link to see the votes.
Work expenses
all expenses$605,413 claimed over 4 quarters (Apr–Jun 2025 to Jan–Mar 2026), 1.04× the median for VIC.
- Office Administration$278k
- Office Facilities$212k
- Employee Travel$79k
- Travel Allowance$15k
- Other Car Costs$14k
- Telecommunications$4k
How to read this
- They Vote For You groups related divisions into plain-language "policies" and scores how often each member voted with that position. Those groupings are editorial judgements made by the OpenAustralia Foundation, not official parliamentary categories.
- An agreement score in the middle of the range means the member voted on both sides of that policy over time. That is normal: policies aggregate dozens of divisions across many years, including procedural motions and narrow amendments. We deliberately publish no "flip-flop" score, because when we measured it, almost every member qualified — it reflects how the scoring works, not anyone's conduct.
- Attendance excludes periods before a member was elected, but members may be absent for legitimate reasons including illness, parental leave, or official duties. A low rate is not by itself evidence of anything.
- Only members currently serving are included. A vote is recorded against the person, not the seat.
- Work expenses cover offices, staff, travel and communications. Claims are certified by the parliamentarian and administered by IPEA.
- Totals are not directly comparable between members. Electorate size drives travel costs, and ministers travel more than backbenchers. Members are therefore compared against the median for their own state or territory.
- Former parliamentarians — including former prime ministers, who retain certain entitlements — are reported separately and excluded from member comparisons.
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Full record for Helen Haines at They Vote For You, licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL). Retrieved 2026-07-22.