Bills — Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2024; Second Reading
Josh Burns voted No
Michael McCormack voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 43% attendance
Josh Burns and Michael McCormack have voted the same way 6% of the time
Josh Burns
Australian Labor Party Representative for Macnamara since May 2019
Michael McCormack
National Party Representative for Riverina since August 2010
Since May 2019 Josh Burns and Michael McCormack have voted in the same division 891 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 835 times. They have only voted the same 56 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
- A character test for Australian visas
- Climate change mitigation strategies (e.g., carbon capture and storage)
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- Making the cashless debit card program voluntary and not mandatory
- Prioritising religious freedom
- Protecting Australian sovereignty in trade agreements
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Reproductive bodily autonomy
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Transgender rights
Always voted differently on
- A combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- A referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice
- A transition plan for coal workers
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- Banning pay secrecy clauses
- Build to Rent (BTR)
- 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
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Federal action on public housing
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing support for rural and regional Australia
- Increasing support for the Australian film and TV industry
- Increasing support for the Australian shipping industry
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Increasing workplace protections
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Live animal export
- Market-led approaches to protecting biodiversity
- Net zero emissions by 2050
- 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
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- The territories being able to legalise euthanasia
- 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 835 times. They have only voted the same 56 times.
-
-
edited 17 days ago
Universities Accord (Student Support and Other Measures) Bill 2024 - Consideration in Detail - Maximum student contribution amounts for places and HELP indexation
Josh Burns voted No
Michael McCormack voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 53% attendance
-
edited 6th Oct 2024
Motions - Middle East - Adjourn debate
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
-
Statements — Personal Explanation
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
-
Statements — Personal Explanation
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
-
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
Josh Burns voted No
Michael McCormack voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
edited 3rd Jul 2024
Motions - Middle East - Let another vote take place
Josh Burns voted No
Michael McCormack voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 56% attendance
-
Bills — Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024; Third Reading
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
-
Bills — Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024; Consideration in Detail
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
-
edited 7th Mar 2024
Motions - Middle East: Occupied Palestinian Territories - Let another vote take place
Josh Burns voted No
Michael McCormack voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
-
edited 29th Feb 2024
Motions - Middle East - Let another vote take place
Josh Burns voted No
Michael McCormack voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 65% attendance
-
edited 20th Apr 2024
Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023 - Consideration of Senate Message - Workplace delegates
Josh Burns voted No
Michael McCormack voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
-
edited 7th Jun 2024
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Increase speaking time for first Opposition speaker
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
edited 4th Feb 2024
Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Bill 2023 - Report from Federation Chamber - Close loopholes
Josh Burns voted No
Michael McCormack voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
-
edited 26th Jan 2024
Motions - Israel - Condemns war crimes in Gaza
Josh Burns voted No
Michael McCormack voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
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
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 53% attendance
-
edited 23rd Dec 2023
Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Amendment (Using New Technologies to Fight Climate Change) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Not for new fossil fuel projects
Josh Burns voted No
Michael McCormack voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 44% attendance
-
edited 23rd Dec 2023
Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Amendment (Using New Technologies to Fight Climate Change) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Increasing transparency
Josh Burns voted No
Michael McCormack voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 46% attendance
-
edited 30th Nov 2023
Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Amendment (Using New Technologies to Fight Climate Change) Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 46% attendance
-
edited 11th Aug 2023
Infrastructure Australia Amendment (Independent Review) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Appointments
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 49% attendance
-
edited 11th Aug 2023
Infrastructure Australia Amendment (Independent Review) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Community and transparency
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 44% attendance
-
edited 11th Aug 2023
Infrastructure Australia Amendment (Independent Review) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Cost-benefit test
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 52% attendance
-
edited 21st Apr 2023
Motions - Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Stop Pep11 and Protect Our Coast) Bill 2023 - Consider bill now
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 41% attendance
-
edited 1st Sep 2023
Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management Reform) Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
-
edited 7th Apr 2023
Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management Reform) Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Against compulsory income management
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
-
edited 10th Mar 2023
Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - Misleading and deceptive advertising
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 52% attendance
-
edited 17th Feb 2023
Housing Australia Future Fund Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Review process in 2025
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes, rebelling against the National Party
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 56% attendance
-
edited 17th Feb 2023
Housing Australia Future Fund Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Housing crisis
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
-
edited 17th Feb 2023
Migration Amendment (Aggregate Sentences) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Agree with the bill
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 44% attendance
-
edited 17th Feb 2023
Migration Amendment (Aggregate Sentences) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Exception
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 44% attendance
-
edited 10th Feb 2023
Regulations and Determinations - Instrument of Designation of the Republic of Nauru as a Regional Processing Country
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
-
edited 10th Feb 2023
Business - Rearrangement - Let a vote take place
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 83% attendance
-
edited 25th Nov 2022
National Anti-Corruption Commission Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - Appointment decisions and politicisation
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 41% attendance
-
edited 25th Nov 2022
National Anti-Corruption Commission Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - Majority
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 46% attendance
-
edited 25th Nov 2022
National Anti-Corruption Commission Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - Exceptional circumstances definition
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 46% attendance
-
edited 25th Nov 2022
National Anti-Corruption Commission Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - Public hearings and mandatory considerations
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 60% attendance
-
edited 11th Nov 2022
Anti-Discrimination and Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Respect at Work) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - Objects of bill
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 51% attendance
-
edited 11th Nov 2022
Anti-Discrimination and Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Respect at Work) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - Equal-access approach
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
-
edited 11th Nov 2022
Anti-Discrimination and Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Respect at Work) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - Extending protection
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 56% attendance
-
edited 3rd Nov 2022
Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Cheaper Child Care) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Free universal early childhood education and care
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
-
edited 30th Sep 2022
Treasury Laws Amendment (2022 Measures No. 2) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Inequality
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 49% attendance
-
edited 17th Sep 2022
Aged Care Amendment (Implementing Care Reform) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - Schedule of reasonable charges
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
-
edited 12th Aug 2022
Climate Change Bill 2022, Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - More ambitious targets
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
-
edited 12th Aug 2022
Climate Change Bill 2022, Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - More ambitious targets needed
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
-
edited 5th Aug 2022
Climate Change Bill 2022, Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - On new fossil fuel projects
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 87% attendance
-
edited 12th Aug 2022
Public Sector Superannuation Salary Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Consideration in Detail - Statements of belief
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
-
edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 68% attendance
-
edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Impact on Tasmania
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 68% attendance
-
edited 24th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve's Law) Bill 2021 - Consideration in Detail - No destruction of zygote or embryo
Josh Burns voted Yes in this free vote
Michael McCormack voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
edited 9th Jul 2021
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Standards and Assurance) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Do not reject bill
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
-
edited 22nd Jan 2021
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Withdrawal from Amalgamations) Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Keep second reading motion unchanged
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 37% attendance
-
edited 31st Jul 2020
Customs Amendment (Growing Australian Export Opportunities Across the Asia-Pacific) Bill 2019 - Consideration in Detail - ISDS clauses
Josh Burns voted No
Michael McCormack voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
-
edited 18th Oct 2019
Motions - Casinos - Suspend the usual rules
Josh Burns voted No
Michael McCormack voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
-
edited 22nd Aug 2019
Committees - Crown Casino Committee - Appointment
Josh Burns voted No
Michael McCormack voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
-
edited 1st Aug 2019
Counter-Terrorism (Temporary Exclusion Orders) Bill 2019 and another - Second Reading - Agree with the bills' main idea
Josh Burns voted Yes
Michael McCormack voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance