edited
27th Oct 2024
Universities Accord (Student Support and Other Measures) Bill 2024 - Second Reading - Student debt
Mike Freelander voted No
Bert Van Manen voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 40% attendance
Mike Freelander and Bert Van Manen have voted the same way 4% of the time
Mike Freelander
Australian Labor Party Representative for Macarthur since July 2016
Bert Van Manen
Liberal Party Representative for Forde since August 2010
Since July 2016 Mike Freelander and Bert Van Manen have voted in the same division 1413 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 1358 times. They have only voted the same 55 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
- Climate change mitigation strategies (e.g., carbon capture and storage)
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- Increasing support for rural and regional Australia
- Making the cashless debit card program voluntary and not mandatory
- Political intervention in research funding grants
- Prioritising religious freedom
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- 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
- A transition plan for coal workers
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- Banning mobiles and other devices in immigration detention
- 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
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- 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 penalties for breach of data
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing state and territory environmental approval powers
- Increasing support for the Australian film and TV industry
- Increasing support for the Australian shipping industry
- Increasing the cost of humanities degrees
- 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
- Parliament continuing to meet during the COVID-19 pandemic
- 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 tax concessions for high socio-economic status
- 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
- Treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency
- Unconventional gas mining
- Vehicle efficiency standards
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 1358 times. They have only voted the same 55 times.
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edited 22nd Sep 2024
Treasury Laws Amendment (Reserve Bank Reforms) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Differences of opinion with the Government on questions of policy
Mike Freelander voted No
Bert Van Manen voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 50% attendance
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edited 6th Oct 2024
Motions - Middle East - Adjourn debate
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Bert Van Manen voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 4th Jul 2024
Nature Positive (Environment Protection Australia) Bill 2024 and two others - Second Reading - Criticism of bills
Mike Freelander voted No
Bert Van Manen voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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Statements — Personal Explanation
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Bert Van Manen voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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Statements — Personal Explanation
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Bert Van Manen voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 11th Aug 2024
Illegal Logging Prohibition Amendment (Strengthening Measures to Prevent Illegal Timber Trade) Bill 2024 - Report from Federation Chamber - End native forest logging
Mike Freelander voted No
Bert Van Manen voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 5th Nov 2024
Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment Bill 2024 - Report from Federation Chamber - Improved grants reporting
Mike Freelander voted No
Bert Van Manen voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 60% attendance
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edited 24th Aug 2024
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Legislation Amendment (Safety and Other Measures) Bill 2024 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Bert Van Manen voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 45% attendance
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Bills — Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Legislation Amendment (Safety and Other Measures) Bill 2024; Consideration in Detail
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Bert Van Manen voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 45% attendance
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Bills — Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Legislation Amendment (Safety and Other Measures) Bill 2024; Consideration in Detail
Mike Freelander voted No
Bert Van Manen voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 46% attendance
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Bills — Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Legislation Amendment (Safety and Other Measures) Bill 2024; Consideration in Detail
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Bert Van Manen voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 49% attendance
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Bills — Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024; Third Reading
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Bert Van Manen voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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edited 7th Mar 2024
Motions - Middle East: Occupied Palestinian Territories - Let another vote take place
Mike Freelander voted No
Bert Van Manen voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
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edited 5th Apr 2024
Treasury Laws Amendment (Cost of Living Tax Cuts) Bill 2024 - Second Reading - Mr Bates' amendment
Mike Freelander voted No
Bert Van Manen 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
Mike Freelander voted No
Bert Van Manen voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 65% attendance
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edited 7th Jun 2024
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Increase speaking time for first Opposition speaker
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Bert Van Manen voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 28th Jan 2024
Identity Verification Services Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Decline second reading
Mike Freelander voted No
Bert Van Manen voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 46% attendance
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edited 26th Jan 2024
Motions - Israel - Condemns war crimes in Gaza
Mike Freelander voted No
Bert Van Manen voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 26th Jan 2024
Motions - Climate Change: Threat and Risk Assessment - Let a vote happen
Mike Freelander voted No
Bert Van Manen voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 1st Dec 2023
Motions - Whistleblower Protection - Let a vote happen
Mike Freelander voted No
Bert Van Manen voted No
Not passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 65% attendance
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edited 23rd Dec 2023
Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Amendment (Using New Technologies to Fight Climate Change) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Agree with the bill
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Bert Van Manen voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 53% 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
Bert Van Manen 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
Bert Van Manen 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
Bert Van Manen voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
8 rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 11th Aug 2023
Jobs and Skills Australia Amendment Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Independent selection process
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Bert Van Manen voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 61% 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
Bert Van Manen 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
Bert Van Manen voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 24th Mar 2023
Financial Accountability Regime Bill 2023 - Report from Federation Chamber - Penalities and indemnity
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Bert Van Manen voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 45% attendance
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edited 24th Mar 2023
Motions - Climate Change - Don't let a vote happen
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Bert Van Manen voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 45% attendance
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edited 17th Feb 2023
Housing Australia Future Fund Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Proportion of grants to regional, rural and remote Australia
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Bert Van Manen voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 42% attendance
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edited 17th Feb 2023
Housing Australia Future Fund Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Review process in 2025
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Bert Van Manen voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 56% attendance
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edited 28th Oct 2022
High Speed Rail Authority Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Publicly owned high speed rail
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Bert Van Manen voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 38% attendance
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edited 17th Sep 2022
Aged Care Amendment (Implementing Care Reform) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - Schedule of reasonable charges
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Bert Van Manen 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
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Bert Van Manen 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
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Bert Van Manen voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 5th Aug 2022
Climate Change Bill 2022, Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - On new fossil fuel projects
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Bert Van Manen voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 87% attendance
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edited 12th Aug 2022
Public Sector Superannuation Salary Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Bert Van Manen voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% 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
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Bert Van Manen voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Bert Van Manen 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
Bert Van Manen 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
Bert Van Manen 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
Bert Van Manen 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
Bert Van Manen 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
Bert Van Manen voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 46% attendance
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edited 22nd Jan 2021
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Withdrawal from Amalgamations) Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Keep second reading motion unchanged
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Bert Van Manen voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 37% 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
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Bert Van Manen voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 34% 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
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Bert Van Manen voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 42% attendance
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edited 11th Dec 2020
Motions - Mcbride, Mr David William - Don't let a vote happen
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Bert Van Manen voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 32% attendance
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edited 29th Nov 2019
Australian Research Council Amendment Bill 2019 - Consideration in Detail - Anouncement process
Mike Freelander voted No
Bert Van Manen voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
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edited 22nd Aug 2019
Committees - Crown Casino Committee - Appointment
Mike Freelander voted No
Bert Van Manen 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
Bert Van Manen 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
Bert Van Manen 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
Bert Van Manen 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
Bert Van Manen voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 85% attendance