edited
18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Ken O'Dowd voted Yes
Brendan O'Connor voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 64% attendance
Ken O'Dowd and Brendan O'Connor have voted the same way 0.5% of the time
Ken O'Dowd
Former National Party Representative for Flynn August 2010 – May 2022
Brendan O'Connor
Australian Labor Party Representative for Gorton since October 2004
Between August 2010 and May 2022 Ken O'Dowd and Brendan O'Connor have voted in the same division 1775 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 1767 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
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Always voted differently on
- A carbon price
- A character test for Australian visas
- A combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- A minerals resource rent tax
- A plebiscite on the carbon pricing mechanism
- A Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability
- A same-sex marriage plebiscite
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- An emissions reduction fund
- Banning mobiles and other devices in immigration detention
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Carbon farming
- Charging postgraduate research students fees
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- Compensating victims of overseas terrorism since the September 11 attack
- Considering legislation to create a federal anti-corruption commission (procedural)
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Deregulating undergraduate university fees
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- 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 funding for road infrastructure
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
- Increasing marine conservation
- 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 state and territory environmental approval powers
- Increasing support for the Australian film and TV industry
- Increasing support for the Australian shipping industry
- Increasing the age pension
- 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 the price of subsidised medicine
- 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
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- 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
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Reducing the corporate tax rate
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Reproductive bodily autonomy
- Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Same-sex marriage equality
- 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
- Temporary protection visas
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Unconventional gas mining
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 1767 times. They have only voted the same 8 times.
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edited 3rd Jun 2021
Motions - Department of Defence - Don't let a vote happen
Ken O'Dowd voted Yes
Brendan O'Connor voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 46% attendance
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edited 18th Oct 2019
Motions - Casinos - Suspend the usual rules
Ken O'Dowd voted No
Brendan O'Connor voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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Bills — Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016; Consideration in Detail
Ken O'Dowd voted No
Brendan O'Connor voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 23rd Sep 2016
Budget Savings (Omnibus) Bill 2016 - Consideration in Detail - Maintain Australian Renewable Energy Agency funding
Ken O'Dowd voted No
Brendan O'Connor voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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edited 7th Nov 2014
Asset Recycling Fund Bill 2014 and related bill — Consideration in Detail — Make information public
Ken O'Dowd voted Yes, rebelling against the National Party
Brendan O'Connor voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 91% attendance
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edited 7th Nov 2014
Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Ken O'Dowd voted Yes
Brendan O'Connor voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Mental Health - Recommital of Vote - Greens amendment
Ken O'Dowd voted Yes
Brendan O'Connor voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 85% attendance