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10th Feb 2023
Business - Rearrangement - Let a vote take place
Maria Vamvakinou voted Yes
Stuart Robert voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 83% attendance
Maria Vamvakinou and Stuart Robert have voted the same way 1% of the time
Maria Vamvakinou
Australian Labor Party Representative for Calwell since November 2001
Stuart Robert
Former Liberal Party Representative for Fadden November 2007 – May 2023
Between November 2007 and May 2023 Maria Vamvakinou and Stuart Robert have voted in the same division 2022 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 2000 times. They have only voted the same 22 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 character test for Australian visas
- A citizenship test
- A combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- A minerals resource rent tax
- A plebiscite on the carbon pricing mechanism
- A Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability
- A same-sex marriage plebiscite
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- An emissions reduction fund
- Banning pay secrecy clauses
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Carbon farming
- Charging postgraduate research students fees
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- Compensating victims of overseas terrorism since the September 11 attack
- Considering legislation to create a federal anti-corruption commission (procedural)
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Deregulating undergraduate university fees
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending illegal logging
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Federal action on public housing
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- Increasing funding for road infrastructure
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing penalties for breach of data
- 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 support for rural and regional Australia
- Increasing support for the Australian shipping industry
- Increasing the age pension
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 19%
- Increasing the Medicare Levy to pay for the National Disability Insurance Scheme
- 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
- Net zero emissions by 2050
- Privatising certain government services
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Reducing the corporate tax rate
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Senate electoral reform
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stopping people who arrive by boat from ever coming to Australia
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Temporary protection visas
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency
- 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 2000 times. They have only voted the same 22 times.
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edited 3rd Nov 2022
Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Cheaper Child Care) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Free universal early childhood education and care
Maria Vamvakinou voted Yes
Stuart Robert voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 12th Aug 2022
Climate Change Bill 2022, Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - More ambitious targets
Maria Vamvakinou voted Yes
Stuart Robert voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 12th Aug 2022
Climate Change Bill 2022, Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - More ambitious targets needed
Maria Vamvakinou voted Yes
Stuart Robert voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 5th Aug 2022
Climate Change Bill 2022, Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - On new fossil fuel projects
Maria Vamvakinou voted Yes
Stuart Robert voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 87% attendance
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edited 12th Aug 2022
Public Sector Superannuation Salary Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Maria Vamvakinou voted Yes
Stuart Robert voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 5th Aug 2022
Australian Human Rights Commission Legislation Amendment (Selection and Appointment) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Human Rights Commissioner for LGBTIQA+ people
Maria Vamvakinou voted Yes
Stuart Robert voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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edited 24th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve's Law) Bill 2021 - Consideration in Detail - No destruction of zygote or embryo
Maria Vamvakinou voted Yes in this free vote
Stuart Robert voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 9th Jul 2021
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Standards and Assurance) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Do not reject bill
Maria Vamvakinou voted Yes
Stuart Robert voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
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edited 29th Nov 2019
Australian Research Council Amendment Bill 2019 - Consideration in Detail - Anouncement process
Maria Vamvakinou voted No
Stuart Robert voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
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edited 22nd Aug 2019
Committees - Crown Casino Committee - Appointment
Maria Vamvakinou voted No
Stuart Robert voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 1st Aug 2019
Counter-Terrorism (Temporary Exclusion Orders) Bill 2019 and another - Second Reading - Agree with the bills' main idea
Maria Vamvakinou voted Yes
Stuart Robert voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 5th Apr 2019
Criminal Code Amendment (Sharing of Abhorrent Violent Material) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Refer to Committee
Maria Vamvakinou voted No
Stuart Robert voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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edited 21st Dec 2018
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Encouraging Self-Sufficiency for Newly Arrived Migrants) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Maria Vamvakinou voted Yes
Stuart Robert voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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Bills — Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016; Consideration in Detail
Maria Vamvakinou voted No
Stuart Robert voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 23rd Sep 2016
Budget Savings (Omnibus) Bill 2016 - Consideration in Detail - Maintain Australian Renewable Energy Agency funding
Maria Vamvakinou voted No
Stuart Robert voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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edited 7th Nov 2014
Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Maria Vamvakinou voted Yes
Stuart Robert voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 89% attendance
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Motions — Murray-Darling Basin Plan; Disallowance
Maria Vamvakinou voted No
Stuart Robert voted No
Not passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 67% attendance
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Bills — Defence Trade Controls Bill 2011; Consideration of Senate Message
Maria Vamvakinou voted Yes
Stuart Robert 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
Maria Vamvakinou voted Yes
Stuart Robert voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Marriage Amendment Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Maria Vamvakinou voted No in this free vote
Stuart Robert voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Mental Health - Recommital of Vote - Greens amendment
Maria Vamvakinou voted Yes
Stuart Robert voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 85% attendance