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Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Bill Shorten voted Yes
Bruce Scott voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 89% attendance
Bill Shorten and Bruce Scott have voted the same way 0.3% of the time
Bill Shorten
Australian Labor Party Representative for Maribyrnong since November 2007
Bruce Scott
Former Deputy Speaker Representative for Maranoa October 2012 – May 2016
Between November 2007 and May 2016 Bill Shorten and Bruce Scott have voted in the same division 865 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 862 times. They have only voted the same 3 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 carbon price
- A minerals resource rent tax
- A plebiscite on the carbon pricing mechanism
- An emissions reduction fund
- Carbon farming
- Compensating victims of overseas terrorism since the September 11 attack
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Ending illegal logging
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- 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 trade unions' powers in the workplace
- 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
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Unconventional gas mining
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 862 times. They have only voted the same 3 times.
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Migration Amendment (Unauthorised Maritime Arrivals and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Bill Shorten voted Yes
Bruce Scott voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 67% attendance
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Mental Health - Recommital of Vote - Greens amendment
Bill Shorten voted Yes
Bruce Scott voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 85% attendance