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Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Alan Griffin voted Yes
Ian Macfarlane voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 89% attendance
Alan Griffin and Ian Macfarlane have voted the same way 1% of the time
Alan Griffin
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Bruce March 1996 – May 2016
Ian Macfarlane
Former Liberal Party Representative for Groom October 1998 – May 2016
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and May 2016 Alan Griffin and Ian Macfarlane have voted in the same division 1295 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 1284 times. They have only voted the same 11 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
- A plebiscite on the carbon pricing mechanism
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- An emissions reduction fund
- Carbon farming
- Charging postgraduate research students fees
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Deregulating undergraduate university fees
- Ending illegal logging
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing consumer protections
- 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 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
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Senate electoral reform
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- 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
- Tobacco plain packaging
- 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 1284 times. They have only voted the same 11 times.
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Motions — Murray-Darling Basin Plan; Disallowance
Alan Griffin voted No
Ian Macfarlane voted No
Not passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 67% attendance
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Mental Health - Recommital of Vote - Greens amendment
Alan Griffin voted Yes
Ian Macfarlane voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 85% attendance
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Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Alan Griffin voted Yes
Ian Macfarlane voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 83% attendance
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Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Alan Griffin voted Yes
Ian Macfarlane voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - Consideration in Detail - Offence of using precursor cells
Alan Griffin voted No in this free vote
Ian Macfarlane voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 — Consideration in Detail — Offence of using precursor cells
Alan Griffin voted No in this free vote
Ian Macfarlane voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Alan Griffin voted Yes in this free vote
Ian Macfarlane voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 96% attendance
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Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Consideration in Detail - Amend the current process
Alan Griffin voted No in this free vote
Ian Macfarlane voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
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Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Alan Griffin voted Yes in this free vote
Ian Macfarlane voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
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Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Second Reading - Bill unacceptable
Alan Griffin voted No in this free vote
Ian Macfarlane voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance