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7th Mar 2024
Motions - Middle East: Occupied Palestinian Territories - Let another vote take place
Brian Mitchell voted No
Ross Vasta voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
Brian Mitchell and Ross Vasta have voted the same way 2% of the time
Brian Mitchell
Australian Labor Party Representative for Lyons since July 2016
Ross Vasta
Liberal Party Representative for Bonner since August 2010
Since July 2016 Brian Mitchell and Ross Vasta have voted in the same division 921 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 904 times. They have only voted the same 17 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
Always voted differently on
- A combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- A Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- Banning mobiles and other devices in immigration detention
- Banning pay secrecy clauses
- Capping gas prices
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Federal action on public housing
- Greater control over items brought into immigration detention centres
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing penalties for breach of data
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- 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 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
- Prioritising religious freedom
- Privatising certain government services
- 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
- Reproductive bodily autonomy
- Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Transgender rights
- Unconventional gas mining
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 904 times. They have only voted the same 17 times.
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Treasury Laws Amendment (Cost of Living Tax Cuts) Bill 2024 - Second Reading - Mr Bates' amendment
Brian Mitchell voted No
Ross Vasta voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 29th Feb 2024
Motions - Middle East - Let another vote take place
Brian Mitchell voted No
Ross Vasta voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 26th Jan 2024
Motions - Climate Change: Threat and Risk Assessment - Let a vote happen
Brian Mitchell voted No
Ross Vasta voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 30th Nov 2023
Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Amendment (Using New Technologies to Fight Climate Change) Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Brian Mitchell voted Yes
Ross Vasta voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 46% attendance
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edited 4th Aug 2023
Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Brian Mitchell voted Yes
Ross Vasta voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
8 rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 18th Aug 2023
Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Agree with the bill
Brian Mitchell voted Yes
Ross Vasta voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
8 rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 4th Aug 2023
Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Brian Mitchell voted Yes
Ross Vasta voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
8 rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 17th Feb 2023
Housing Australia Future Fund Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Housing crisis
Brian Mitchell voted Yes
Ross Vasta voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 55% 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
Brian Mitchell voted Yes
Ross Vasta voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 58% 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
Brian Mitchell voted Yes
Ross Vasta voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 85% 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
Brian Mitchell voted Yes
Ross Vasta voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 42% attendance
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edited 22nd Aug 2019
Committees - Crown Casino Committee - Appointment
Brian Mitchell voted No
Ross Vasta 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
Brian Mitchell voted Yes
Ross Vasta 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
Brian Mitchell voted No
Ross Vasta voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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edited 21st Dec 2018
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Encouraging Self-Sufficiency for Newly Arrived Migrants) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Brian Mitchell voted Yes
Ross Vasta voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 23rd Sep 2016
Budget Savings (Omnibus) Bill 2016 - Consideration in Detail - Maintain Australian Renewable Energy Agency funding
Brian Mitchell voted No
Ross Vasta voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 85% attendance