edited
28th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment (Temporary Sponsored Visas) Bill 2013 - Pass the bill
Robert Oakeshott voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
Robert Oakeshott
Former Independent Representative for Lyne September 2008 – August 2013
How do they vote?
Voted consistently for
- A carbon price
- A minerals resource rent tax
- Carbon farming
- Ending illegal logging
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Recognising local government in the Constitution
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Same-sex marriage equality
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- Tobacco plain packaging
Voted almost always for
Voted generally for
Voted a mixture of for and against
Voted generally against
Voted almost always against
Voted consistently against
- A plebiscite on the carbon pricing mechanism
- 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)
- Compensating victims of overseas terrorism since the September 11 attack
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Increasing access under Freedom of Information law
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing the age pension
- 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.
Recent Votes
Recent votes in parliament that this Representative could have attended.
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment (Temporary Sponsored Visas) Bill 2013 - Consideration in Detail - Agree to the bill
Robert Oakeshott voted No
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
Robert Oakeshott voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
Compare Robert Oakeshott with someone else
Shows people in order of those who voted always the same as Robert Oakeshott (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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 89% | Adam Bandt | Australian Greens Representative for Melbourne |
| 87% | Tony Windsor | Former Independent Representative for New England |
| 83% | Andrew Wilkie | Independent Representative for Clark |
| 80% | Michelle Rowland | Australian Labor Party Representative for Greenway |
| 80% | Andrew Leigh | Australian Labor Party Representative for Fenner |