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18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Tony Smith voted Yes
Bill Shorten voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 64% attendance
Tony Smith and Bill Shorten have voted the same way 1% of the time
Tony Smith
Former Liberal Party Representative for Casey November 2021 – May 2022
Bill Shorten
Australian Labor Party Representative for Maribyrnong since November 2007
Between November 2007 and May 2022 Tony Smith and Bill Shorten have voted in the same division 915 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 907 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
- An emissions reduction fund
- Carbon farming
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Ending illegal logging
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- 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 trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Reproductive bodily autonomy
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Tobacco plain packaging
- 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 907 times. They have only voted the same 8 times.
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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
Tony Smith voted Yes in this free vote
Bill Shorten voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 26th Apr 2019
Resolutions of the Senate - Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission - Don't concur with Senate resolution
Tony Smith voted No
Bill Shorten voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Private Members' Business - University Funding - Reverse decision to cut univeristy funding
Tony Smith voted No
Bill Shorten voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 27% attendance
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edited 7th Nov 2014
Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Tony Smith voted Yes
Bill Shorten voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 89% attendance
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National Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2010 — Second Reading
Tony Smith voted Yes
Bill Shorten voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 49% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Tony Smith voted Yes
Bill Shorten voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Tony Smith voted Yes
Bill Shorten voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance