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Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Tony Smith voted Yes
Dick Adams voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 89% attendance
Tony Smith and Dick Adams have voted the same way 1% of the time
Tony Smith
Former Liberal Party Representative for Casey November 2021 – May 2022
Dick Adams
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Lyons March 1993 – September 2013
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and September 2013 Tony Smith and Dick Adams have voted in the same division 1045 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 1037 times. They have only voted the same 8 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
- Carbon farming
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- 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 fishing restrictions
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- 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
- Privatising government-owned assets
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stem cell research
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- 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 1037 times. They have only voted the same 8 times.
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Marriage Amendment Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Tony Smith voted No
Dick Adams voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
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National Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2010 — Second Reading
Tony Smith voted Yes
Dick Adams voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 49% attendance
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Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Tony Smith voted Yes
Dick Adams 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
Tony Smith voted Yes
Dick Adams voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% 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
Tony Smith voted No in this free vote
Dick Adams 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
Tony Smith voted Yes in this free vote
Dick Adams 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
Tony Smith voted No in this free vote
Dick Adams voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance