Dave Sharma
Senator for NSW · Liberal–National Coalition
Shadow Assistant Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs · Shadow Assistant Minister for International Development and the Indo-Pacific
Attendance
66%
1,505 of 2,265 divisions
Voted against their party
3
times on record
Policy areas voted on
82
scored by They Vote For You
Voted consistently for
95% or more of their votes supported these positions.
- temporary protection visas
- decreasing availability of welfare payments
- putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial
- protecting citizens' privacy
- maintaining or increasing defence spending
- drug testing welfare recipients
- privatising certain government services
- nuclear energy
Voted consistently against
5% or fewer of their votes supported these positions.
- increasing housing affordability
- increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
- parliament continuing to meet during the COVID-19 pandemic
- increasing support for the Australian film and TV industry
- restricting foreign ownership
- increasing investment in renewable energy
Voted both ways
Positions where Dave’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$442,883 claimed over 4 quarters (Apr–Jun 2025 to Jan–Mar 2026), 0.73× the median for NSW.
- Office Facilities$167k
- Office Administration$111k
- Employee Travel$88k
- Travel Allowance$30k
- Other Car Costs$27k
- Scheduled Commercial Transport$16k
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.
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Full record for Dave Sharma at They Vote For You, licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL). Retrieved 2026-07-22.