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29th Feb 2024
Motions - Middle East - Let another vote take place
Mike Freelander voted No
David Coleman voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
Mike Freelander and David Coleman have voted the same way 3% of the time
Mike Freelander
Australian Labor Party Representative for Macarthur since July 2016
David Coleman
Liberal Party Representative for Banks since September 2013
Since July 2016 Mike Freelander and David Coleman have voted in the same division 861 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 838 times. They have only voted the same 23 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
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- Making the cashless debit card program voluntary and not mandatory
- Prioritising religious freedom
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Transgender rights
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
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- Considering legislation to create a federal anti-corruption commission (procedural)
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Federal action on public housing
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- Greater control over items brought into immigration detention centres
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- 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 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 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
- 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
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency
- Unconventional gas mining
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 838 times. They have only voted the same 23 times.
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edited 20 days ago
Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023 - Consideration of Senate Message - Workplace delegates
Mike Freelander voted No
David Coleman voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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Business — Consideration of Legislation
Mike Freelander voted Yes
David Coleman voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 26th Jan 2024
Motions - Israel - Condemns war crimes in Gaza
Mike Freelander voted No
David Coleman voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 4th Aug 2023
Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Mike Freelander voted Yes
David Coleman 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
Mike Freelander voted Yes
David Coleman 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
Mike Freelander voted Yes
David Coleman voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
8 rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 11th Aug 2023
Infrastructure Australia Amendment (Independent Review) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Publication requirement + Post-completion cost data
Mike Freelander voted Yes
David Coleman voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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edited 7th Apr 2023
Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management Reform) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - No compulsory income management
Mike Freelander voted Yes
David Coleman voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 60% 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
Mike Freelander voted Yes
David Coleman voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 7th Apr 2023
Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management Reform) Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Against compulsory income management
Mike Freelander voted Yes
David Coleman voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 10th Feb 2023
Business - Rearrangement - Let a vote take place
Mike Freelander voted Yes
David Coleman voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 83% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Mike Freelander voted Yes
David Coleman voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 64% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Mike Freelander voted Yes
David Coleman 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
Mike Freelander voted Yes
David Coleman voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 68% attendance
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edited 13th May 2022
Electoral Legislation Amendment (Annual Disclosure Equality) Bill 2021 - Consideration in Detail - Local expenses
Mike Freelander voted Yes
David Coleman 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
Mike Freelander voted Yes
David Coleman voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 40% attendance
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edited 3rd Jun 2021
Motions - Department of Defence - Don't let a vote happen
Mike Freelander voted Yes
David Coleman voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 46% attendance
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edited 22nd Aug 2019
Committees - Crown Casino Committee - Appointment
Mike Freelander voted No
David Coleman 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
Mike Freelander voted Yes
David Coleman 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
Mike Freelander voted No
David Coleman 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
Mike Freelander voted Yes
David Coleman 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
Mike Freelander voted No
David Coleman voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 85% attendance