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28th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment (Temporary Sponsored Visas) Bill 2013 - Pass the bill
Craig Thomson voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
Craig Thomson
Former Independent Representative for Dobell April 2012 – September 2013
Never rebelled explain rebellions 89% attendance explain attendance
Before being Independent Representative for Dobell, Craig Thomson was Australian Labor Party Representative for Dobell.
How do they vote?
Voted consistently for
- A minerals resource rent tax
- Carbon farming
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Ending illegal logging
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Same-sex marriage equality
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- Tobacco plain packaging
Voted almost always for
Voted generally for
Voted a mixture of for and against
Voted almost always against
Voted consistently against
- A plebiscite on the carbon pricing mechanism
- Compensating victims of overseas terrorism since the September 11 attack
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Temporary protection visas
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Voluntary student union fees
We can't say anything concrete about how they voted on
- An NBN (using fibre to the premises)
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
- Increasing access under Freedom of Information law
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing the age pension
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Live animal export
- Recognising local government in the Constitution
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Unconventional gas mining
Please note that our voting records start in February 2006.
Rebel votes
Craig Thomson has never voted against the majority of their party since entering Parliament in November 2007. explain rebellions
Recent Votes
Recent votes in parliament that this Representative could have attended.
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment (Temporary Sponsored Visas) Bill 2013 - Consideration in Detail - Agree to the bill
Craig Thomson voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment (Temporary Sponsored Visas) Bill 2013 - Consideration in Detail - Put the question
Craig Thomson voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
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Bills — Corporations Amendment (Further Future of Financial Advice Measures) Bill 2011; Consideration in Detail
Craig Thomson was absent
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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Bills — Corporations Amendment (Further Future of Financial Advice Measures) Bill 2011; Consideration in Detail
Craig Thomson was absent
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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Bills — Corporations Amendment (Further Future of Financial Advice Measures) Bill 2011; Consideration in Detail
Craig Thomson was absent
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
Compare Craig Thomson with someone else
Shows people in order of those who voted always the same as Craig Thomson (100% agreement) to those who never voted the same (0% agreement).
We only compare those votes where both people attended. This may reveal relationships between people that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.
| Agreement | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 100% | Arch Bevis | Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Brisbane |
| 100% | James Bidgood | Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Dawson |
| 100% | Jodie Campbell | Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Bass |
| 100% | Bob Debus | Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Macquarie |
| 100% | Annette Ellis | Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Canberra |