edited
7th Nov 2014
Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Julie Bishop voted Yes
Wayne Swan voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 89% attendance
Julie Bishop and Wayne Swan have voted the same way 1% of the time
Julie Bishop
Former Liberal Party Representative for Curtin October 1998 – May 2019
Wayne Swan
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Lilley October 1998 – May 2019
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and May 2019 Julie Bishop and Wayne Swan have voted in the same division 1345 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 1336 times. They have only voted the same 9 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 citizenship test
- A minerals resource rent tax
- A plebiscite on the carbon pricing mechanism
- A same-sex marriage plebiscite
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- Compensating victims of overseas terrorism since the September 11 attack
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Ending illegal logging
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Greater control over items brought into immigration detention centres
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing penalties for breach of data
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing support for the Australian shipping industry
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing the Medicare Levy to pay for the National Disability Insurance Scheme
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Letting environmental groups challenge the legality of certain government decisions
- Privatising certain government services
- Privatising government-owned assets
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial
- Reducing the corporate tax rate
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Senate electoral reform
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stopping people who arrive by boat from ever coming to Australia
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 1336 times. They have only voted the same 9 times.
-
-
Motions — Murray-Darling Basin Plan; Disallowance
Julie Bishop voted No
Wayne Swan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 67% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Marriage Amendment Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Julie Bishop voted No
Wayne Swan voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - Consideration in Detail - Offence of using precursor cells
Julie Bishop voted No in this free vote
Wayne Swan voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 — Consideration in Detail — Offence of using precursor cells
Julie Bishop voted No in this free vote
Wayne Swan voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Julie Bishop voted Yes in this free vote
Wayne Swan voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 96% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Consideration in Detail - Amend the current process
Julie Bishop voted No in this free vote
Wayne Swan voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Julie Bishop voted Yes in this free vote
Wayne Swan voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Second Reading - Bill unacceptable
Julie Bishop voted No in this free vote
Wayne Swan voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance