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7th Nov 2014
Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Wayne Swan voted Yes
John Forrest voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 89% attendance
Wayne Swan and John Forrest have voted the same way 0.2% of the time
Wayne Swan
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Lilley October 1998 – May 2019
John Forrest
Former National Party Representative for Mallee March 1993 – August 2013
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and August 2013 Wayne Swan and John Forrest have voted in the same division 843 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 841 times. They have only voted the same 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.
Always voted the same way on
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Always voted differently on
- A carbon price
- A minerals resource rent tax
- A plebiscite on the carbon pricing mechanism
- Carbon farming
- Compensating victims of overseas terrorism since the September 11 attack
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Ending illegal logging
- 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 trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Privatising government-owned assets
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stem cell research
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 841 times. They have only voted the same twice.