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7th Oct 2014
Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Duncan Kerr voted Yes
Tony Abbott voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 83% attendance
Duncan Kerr and Tony Abbott have voted the same way 1% of the time
Duncan Kerr
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Denison July 1987 – August 2010
Tony Abbott
Former Liberal Party Representative for Warringah March 1994 – May 2019
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and August 2010 Duncan Kerr and Tony Abbott have voted in the same division 389 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 387 times. They have only voted the same twice.
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.
Voted a mixture of the same and differently 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 availability of abortion drugs
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing political transparency
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stem cell research
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 387 times. They have only voted the same twice.