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Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Tony Smith voted Yes
John Forrest voted No
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 83% attendance
Tony Smith and John Forrest have voted the same way 99% of the time
Tony Smith
Former Liberal Party Representative for Casey November 2021 – May 2022
John Forrest
Former National Party Representative for Mallee March 1993 – August 2013
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and August 2013 Tony Smith and John Forrest have voted in the same division 973 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 968 times. They have only voted differently 5 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 differently on
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Always voted the same way 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
- 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
- Recognising local government in the Constitution
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Same-sex marriage equality
- 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 differently
In divisions they have voted the same 968 times. They have only voted differently 5 times.
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Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Tony Smith voted Yes
John Forrest voted No
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
John Forrest voted Yes 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
John Forrest voted No 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
John Forrest voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance