edited
24th Feb 2022
Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2021 - Consideration in Detail - Teachers
Chris Hayes voted Yes
Darren Chester voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
3 rebellions 51% attendance
Chris Hayes and Darren Chester have voted the same way 1% of the time
Chris Hayes
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Fowler August 2010 – May 2022
Darren Chester
National Party Representative for Gippsland since June 2008
Between June 2008 and May 2022 Chris Hayes and Darren Chester have voted in the same division 1966 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 1951 times. They have only voted the same 15 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 citizenship test
- 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
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- An emissions reduction fund
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Carbon farming
- Charging postgraduate research students fees
- 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
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Ending illegal logging
- 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 access to the JobKeeper Payment
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- 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 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 trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- 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
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- 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
- Restricting foreign ownership
- 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 Intervention in the Northern Territory
- 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 1951 times. They have only voted the same 15 times.
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edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Chris Hayes voted Yes
Darren Chester voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 64% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Consideration in Detail - Statements of belief
Chris Hayes voted Yes
Darren Chester voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Chris Hayes voted Yes
Darren Chester voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 68% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Impact on Tasmania
Chris Hayes voted Yes
Darren Chester voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 68% attendance
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edited 18th Mar 2021
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Strengthening Income Support) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Raise Jobseeker Payment
Chris Hayes voted Yes
Darren Chester voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 45% attendance
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edited 22nd Aug 2019
Committees - Crown Casino Committee - Appointment
Chris Hayes voted No
Darren Chester voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2018
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Safeguard conscientious & religious beliefs
Chris Hayes voted No in this free vote
Darren Chester voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 95% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2018
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Def of marriage + conscientious protections
Chris Hayes voted No in this free vote
Darren Chester voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 94% attendance
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edited 23rd Sep 2016
Budget Savings (Omnibus) Bill 2016 - Consideration in Detail - Maintain Australian Renewable Energy Agency funding
Chris Hayes voted No
Darren Chester voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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edited 7th Nov 2014
Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Chris Hayes voted Yes
Darren Chester voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 89% attendance
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Bills — Defence Trade Controls Bill 2011; Consideration of Senate Message
Chris Hayes voted Yes
Darren Chester voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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Bills — Defence Trade Controls Bill 2011; Consideration of Senate Message
Chris Hayes voted Yes
Darren Chester voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Marriage Amendment Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Chris Hayes voted No in this free vote
Darren Chester voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Mental Health - Recommital of Vote - Greens amendment
Chris Hayes voted Yes
Darren Chester voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 85% attendance