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7th Nov 2014
Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Gai Brodtmann voted Yes
John Forrest voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 89% attendance
Gai Brodtmann and John Forrest have voted the same way 0.2% of the time
Gai Brodtmann
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Canberra August 2010 – May 2019
John Forrest
Former National Party Representative for Mallee March 1993 – August 2013
Between August 2010 and August 2013 Gai Brodtmann and John Forrest have voted in the same division 432 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 431 times. They have only voted the same once.
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
Always voted differently on
- A carbon price
- A minerals resource rent tax
- A plebiscite on the carbon pricing mechanism
- Carbon farming
- Compensating victims of overseas terrorism since the September 11 attack
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Ending illegal logging
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 431 times. They have only voted the same once.