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Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Bronwyn Bishop voted Yes
John Forrest voted No
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 83% attendance
Bronwyn Bishop and John Forrest have voted the same way 99% of the time
Bronwyn Bishop
Former Liberal Party Representative for Mackellar August 2015 – May 2016
John Forrest
Former National Party Representative for Mallee March 1993 – August 2013
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and August 2013 Bronwyn Bishop and John Forrest have voted in the same division 951 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 946 times. They have only voted differently 5 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 differently on
Always voted the same way on
- A carbon price
- A minerals resource rent tax
- A plebiscite on the carbon pricing mechanism
- Carbon farming
- Compensating victims of overseas terrorism since the September 11 attack
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Ending illegal logging
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing availability of abortion drugs
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Privatising government-owned assets
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Recognising local government in the Constitution
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 946 times. They have only voted differently 5 times.
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Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Bronwyn Bishop voted Yes
John Forrest voted No
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - Consideration in Detail - Offence of using precursor cells
Bronwyn Bishop voted No in this free vote
John Forrest voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 — Consideration in Detail — Offence of using precursor cells
Bronwyn Bishop voted No in this free vote
John Forrest voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Bronwyn Bishop voted Yes in this free vote
John Forrest voted No in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 96% attendance