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18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Jason Falinski voted Yes
Brendan O'Connor voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 64% attendance
Jason Falinski and Brendan O'Connor have voted the same way 1% of the time
Jason Falinski
Former Liberal Party Representative for Mackellar July 2016 – May 2022
Brendan O'Connor
Australian Labor Party Representative for Gorton since October 2004
Between July 2016 and May 2022 Jason Falinski and Brendan O'Connor have voted in the same division 986 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 977 times. They have only voted the same 9 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 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 mobiles and other devices in immigration detention
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Considering legislation to create a federal anti-corruption commission (procedural)
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- 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 access to the JobKeeper Payment
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing penalties for breach of data
- 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 transparency of big business by making information public
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- 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
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 977 times. They have only voted the same 9 times.
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edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Jason Falinski voted Yes
Brendan O'Connor 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
Jason Falinski voted Yes
Brendan O'Connor voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 68% attendance
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edited 24th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve's Law) Bill 2021 - Consideration in Detail - No destruction of zygote or embryo
Jason Falinski voted Yes in this free vote
Brendan O'Connor voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 3rd Jun 2021
Motions - Department of Defence - Don't let a vote happen
Jason Falinski voted Yes
Brendan O'Connor voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 46% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2018
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Safeguard conscientious & religious beliefs
Jason Falinski voted No in this free vote
Brendan O'Connor voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 95% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2018
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Def of marriage + conscientious protections
Jason Falinski voted No in this free vote
Brendan O'Connor voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 94% attendance
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Bills — Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016; Consideration in Detail
Jason Falinski voted No
Brendan O'Connor voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 23rd Sep 2016
Budget Savings (Omnibus) Bill 2016 - Consideration in Detail - Maintain Australian Renewable Energy Agency funding
Jason Falinski voted No
Brendan O'Connor voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 85% attendance