edited
29th Feb 2024
Motions - Middle East - Let another vote take place
Mike Freelander voted No
Barnaby Joyce voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
Mike Freelander and Barnaby Joyce have voted the same way 2% of the time
Mike Freelander
Australian Labor Party Representative for Macarthur since July 2016
Barnaby Joyce
National Party Representative for New England since December 2017
Since July 2016 Mike Freelander and Barnaby Joyce have voted in the same division 1151 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 1131 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 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)
- Banning mobiles and other devices in immigration detention
- Banning pay secrecy clauses
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Capping gas prices
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- Considering legislation to create a federal anti-corruption commission (procedural)
- 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
- 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 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 for women
- 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 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
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 1131 times. They have only voted the same 20 times.
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Bills — Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023; Consideration of Senate Message
Mike Freelander voted No
Barnaby Joyce voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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Business — Consideration of Legislation
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Barnaby Joyce 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
Barnaby Joyce voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 10th Feb 2023
Business - Rearrangement - Let a vote take place
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Barnaby Joyce voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 83% 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
Barnaby Joyce voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 87% 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
Barnaby Joyce 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
Barnaby Joyce 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
Barnaby Joyce 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
Barnaby Joyce 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 - Receipt of donations
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Barnaby Joyce 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
Barnaby Joyce 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
Barnaby Joyce 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
Barnaby Joyce 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
Barnaby Joyce 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
Barnaby Joyce 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
Barnaby Joyce 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
Barnaby Joyce voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 87% 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
Barnaby Joyce 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
Mike Freelander voted No
Barnaby Joyce voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 85% attendance