Statements — Personal Explanation
Pat Conaghan voted Yes
Catherine King voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
Pat Conaghan and Catherine King have voted the same way 3% of the time
Pat Conaghan
National Party Representative for Cowper since May 2019
Catherine King
Australian Labor Party Representative for Ballarat since November 2001
Since May 2019 Pat Conaghan and Catherine King have voted in the same division 859 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 837 times. They have only voted the same 22 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
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- Making the cashless debit card program voluntary and not mandatory
- Prioritising religious freedom
- Protecting Australian sovereignty in trade agreements
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Reproductive bodily autonomy
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Transgender rights
Always voted differently on
- A character test for Australian visas
- A combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- A referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- Banning pay secrecy clauses
- Build to Rent (BTR)
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Capping gas prices
- Considering legislation to create a federal anti-corruption commission (procedural)
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Federal action on public housing
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing support for the Australian film and TV industry
- Increasing support for the Australian shipping industry
- Increasing the cost of humanities degrees
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Increasing workplace protections
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Live animal export
- Market-led approaches to protecting biodiversity
- Net zero emissions by 2050
- Parliament continuing to meet during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis
- Reducing tax concessions for high socio-economic status
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- The territories being able to legalise euthanasia
- Treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency
- Vehicle efficiency standards
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 837 times. They have only voted the same 22 times.
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Statements — Personal Explanation
Pat Conaghan voted Yes
Catherine King voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 11th Aug 2024
Illegal Logging Prohibition Amendment (Strengthening Measures to Prevent Illegal Timber Trade) Bill 2024 - Report from Federation Chamber - End native forest logging
Pat Conaghan voted No
Catherine King voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 3rd Jul 2024
Motions - Middle East - Let another vote take place
Pat Conaghan voted No
Catherine King voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 56% attendance
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Bills — Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024; Consideration in Detail
Pat Conaghan voted Yes
Catherine King voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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edited 7th Jun 2024
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Increase speaking time for first Opposition speaker
Pat Conaghan voted Yes
Catherine King voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 26th Jan 2024
Motions - Israel - Condemns war crimes in Gaza
Pat Conaghan voted No
Catherine King voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 7th Apr 2023
Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management Reform) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - No compulsory income management
Pat Conaghan voted Yes
Catherine King voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 60% attendance
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edited 7th Apr 2023
Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management Reform) Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Against compulsory income management
Pat Conaghan voted Yes
Catherine King voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 16th Dec 2022
Treasury Laws Amendment (Energy Price Relief Plan) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - No price freeze
Pat Conaghan voted Yes
Catherine King voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
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edited 11th Nov 2022
Anti-Discrimination and Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Respect at Work) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - Extending protection
Pat Conaghan voted Yes
Catherine King voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 56% attendance
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edited 28th Oct 2022
High Speed Rail Authority Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Publicly owned high speed rail
Pat Conaghan voted Yes
Catherine King voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 38% attendance
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edited 12th Aug 2022
Climate Change Bill 2022, Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - More ambitious targets
Pat Conaghan voted Yes
Catherine King voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 12th Aug 2022
Climate Change Bill 2022, Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - More ambitious targets needed
Pat Conaghan voted Yes
Catherine King voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 5th Aug 2022
Climate Change Bill 2022, Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - On new fossil fuel projects
Pat Conaghan voted Yes
Catherine King voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 87% attendance
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edited 12th Aug 2022
Public Sector Superannuation Salary Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Pat Conaghan voted Yes
Catherine King voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Consideration in Detail - Statements of belief
Pat Conaghan voted Yes
Catherine King voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 22nd Jan 2021
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Withdrawal from Amalgamations) Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Keep second reading motion unchanged
Pat Conaghan voted Yes
Catherine King voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 37% attendance
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edited 31st Jul 2020
Customs Amendment (Growing Australian Export Opportunities Across the Asia-Pacific) Bill 2019 - Consideration in Detail - ISDS clauses
Pat Conaghan voted No
Catherine King voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 18th Oct 2019
Motions - Casinos - Suspend the usual rules
Pat Conaghan voted No
Catherine King voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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edited 22nd Aug 2019
Committees - Crown Casino Committee - Appointment
Pat Conaghan voted No
Catherine King voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 1st Aug 2019
Counter-Terrorism (Temporary Exclusion Orders) Bill 2019 and another - Second Reading - Agree with the bills' main idea
Pat Conaghan voted Yes
Catherine King voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance