Business — Consideration of Legislation
Ted O'Brien voted Yes
Mark Butler voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
Ted O'Brien and Mark Butler have voted the same way 2% of the time
Ted O'Brien
Liberal Party Representative for Fairfax since July 2016
Mark Butler
Australian Labor Party Representative for Hindmarsh since May 2019
Since July 2016 Ted O'Brien and Mark Butler have voted in the same division 1110 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 1092 times. They have only voted the same 18 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 character test for Australian visas
- A citizenship test
- A combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- A Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability
- A same-sex marriage plebiscite
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- Banning pay secrecy clauses
- Capping gas prices
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- 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
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- Greater control over items brought into immigration detention centres
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing penalties for breach of data
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing support for the Australian shipping industry
- Increasing the cost of humanities degrees
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 19%
- 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
- Increasing workplace protections
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Market-led approaches to protecting biodiversity
- Net zero emissions by 2050
- Parliament continuing to meet during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Privatising certain government services
- 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 the corporate tax rate
- Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stopping people who arrive by boat from ever coming to Australia
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- The territories being able to legalise euthanasia
- Tighter means testing of family payments
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 1092 times. They have only voted the same 18 times.
-
-
edited 1st Dec 2023
Motions - Whistleblower Protection - Let a vote happen
Ted O'Brien voted No
Mark Butler voted No
Not passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 65% attendance
-
edited 4th Aug 2023
Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Ted O'Brien voted Yes
Mark Butler voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
8 rebellions 97% attendance
-
edited 18th Aug 2023
Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Agree with the bill
Ted O'Brien voted Yes
Mark Butler voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
8 rebellions 97% attendance
-
edited 4th Aug 2023
Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Ted O'Brien voted Yes
Mark Butler voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
8 rebellions 97% attendance
-
edited 11th Aug 2023
Infrastructure Australia Amendment (Independent Review) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Publication requirement + Post-completion cost data
Ted O'Brien voted Yes
Mark Butler voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
-
edited 7th Apr 2023
Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management Reform) Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Against compulsory income management
Ted O'Brien voted Yes
Mark Butler voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
-
edited 17th Feb 2023
Housing Australia Future Fund Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Proportion of grants to regional, rural and remote Australia
Ted O'Brien voted Yes
Mark Butler voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 42% attendance
-
edited 16th Dec 2022
Treasury Laws Amendment (Energy Price Relief Plan) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - No price freeze
Ted O'Brien voted Yes
Mark Butler voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
-
edited 11th Nov 2022
Anti-Discrimination and Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Respect at Work) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - Extending protection
Ted O'Brien voted Yes
Mark Butler voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 56% attendance
-
edited 12th Aug 2022
Climate Change Bill 2022, Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - More ambitious targets
Ted O'Brien voted Yes
Mark Butler voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
-
edited 12th Aug 2022
Climate Change Bill 2022, Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - More ambitious targets needed
Ted O'Brien voted Yes
Mark Butler voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
-
edited 5th Aug 2022
Climate Change Bill 2022, Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - On new fossil fuel projects
Ted O'Brien voted Yes
Mark Butler voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 87% attendance
-
edited 12th Aug 2022
Public Sector Superannuation Salary Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Ted O'Brien voted Yes
Mark Butler voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
edited 5th Aug 2022
Australian Human Rights Commission Legislation Amendment (Selection and Appointment) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Human Rights Commissioner for LGBTIQA+ people
Ted O'Brien voted Yes
Mark Butler voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
-
edited 21st Oct 2022
Foreign Investment Reform (Protecting Australia's National Security) Bill 2020 and another - Second Reading - Foreign acquisition
Ted O'Brien voted Yes
Mark Butler voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 42% attendance
-
edited 18th Oct 2019
Motions - Casinos - Suspend the usual rules
Ted O'Brien voted No
Mark Butler voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
-
edited 1st Aug 2019
Counter-Terrorism (Temporary Exclusion Orders) Bill 2019 and another - Second Reading - Agree with the bills' main idea
Ted O'Brien voted Yes
Mark Butler voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance