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7th Oct 2014
Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Paul Neville voted No
Tony Abbott voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 83% attendance
Paul Neville and Tony Abbott have voted the same way 99.7% of the time
Paul Neville
Former National Party Representative for Hinkler March 1993 – August 2013
Tony Abbott
Former Liberal Party Representative for Warringah March 1994 – May 2019
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and August 2013 Paul Neville and Tony Abbott have voted in the same division 685 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 683 times. They have only voted differently twice.
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.
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Always voted the same way on
- A carbon price
- A minerals resource rent tax
- A plebiscite on the carbon pricing mechanism
- Compensating victims of overseas terrorism since the September 11 attack
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing availability of abortion drugs
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Privatising government-owned assets
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stem cell research
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 683 times. They have only voted differently twice.