This Gadget shows data on recent divisions in Federal Parliament, this term (2025-07-23 onward).

It is important to understand that not all decisions in Parliament are made by physical vote. Most decisions are made 'on the voices', which basically means they are made on party lines without a recorded division.

If a number of politicians request a division, the politicians physically vote by dividing themselves into two groups — one voting 'for' the other 'against'. Divisions allow for the recording of individual votes — exactly the information we need in assessing how our own representatives do their job for us.

A formally paired member (an arrangement where a member agrees not to vote, cancelling out with an opposing-side member) is excluded from the Aye/No counts here, the same as any other absence — not counted as if they'd voted, which some secondary sources do.

Each division is also tagged with a topic where we could determine one, derived from the division's own title — an automated categorisation, not an editorial one.

This data is generated daily from the Australian Parliament's own division records (aph.gov.au), not a third-party summary. Each division links through to its own official APH record.

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