Joel Fitzgibbon and Steve Georganas have voted the same way 99.9% of the time

Since February 2006 (when our voting records begin) Joel Fitzgibbon and Steve Georganas have voted in the same division 1909 times.

In divisions they have voted the same 1908 times. They have only voted differently once.

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

Same-sex marriage equality

Always voted the same way on

A carbon price
A citizenship test
A combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
A fast transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy
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)
Carbon farming
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
Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
Drug testing welfare recipients
Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
Ending immigration detention on Nauru
Expanding Medicare-funded dental care
Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
Government administered paid parental leave
Greater control over items brought into immigration detention centres
Implementing refugee and protection conventions
Increasing Aboriginal land rights
Increasing availability of abortion drugs
Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
Increasing consumer protections
Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
Increasing funding for university education
Increasing funding for vocational education
Increasing investment in renewable energy
Increasing penalties for breach of data
Increasing political transparency
Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
Increasing restrictions on gambling
Increasing scrutiny of unions
Increasing support for the Australian film and TV industry
Increasing support for the Australian shipping industry
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
Privatising government assets
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
Regional processing of asylum seekers
Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
Restricting donations to political parties
Restricting foreign ownership
Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
Stem cell research
Stopping people who arrive by boat from ever coming to Australia
Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
Temporary protection visas
The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
The Intervention in the Northern Territory
Tighter means testing of family payments
Tobacco plain packaging
Turning back asylum boats when possible
Voluntary student union fees

Divisions in which they voted differently