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28th Mar 2018
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Religion & right to refuse
Matt Keogh voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 95% attendance
Matt Keogh
Australian Labor Party Representative for Burt since July 2016
Never rebels explain rebellions 97% attendance explain attendance
Matt Keogh is Shadow Minister for Defence Industry, Shadow Minister for Western Australian Resources, and Shadow Minister Assisting for Small and Family Business.
How do they vote?
Voted very strongly for
- A fast transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy
- A Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing funding for legal aid
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing funding for vocational education
- Increasing government support for the dairy industry
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing penalties for breach of data
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Making the cashless debit card program voluntary
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
- Temporary Exclusion Orders
- Treating government action on climate change as a matter of urgency
Voted moderately for
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
Voted very strongly against
- A citizenship test
- A Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- A same-sex marriage plebiscite
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- Greater control over items brought into immigration detention centres
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 19%
- Increasing the Medicare Levy to pay for the National Disability Insurance Scheme
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Privatising government services
- Putting welfare payments onto restricted debit cards
- Reducing the corporate tax rate
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stopping people who arrive by boat from ever coming to Australia
- Strengthening gun control laws
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- Tighter means testing of family payments
Please note that our voting records start in 2006.
Rebel votes
Matt Keogh has never voted against the majority of their party since entering Parliament in July 2016. explain rebellions
Free votes
Matt Keogh has taken part in 7 free votes since entering Parliament in July 2016. explain “Free Votes”
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edited 28th Mar 2018
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Charities
Matt Keogh voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2018
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Facilities
Matt Keogh voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2018
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Charitable status
Matt Keogh voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 95% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2018
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Defence appointed celebrants
Matt Keogh voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 98% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2018
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Safeguard conscientious & religious beliefs
Matt Keogh voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 95% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2018
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Def of marriage + conscientious protections
Matt Keogh voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 94% attendance
Recent Votes
Recent votes in parliament that this Representative could have attended.
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edited 8 days ago
Business - Days and Hours of Meeting - No sitting days until 11 August 2020
Matt Keogh was absent
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 56% attendance
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edited 8 days ago
Coronavirus Economic Response Package Omnibus Bill 2020 and related bills - Consideration in Detail - Superannuation release
Matt Keogh was absent
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 8 days ago
Coronavirus Economic Response Package Omnibus Bill 2020 and related bills - Second Reading - Keep second reading motion unchanged
Matt Keogh was absent
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
Possible Friends
Shows which Representatives voted most similarly to this one in the 2013 (current) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100% | Josh Burns | Macnamara | Australian Labor Party |
| 100% | Anika Wells | Lilley | Australian Labor Party |
| 100% | Ged Kearney | Batman | Australian Labor Party |
| 100% | Susan Lamb | Longman | Australian Labor Party |
| 100% | Tony Zappia | Makin | Australian Labor Party |