edited
21st Mar 2024
Motions - Middle East - Let another vote take place
David Gillespie voted No
Mark Dreyfus voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 46% attendance
David Gillespie and Mark Dreyfus have voted the same way 2% of the time
David Gillespie
National Party Representative for Lyne since September 2013
Mark Dreyfus
Australian Labor Party Representative for Isaacs since November 2007
Since September 2013 David Gillespie and Mark Dreyfus have voted in the same division 1472 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 1439 times. They have only voted the same 33 times.
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
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- Increasing support for rural and regional Australia
- Political intervention in research funding grants
- Prioritising religious freedom
- Protecting Australian sovereignty in trade agreements
- Reproductive bodily autonomy
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Transgender rights
Always voted differently on
- A carbon price
- A character test for Australian visas
- A citizenship test
- A combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- A minerals resource rent tax
- A referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice
- A Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability
- A same-sex marriage plebiscite
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- An emissions reduction fund
- Banning pay secrecy clauses
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Capping gas prices
- Charging postgraduate research students fees
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- Considering legislation to create a federal anti-corruption commission (procedural)
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Deregulating undergraduate university fees
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Federal action on public housing
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- 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 the price of subsidised medicine
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Increasing workplace protections
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Market-led approaches to protecting biodiversity
- Net zero emissions by 2050
- 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
- Reducing the corporate tax rate
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
- Senate electoral reform
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stopping people who arrive by boat from ever coming to Australia
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Temporary protection visas
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- The territories being able to legalise euthanasia
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Unconventional gas mining
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 1439 times. They have only voted the same 33 times.
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edited 29th Feb 2024
Motions - Middle East - Let another vote take place
David Gillespie voted No
Mark Dreyfus voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 29th Feb 2024
Motions - Live Animal Exports - Let another vote take place
David Gillespie voted No
Mark Dreyfus voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 32% attendance
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edited 12th Jan 2024
Motions - Standing and Sessional Orders - Let another vote take place
David Gillespie voted No
Mark Dreyfus voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 44% attendance
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edited 1st Dec 2023
Motions - Whistleblower Protection - Let a vote happen
David Gillespie voted No
Mark Dreyfus voted No
Not passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 65% attendance
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edited 10th Mar 2023
Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - Misleading and deceptive advertising
David Gillespie voted Yes
Mark Dreyfus voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 52% attendance
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edited 17th Feb 2023
National Housing Supply and Affordability Council Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Regional Australia and critical infrastructure
David Gillespie voted Yes, rebelling against the National Party
Mark Dreyfus voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 60% attendance
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edited 10th Feb 2023
Business - Rearrangement - Let a vote take place
David Gillespie voted Yes
Mark Dreyfus voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 83% attendance
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edited 28th Oct 2022
High Speed Rail Authority Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Publicly owned high speed rail
David Gillespie voted Yes
Mark Dreyfus voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 38% attendance
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edited 3rd Nov 2022
Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Cheaper Child Care) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Free universal early childhood education and care
David Gillespie voted Yes
Mark Dreyfus voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 12th Aug 2022
Climate Change Bill 2022, Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - More ambitious targets
David Gillespie voted Yes
Mark Dreyfus voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 12th Aug 2022
Climate Change Bill 2022, Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - More ambitious targets needed
David Gillespie voted Yes
Mark Dreyfus voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 5th Aug 2022
Climate Change Bill 2022, Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - On new fossil fuel projects
David Gillespie voted Yes
Mark Dreyfus voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 87% attendance
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edited 12th Aug 2022
Public Sector Superannuation Salary Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
David Gillespie voted Yes
Mark Dreyfus voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 5th Aug 2022
Australian Human Rights Commission Legislation Amendment (Selection and Appointment) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Human Rights Commissioner for LGBTIQA+ people
David Gillespie voted Yes
Mark Dreyfus voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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edited 24th Feb 2022
Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2021 - Consideration in Detail - Teachers
David Gillespie voted Yes
Mark Dreyfus voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
3 rebellions 51% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
David Gillespie voted Yes
Mark Dreyfus voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 64% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Consideration in Detail - Statements of belief
David Gillespie voted Yes
Mark Dreyfus voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
David Gillespie voted Yes
Mark Dreyfus voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 68% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Impact on Tasmania
David Gillespie voted Yes
Mark Dreyfus voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 68% attendance
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edited 25th Feb 2022
Electoral Legislation Amendment (Political Campaigners) Bill 2021 - Consideration of Senate Message - Consider amendments immediately
David Gillespie voted Yes
Mark Dreyfus voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 40% attendance
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edited 13th May 2022
Electoral Legislation Amendment (Annual Disclosure Equality) Bill 2021 - Consideration in Detail - Local expenses
David Gillespie voted Yes
Mark Dreyfus voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 40% attendance
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edited 13th May 2022
Electoral Legislation Amendment (Annual Disclosure Equality) Bill 2021 - Consideration in Detail - Receipt of donations
David Gillespie voted Yes
Mark Dreyfus voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 40% attendance
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edited 9th Jul 2021
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Standards and Assurance) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Do not reject bill
David Gillespie voted Yes
Mark Dreyfus voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
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edited 21st Oct 2022
Foreign Investment Reform (Protecting Australia's National Security) Bill 2020 and another - Second Reading - Foreign acquisition
David Gillespie voted Yes
Mark Dreyfus voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 42% attendance
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edited 11th Dec 2020
Motions - Mcbride, Mr David William - Don't let a vote happen
David Gillespie voted Yes
Mark Dreyfus voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 32% attendance
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edited 29th Nov 2019
Australian Research Council Amendment Bill 2019 - Consideration in Detail - Anouncement process
David Gillespie voted No
Mark Dreyfus voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
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edited 31st Jul 2020
Customs Amendment (Growing Australian Export Opportunities Across the Asia-Pacific) Bill 2019 - Consideration in Detail - ISDS clauses
David Gillespie voted No
Mark Dreyfus voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 18th Oct 2019
Motions - Casinos - Suspend the usual rules
David Gillespie voted No
Mark Dreyfus voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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edited 22nd Aug 2019
Committees - Crown Casino Committee - Appointment
David Gillespie voted No
Mark Dreyfus voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 1st Aug 2019
Counter-Terrorism (Temporary Exclusion Orders) Bill 2019 and another - Second Reading - Agree with the bills' main idea
David Gillespie voted Yes
Mark Dreyfus voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 5th Apr 2019
Criminal Code Amendment (Sharing of Abhorrent Violent Material) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Refer to Committee
David Gillespie voted No
Mark Dreyfus voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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Bills — Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016; Consideration in Detail
David Gillespie voted No
Mark Dreyfus voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 58% attendance