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Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 - Third Reading - Read a third time
John Forrest voted No
Brendan Nelson voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 83% attendance
John Forrest and Brendan Nelson have voted the same way 98% of the time
John Forrest
Former National Party Representative for Mallee March 1993 – August 2013
Brendan Nelson
Former Liberal Party Representative for Bradfield March 1996 – October 2009
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and October 2009 John Forrest and Brendan Nelson have voted in the same division 400 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 392 times. They have only voted differently 8 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
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Privatising government-owned assets
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 392 times. They have only voted differently 8 times.
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Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 - Second Reading - Read a second time
John Forrest voted No
Brendan Nelson voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% 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 - Consideration in Detail - Offence of using precursor cells
John Forrest voted Yes in this free vote
Brendan Nelson voted No 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
John Forrest voted Yes in this free vote
Brendan Nelson voted No 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
John Forrest voted No in this free vote
Brendan Nelson voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 96% attendance
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Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Consideration in Detail - Amend the current process
John Forrest voted Yes in this free vote
Brendan Nelson voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Second Reading - Read a second time
John Forrest voted No in this free vote
Brendan Nelson voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Second Reading - Bill unacceptable
John Forrest voted Yes in this free vote
Brendan Nelson voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance