edited
4th Feb 2024
Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Bill 2023 - Report from Federation Chamber - Close loopholes
Mark Butler voted No
Alex Hawke voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
Mark Butler and Alex Hawke have voted the same way 1% of the time
Mark Butler
Australian Labor Party Representative for Hindmarsh since May 2019
Alex Hawke
Liberal Party Representative for Mitchell since November 2007
Since November 2007 Mark Butler and Alex Hawke have voted in the same division 2391 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 2378 times. They have only voted the same 13 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 citizenship test
- A combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- A minerals resource rent tax
- A plebiscite on the carbon pricing mechanism
- A referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice
- 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
- Banning pay secrecy clauses
- 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
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending illegal logging
- Federal action on public housing
- 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 consumer protections
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing funding for road infrastructure
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- 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 rural and regional Australia
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Recognising local government in the Constitution
- Reducing the corporate tax rate
- 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 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 Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- 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
- Tobacco plain packaging
- 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 2378 times. They have only voted the same 13 times.
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edited 26th Jan 2024
Motions - Israel - Condemns war crimes in Gaza
Mark Butler voted No
Alex Hawke voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 11th Aug 2023
Infrastructure Australia Amendment (Independent Review) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Publication requirement + Post-completion cost data
Mark Butler voted Yes
Alex Hawke voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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edited 17th Feb 2023
Housing Australia Future Fund Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Review process in 2025
Mark Butler voted Yes
Alex Hawke voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 56% attendance
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edited 10th Feb 2023
Regulations and Determinations - Instrument of Designation of the Republic of Nauru as a Regional Processing Country
Mark Butler voted Yes
Alex Hawke voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 12th Aug 2022
Climate Change Bill 2022, Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - More ambitious targets
Mark Butler voted Yes
Alex Hawke voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 12th Aug 2022
Climate Change Bill 2022, Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - More ambitious targets needed
Mark Butler voted Yes
Alex Hawke voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 5th Aug 2022
Climate Change Bill 2022, Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - On new fossil fuel projects
Mark Butler voted Yes
Alex Hawke voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 87% attendance
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edited 12th Aug 2022
Public Sector Superannuation Salary Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Mark Butler voted Yes
Alex Hawke voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 5th Aug 2022
Australian Human Rights Commission Legislation Amendment (Selection and Appointment) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Human Rights Commissioner for LGBTIQA+ people
Mark Butler voted Yes
Alex Hawke voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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edited 1st Aug 2019
Counter-Terrorism (Temporary Exclusion Orders) Bill 2019 and another - Second Reading - Agree with the bills' main idea
Mark Butler voted Yes
Alex Hawke voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Mental Health - Recommital of Vote - Greens amendment
Mark Butler voted Yes
Alex Hawke voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 85% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Mark Butler voted Yes
Alex Hawke voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance