edited
5th Apr 2019
Criminal Code Amendment (Sharing of Abhorrent Violent Material) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Refer to Committee
Michael Danby voted No
Russell Broadbent voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
Michael Danby and Russell Broadbent have voted the same way 1% of the time
Michael Danby
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Melbourne Ports October 1998 – May 2019
Russell Broadbent
Independent Representative for Monash since November 2023
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and May 2019 Michael Danby and Russell Broadbent have voted in the same division 1675 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 1660 times. They have only voted the same 15 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
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Increasing availability of abortion drugs
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
Always voted differently on
- A carbon price
- A citizenship test
- 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
- A same-sex marriage plebiscite
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- An emissions reduction fund
- Carbon farming
- Charging postgraduate research students fees
- 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
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Greater control over items brought into immigration detention centres
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing funding for road infrastructure
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing marine conservation
- 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 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)
- Letting environmental groups challenge the legality of certain government decisions
- 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
- Senate electoral reform
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stem cell research
- Stopping people who arrive by boat from ever coming to Australia
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- 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 1660 times. They have only voted the same 15 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
Russell Broadbent voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2018
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Charities
Michael Danby voted No in this free vote
Russell Broadbent voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2018
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Facilities
Michael Danby voted No in this free vote
Russell Broadbent voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2018
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Charitable status
Michael Danby voted No in this free vote
Russell Broadbent 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
Michael Danby voted No in this free vote
Russell Broadbent voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 94% attendance
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edited 7th Nov 2014
Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Michael Danby voted Yes
Russell Broadbent voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Mental Health - Recommital of Vote - Greens amendment
Michael Danby voted Yes
Russell Broadbent voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 85% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Michael Danby voted Yes
Russell Broadbent voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Michael Danby voted Yes
Russell Broadbent voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment (Designated Unauthorised Arrivals) Bill 2006 — Third Reading — Read a third time
Michael Danby voted No
Russell Broadbent voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Passed by a small majority
3 rebellions 94% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment (Designated Unauthorised Arrivals) Bill 2006 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Michael Danby voted No
Russell Broadbent voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Passed by a small majority
3 rebellions 94% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment (Designated Unauthorised Arrivals) Bill 2006 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Michael Danby voted No
Russell Broadbent voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Passed by a small majority
3 rebellions 93% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Consideration in Detail - Amend the current process
Michael Danby voted No in this free vote
Russell Broadbent 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 - Bill unacceptable
Michael Danby voted No in this free vote
Russell Broadbent voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance