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7th Oct 2014
Marriage Amendment Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Laura Smyth voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
Laura Smyth
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for La Trobe August 2010 – September 2013
Never rebelled explain rebellions 99.8% attendance explain attendance
How do they vote?
Voted consistently for
- A carbon price
- A minerals resource rent tax
- Carbon farming
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Ending illegal logging
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Recognising local government in the Constitution
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Tobacco plain packaging
Voted generally for
Voted almost always against
Voted consistently against
- A plebiscite on the carbon pricing mechanism
- Compensating victims of overseas terrorism since the September 11 attack
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Temporary protection visas
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Voluntary student union fees
We can't say anything concrete about how they voted on
- An NBN (using fibre to the premises)
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Increasing access under Freedom of Information law
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Live animal export
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Unconventional gas mining
Please note that our voting records start in February 2006.
Rebel votes
Laura Smyth has never voted against the majority of their party since entering Parliament in August 2010. explain rebellions
Free votes
Laura Smyth has taken part in 1 free vote since entering Parliament in August 2010. explain “Free Votes”
Recent Votes
Recent votes in parliament that this Representative could have attended.
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edited 28th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment (Temporary Sponsored Visas) Bill 2013 - Pass the bill
Laura Smyth voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment (Temporary Sponsored Visas) Bill 2013 - Consideration in Detail - Agree to the bill
Laura Smyth voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment (Temporary Sponsored Visas) Bill 2013 - Consideration in Detail - Put the question
Laura Smyth voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
Compare Laura Smyth with someone else
Shows people in order of those who voted always the same as Laura Smyth (100% agreement) to those who never voted the same (0% agreement).
We only compare those votes where both people attended. This may reveal relationships between people that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.
| Agreement | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 100% | Anthony Albanese | Australian Labor Party Representative for Grayndler |
| 100% | Mark Butler | Australian Labor Party Representative for Hindmarsh |
| 100% | Jason Clare | Australian Labor Party Representative for Blaxland |
| 100% | Julie Collins | Australian Labor Party Representative for Franklin |
| 100% | Mark Dreyfus | Australian Labor Party Representative for Isaacs |