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Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Sharon Bird voted Yes
Brendan Nelson voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 83% attendance
Sharon Bird and Brendan Nelson have voted the same way 2% of the time
Sharon Bird
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Cunningham October 2004 – May 2022
Brendan Nelson
Former Liberal Party Representative for Bradfield March 1996 – October 2009
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and October 2009 Sharon Bird and Brendan Nelson have voted in the same division 428 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 420 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
Always voted differently on
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Privatising government-owned assets
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 420 times. They have only voted the same 8 times.
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Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Sharon Bird voted Yes
Brendan Nelson voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - Consideration in Detail - Offence of using precursor cells
Sharon Bird voted No in this free vote
Brendan Nelson voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 — Consideration in Detail — Offence of using precursor cells
Sharon Bird voted No in this free vote
Brendan Nelson voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Sharon Bird voted Yes in this free vote
Brendan Nelson voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 96% 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
Sharon Bird voted No in this free vote
Brendan Nelson 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
Sharon Bird voted Yes in this free vote
Brendan Nelson voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Second Reading - Bill unacceptable
Sharon Bird voted No in this free vote
Brendan Nelson voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance