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Private Members' Business - University Funding - Reverse decision to cut univeristy funding
Philip Ruddock voted No
Kelvin Thomson voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 27% attendance
Philip Ruddock and Kelvin Thomson have voted the same way 1% of the time
Philip Ruddock
Former Liberal Party Representative for Berowra March 1993 – May 2016
Kelvin Thomson
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Wills March 1996 – May 2016
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and May 2016 Philip Ruddock and Kelvin Thomson have voted in the same division 1344 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 1334 times. They have only voted the same 10 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 minerals resource rent tax
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- An emissions reduction fund
- Carbon farming
- Charging postgraduate research students fees
- Compensating victims of overseas terrorism since the September 11 attack
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Deregulating undergraduate university fees
- Ending illegal logging
- Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing funding for road infrastructure
- Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing the age pension
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing the price of subsidised medicine
- 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)
- Letting environmental groups challenge the legality of certain government decisions
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Privatising government-owned assets
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Senate electoral reform
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stem cell research
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- 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 1334 times. They have only voted the same 10 times.
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Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Philip Ruddock voted Yes
Kelvin Thomson voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 89% attendance
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Motions — Murray-Darling Basin Plan; Disallowance
Philip Ruddock voted No
Kelvin Thomson voted No
Not passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 67% attendance
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Migration Amendment (Unauthorised Maritime Arrivals and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Philip Ruddock voted Yes
Kelvin Thomson voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 67% attendance
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Bills — Defence Trade Controls Bill 2011; Consideration of Senate Message
Philip Ruddock voted Yes
Kelvin Thomson 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
Philip Ruddock voted Yes
Kelvin Thomson voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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Marriage Amendment Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Philip Ruddock voted No
Kelvin Thomson voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
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Mental Health - Recommital of Vote - Greens amendment
Philip Ruddock voted Yes
Kelvin Thomson voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 85% attendance
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Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Philip Ruddock voted Yes
Kelvin Thomson voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Second Reading - Bill unacceptable
Philip Ruddock voted No in this free vote
Kelvin Thomson voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance