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24th Feb 2022
Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2021 - Consideration in Detail - Teachers
Steve Georganas voted Yes
Ken O'Dowd voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
3 rebellions 51% attendance
Steve Georganas and Ken O'Dowd have voted the same way 1% of the time
Steve Georganas
Australian Labor Party Representative for Adelaide since May 2019
Ken O'Dowd
Former National Party Representative for Flynn August 2010 – May 2022
Between August 2010 and May 2022 Steve Georganas and Ken O'Dowd have voted in the same division 1351 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 1335 times. They have only voted the same 16 times.
How do their votes on policies compare?
Policies are groups of votes related to an issue. We only show policies where we have enough information on both people.
Always voted the same way on
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Always voted differently on
- A carbon price
- A character test for Australian visas
- A citizenship test
- A combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- A minerals resource rent tax
- A plebiscite on the carbon pricing mechanism
- A Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability
- A same-sex marriage plebiscite
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Carbon farming
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- Compensating victims of overseas terrorism since the September 11 attack
- Considering legislation to create a federal anti-corruption commission (procedural)
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Greater control over items brought into immigration detention centres
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing penalties for breach of data
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing support for the Australian film and TV industry
- Increasing support for the Australian shipping industry
- Increasing the cost of humanities degrees
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 19%
- Increasing the Medicare Levy to pay for the National Disability Insurance Scheme
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Privatising certain government services
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Reducing the corporate tax rate
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stopping people who arrive by boat from ever coming to Australia
- Temporary protection visas
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Unconventional gas mining
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 1335 times. They have only voted the same 16 times.
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edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Steve Georganas voted Yes
Ken O'Dowd voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 64% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Consideration in Detail - Statements of belief
Steve Georganas voted Yes
Ken O'Dowd voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 3rd Jun 2021
Motions - Department of Defence - Don't let a vote happen
Steve Georganas voted Yes
Ken O'Dowd voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 46% attendance
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edited 18th Mar 2021
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Strengthening Income Support) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Raise Jobseeker Payment
Steve Georganas voted Yes
Ken O'Dowd voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 45% attendance
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edited 22nd Aug 2019
Committees - Crown Casino Committee - Appointment
Steve Georganas voted No
Ken O'Dowd voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 1st Aug 2019
Counter-Terrorism (Temporary Exclusion Orders) Bill 2019 and another - Second Reading - Agree with the bills' main idea
Steve Georganas voted Yes
Ken O'Dowd voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 5th Apr 2019
Criminal Code Amendment (Sharing of Abhorrent Violent Material) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Refer to Committee
Steve Georganas voted No
Ken O'Dowd voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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edited 21st Dec 2018
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Encouraging Self-Sufficiency for Newly Arrived Migrants) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Steve Georganas voted Yes
Ken O'Dowd voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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Bills — Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016; Consideration in Detail
Steve Georganas voted No
Ken O'Dowd voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 47% attendance
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Bills — Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016; Consideration in Detail
Steve Georganas voted No
Ken O'Dowd voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 23rd Sep 2016
Budget Savings (Omnibus) Bill 2016 - Consideration in Detail - Maintain Australian Renewable Energy Agency funding
Steve Georganas voted No
Ken O'Dowd voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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edited 7th Nov 2014
Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Steve Georganas voted Yes
Ken O'Dowd voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 89% attendance
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Bills — Defence Trade Controls Bill 2011; Consideration of Senate Message
Steve Georganas voted Yes
Ken O'Dowd voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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Bills — Defence Trade Controls Bill 2011; Consideration of Senate Message
Steve Georganas voted Yes
Ken O'Dowd voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Mental Health - Recommital of Vote - Greens amendment
Steve Georganas voted Yes
Ken O'Dowd voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 85% attendance