Michaelia Cash
Senator for WA · Liberal–National Coalition
Shadow Attorney-General · Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
Attendance
61%
3,865 of 6,328 divisions
Voted against their party
3
times on record
Policy areas voted on
228
scored by They Vote For You
Voted consistently for
95% or more of their votes supported these positions.
- government administered paid parental leave
- an emissions reduction fund
- increasing beef import standards
- giving apprentices access to a $20,000 loan
- charging postgraduate research students fees
- Senate electoral reform
- increasing parliamentary entitlements for current MPs and Senators
- removing parallel import restrictions for books
Voted consistently against
5% or fewer of their votes supported these positions.
- stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- decreasing subsidisation of fossil fuels
- ending illegal logging
- increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income
- public transport
- extending Jobkeeper Payment
- implementing the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full
- federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
Voted both ways
Positions where Michaelia’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.
- 50%a publicly accessible foreign ownership register for agricultural land
- 50%letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- 50%closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
- 51%speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- 49%suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- 53%compulsory income management for welfare recipients
Work expenses
all expenses$952,991 claimed over 4 quarters (Apr–Jun 2025 to Jan–Mar 2026), 1.65× the median for WA.
- Employee Travel$393k
- Office Facilities$245k
- Office Administration$135k
- Scheduled Commercial Transport$108k
- Travel Allowance$39k
- Other Car Costs$30k
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.
- IPEA publishes quarterly and later issues adjustments for administrative errors. Figures for recent quarters may change slightly.
Full record for Michaelia Cash at They Vote For You, licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL). Retrieved 2026-07-22.