edited
7th Mar 2024
Motions - Middle East: Occupied Palestinian Territories - Let another vote take place
Brian Mitchell voted No
Russell Broadbent voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
Brian Mitchell and Russell Broadbent have voted the same way 2% of the time
Brian Mitchell
Australian Labor Party Representative for Lyons since July 2016
Russell Broadbent
Independent Representative for Monash since November 2023
Since July 2016 Brian Mitchell and Russell Broadbent have voted in the same division 1059 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 1039 times. They have only voted the same 20 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 character test for Australian visas
- A citizenship test
- A combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- A Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability
- A same-sex marriage plebiscite
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- Banning pay secrecy clauses
- Capping gas prices
- 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
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- Increasing penalties for breach of data
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- 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 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 people who arrive by boat from ever coming to Australia
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- 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
- Transgender rights
- Unconventional gas mining
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 1039 times. They have only voted the same 20 times.
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edited 29th Feb 2024
Motions - Middle East - Let another vote take place
Brian Mitchell voted No
Russell Broadbent voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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Bills — Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023; Consideration of Senate Message
Brian Mitchell voted No
Russell Broadbent voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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Bills — Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee Bill 2023; Consideration in Detail
Brian Mitchell voted No
Russell Broadbent voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 52% attendance
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Business — Consideration of Legislation
Brian Mitchell voted Yes
Russell Broadbent voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Brian Mitchell voted Yes
Russell Broadbent voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 4th Feb 2024
Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Bill 2023 - Report from Federation Chamber - Close loopholes
Brian Mitchell voted No
Russell Broadbent voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 26th Jan 2024
Motions - Israel - Condemns war crimes in Gaza
Brian Mitchell voted No
Russell Broadbent voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 1st Sep 2023
Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management Reform) Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Brian Mitchell voted Yes
Russell Broadbent voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 24th Mar 2023
Motions - Climate Change - Don't let a vote happen
Brian Mitchell voted Yes
Russell Broadbent voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 45% 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
Russell Broadbent voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 22nd Oct 2022
Foreign Investment Reform (Protecting Australia's National Security) Bill 2020 and another - Consideration in Detail - Transparency
Brian Mitchell voted Yes
Russell Broadbent voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 34% attendance
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edited 22nd Aug 2019
Committees - Crown Casino Committee - Appointment
Brian Mitchell voted No
Russell Broadbent 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
Russell Broadbent 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
Russell Broadbent 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
Russell Broadbent voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2018
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Charities
Brian Mitchell voted No in this free vote
Russell Broadbent voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2018
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Facilities
Brian Mitchell voted No in this free vote
Russell Broadbent voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2018
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Charitable status
Brian Mitchell voted No in this free vote
Russell Broadbent voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 95% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2018
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Def of marriage + conscientious protections
Brian Mitchell voted No in this free vote
Russell Broadbent voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 94% attendance