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5th Apr 2019
Criminal Code Amendment (Sharing of Abhorrent Violent Material) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Refer to Committee
Michael Danby voted No
Ross Vasta voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
Michael Danby and Ross Vasta have voted the same way 1% of the time
Michael Danby
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Melbourne Ports October 1998 – May 2019
Ross Vasta
Liberal Party Representative for Bonner since August 2010
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and May 2019 Michael Danby and Ross Vasta have voted in the same division 1369 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 1361 times. They have only voted the same 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 the same way on
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Always voted differently on
- A carbon price
- A combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- A minerals resource rent tax
- A plebiscite on the carbon pricing mechanism
- A Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- Carbon farming
- Charging postgraduate research students fees
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- Compensating victims of overseas terrorism since the September 11 attack
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Deregulating undergraduate university fees
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Ending illegal logging
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Greater control over items brought into immigration detention centres
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing availability of abortion drugs
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing support for the Australian shipping industry
- Increasing the age pension
- 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 the price of subsidised medicine
- 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)
- Privatising government-owned assets
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial
- Reducing the corporate tax rate
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- 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 1361 times. They have only voted the same 8 times.
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edited 21st Dec 2018
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Encouraging Self-Sufficiency for Newly Arrived Migrants) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Michael Danby voted Yes
Ross Vasta voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 7th Nov 2014
Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Michael Danby voted Yes
Ross Vasta voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment (Unauthorised Maritime Arrivals and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Michael Danby voted Yes
Ross Vasta voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 67% attendance
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Bills — Defence Trade Controls Bill 2011; Consideration of Senate Message
Michael Danby voted Yes
Ross Vasta voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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Bills — Defence Trade Controls Bill 2011; Consideration of Senate Message
Michael Danby voted Yes
Ross Vasta voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Mental Health - Recommital of Vote - Greens amendment
Michael Danby voted Yes
Ross Vasta voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 85% 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
Michael Danby voted No in this free vote
Ross Vasta voted No in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 96% attendance