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7th Nov 2014
Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Anthony Albanese voted Yes
Russell Matheson voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 89% attendance
Anthony Albanese and Russell Matheson have voted the same way 0.3% of the time
Anthony Albanese
Australian Labor Party Representative for Grayndler since March 1996
Russell Matheson
Former Liberal Party Representative for Macarthur August 2010 – July 2016
Between August 2010 and July 2016 Anthony Albanese and Russell Matheson have voted in the same division 862 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 859 times. They have only voted the same 3 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
Always voted differently on
- A carbon price
- A minerals resource rent tax
- A plebiscite on the carbon pricing mechanism
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- An emissions reduction fund
- Carbon farming
- Charging postgraduate research students fees
- Compensating victims of overseas terrorism since the September 11 attack
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Deregulating undergraduate university fees
- Ending illegal logging
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing funding for road infrastructure
- Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- 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 the age pension
- 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
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Senate electoral reform
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 859 times. They have only voted the same 3 times.
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Motions — Murray-Darling Basin Plan; Disallowance
Anthony Albanese voted No
Russell Matheson voted No
Not passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Mental Health - Recommital of Vote - Greens amendment
Anthony Albanese voted Yes
Russell Matheson voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 85% attendance