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7th Nov 2014
Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Martin Ferguson voted Yes
Warren Truss voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 89% attendance
Martin Ferguson and Warren Truss have voted the same way 0.2% of the time
Martin Ferguson
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Batman March 1996 – August 2013
Warren Truss
Former National Party Representative for Wide Bay March 1990 – May 2016
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and August 2013 Martin Ferguson and Warren Truss have voted in the same division 921 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 919 times. They have only voted the same twice.
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
Always voted differently on
- A carbon price
- A minerals resource rent tax
- A plebiscite on the carbon pricing mechanism
- Carbon farming
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Ending illegal logging
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing availability of abortion drugs
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Privatising government-owned assets
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stem cell research
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 919 times. They have only voted the same twice.