edited
7th Oct 2014
Marriage Amendment Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Julia Gillard voted No in this free vote
Greg Combet voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
Julia Gillard and Greg Combet have voted the same way 99.8% of the time
Julia Gillard
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Lalor October 1998 – August 2013
Greg Combet
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Charlton November 2007 – August 2013
Between November 2007 and August 2013 Julia Gillard and Greg Combet have voted in the same division 490 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 489 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
Always voted the same way on
- A carbon price
- A minerals resource rent tax
- A plebiscite on the carbon pricing mechanism
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- 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
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 489 times. They have only voted differently once.