edited
7th Mar 2024
Motions - Middle East: Occupied Palestinian Territories - Let another vote take place
Brian Mitchell voted No
Luke Howarth voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
Brian Mitchell and Luke Howarth have voted the same way 2% of the time
Brian Mitchell
Australian Labor Party Representative for Lyons since July 2016
Luke Howarth
Liberal Party Representative for Petrie since September 2013
Since July 2016 Brian Mitchell and Luke Howarth have voted in the same division 973 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 957 times. They have only voted the same 16 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 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)
- Capping gas prices
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- 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 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 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 people who arrive by boat from ever coming to Australia
- 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
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 957 times. They have only voted the same 16 times.
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edited 29th Feb 2024
Motions - Middle East - Let another vote take place
Brian Mitchell voted No
Luke Howarth voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Brian Mitchell voted Yes
Luke Howarth 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
Luke Howarth 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
Luke Howarth voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 22nd Sep 2023
Business - Rearrangement - Broadcasting Services Amendment (Prohibition of Gambling Advertisements) Bill 2023
Brian Mitchell voted Yes
Luke Howarth voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 38% attendance
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edited 10th Feb 2023
Business - Rearrangement - Let a vote take place
Brian Mitchell voted Yes
Luke Howarth voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 83% attendance
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edited 25th Nov 2022
National Anti-Corruption Commission Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - Pork barrelling and corrupt conduct definition
Brian Mitchell voted Yes
Luke Howarth voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 48% attendance
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edited 25th Nov 2022
National Anti-Corruption Commission Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - Exceptional circumstances definition
Brian Mitchell voted Yes
Luke Howarth voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 46% 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
Luke Howarth 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
Brian Mitchell voted Yes
Luke Howarth 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
Brian Mitchell voted Yes
Luke Howarth voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 22nd Aug 2019
Committees - Crown Casino Committee - Appointment
Brian Mitchell voted No
Luke Howarth 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
Luke Howarth 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
Luke Howarth voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 77% 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
Luke Howarth voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 85% attendance