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Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Tony Smith voted Yes
Laurie Ferguson voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 89% attendance
Tony Smith and Laurie Ferguson have voted the same way 1% of the time
Tony Smith
Former Liberal Party Representative for Casey November 2021 – May 2022
Laurie Ferguson
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Werriwa August 2010 – May 2016
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and May 2016 Tony Smith and Laurie Ferguson have voted in the same division 1296 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 1289 times. They have only voted the same 7 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
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
- Charging postgraduate research students fees
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Deregulating undergraduate university fees
- Ending illegal logging
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- Increasing funding for road infrastructure
- Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing the age pension
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing the price of subsidised medicine
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Privatising government-owned assets
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- 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 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 1289 times. They have only voted the same 7 times.
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National Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2010 — Second Reading
Tony Smith voted Yes
Laurie Ferguson 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
Laurie Ferguson 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
Laurie Ferguson 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
Laurie Ferguson 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
Laurie Ferguson 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
Laurie Ferguson voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance