Laura Smyth and Tony Abbott have voted the same way 0% of the time
Laura Smyth
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for La Trobe August 2010 – September 2013
Tony Abbott
Former Liberal Party Representative for Warringah March 1994 – May 2019
Between August 2010 and September 2013 Laura Smyth and Tony Abbott have voted in the same division 303 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 303 times. They have never voted the same.
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 differently 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
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Voluntary student union fees