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7th Oct 2014
Marriage Amendment Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Gary Gray voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
Gary Gray
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Brand November 2007 – May 2016
Never rebelled explain rebellions 85% attendance explain attendance
How do they vote?
Voted very strongly for
- An NBN (using fibre to the premises)
- Carbon farming
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Ending illegal logging
- Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
- Increasing access under Freedom of Information law
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Letting environmental groups challenge the legality of certain government decisions
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Recognising local government in the Constitution
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Tobacco plain packaging
Voted strongly for
- A carbon price
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing marine conservation
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
Voted moderately for
- A minerals resource rent tax
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing the age pension
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
Voted a mixture of for and against
What does this mean?Voted moderately against
- Charging postgraduate research students fees
- Compensating victims of overseas terrorism since the September 11 attack
- Deregulating undergraduate university fees
- Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- Voluntary student union fees
Voted very strongly against
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- An emissions reduction fund
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- Increasing funding for road infrastructure
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing the price of subsidised medicine
- Live animal export
- Privatising government assets
- Senate electoral reform
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Unconventional gas mining
Has never voted on
- A plebiscite on the carbon pricing mechanism
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
Please note that our voting records start in 2006.
Rebel votes
Gary Gray has never voted against the majority of their party since entering Parliament in November 2007. explain rebellions
Free votes
Gary Gray has taken part in 1 free vote since entering Parliament in November 2007. explain “Free Votes”
Recent Votes
Recent votes in parliament that this Representative could have attended.
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edited 23rd Jun 2016
Motions — Prime Minister; Censure
Gary Gray voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 90% attendance
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edited 23rd Jun 2016
Motions — Prime Minister; Censure
Gary Gray voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 90% attendance
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edited 23rd Aug 2016
Motions - Budget - Suspend standing orders
Gary Gray was absent
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
Possible Friends
Shows which Representatives voted most similarly to this one in the Parliament. This is measured from 0% agreement (never voted the same) to 100% (always voted the same). Only votes that both Representatives attended are counted. This may reveal relationships between Representatives that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.
| Agreement | Name | Electorate | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99% | Chris Trevor | Flynn | Australian Labor Party |
| 99% | Laura Smyth | La Trobe | Australian Labor Party |
| 99% | Janelle Saffin | Page | Australian Labor Party |
| 99% | Brett Raguse | Forde | Australian Labor Party |
| 99% | Sharon Grierson | Newcastle | Australian Labor Party |