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18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Russell Broadbent voted Yes
Brendan O'Connor voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 64% attendance
Russell Broadbent and Brendan O'Connor have voted the same way 1% of the time
Russell Broadbent
Liberal Party Representative for Monash since May 2019
Brendan O'Connor
Australian Labor Party Representative for Gorton since October 2004
Since February 2006 (when our voting records begin) Russell Broadbent and Brendan O'Connor have voted in the same division 2204 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 2186 times. They have only voted the same 18 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
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Increasing availability of abortion drugs
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- Prioritising religious freedom
- Protecting Australian sovereignty in trade agreements
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Transgender rights
Always voted differently on
- A carbon price
- A combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- A fast transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy
- 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
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Carbon farming
- Charging postgraduate research students fees
- Compensating victims of overseas terrorism since the September 11 attack
- Considering legislation to create a federal anti-corruption commission (procedural)
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Deregulating undergraduate university fees
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Expanding Medicare-funded dental care
- 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 competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- Increasing funding for road infrastructure
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing funding for vocational education
- Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing penalties for breach of data
- 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 film and TV industry
- 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
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Privatising certain government services
- Privatising government assets
- 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
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Reducing the corporate tax rate
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Reproductive bodily autonomy
- 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)
- Stopping people who arrive by boat from ever coming to Australia
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- 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
- Treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency
- 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 2186 times. They have only voted the same 18 times.
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edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Russell Broadbent voted Yes
Brendan O'Connor voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 68% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Impact on Tasmania
Russell Broadbent voted Yes
Brendan O'Connor voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 68% attendance
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edited 3rd Jun 2021
Motions - Department of Defence - Don't let a vote happen
Russell Broadbent voted Yes
Brendan O'Connor voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 46% attendance
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edited 31st Jul 2020
Customs Amendment (Growing Australian Export Opportunities Across the Asia-Pacific) Bill 2019 - Consideration in Detail - ISDS clauses
Russell Broadbent voted No
Brendan O'Connor voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% 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
Russell Broadbent voted No in this free vote
Brendan O'Connor voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 94% attendance
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Bills — Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016; Consideration in Detail
Russell Broadbent voted No
Brendan O'Connor voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 7th Nov 2014
Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Russell Broadbent voted Yes
Brendan O'Connor voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 89% attendance
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Motions — Murray-Darling Basin Plan; Disallowance
Russell Broadbent voted No
Brendan O'Connor voted No
Not passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Mental Health - Recommital of Vote - Greens amendment
Russell Broadbent voted Yes
Brendan O'Connor 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 - Consideration in Detail - Offence of using precursor cells
Russell Broadbent voted No in this free vote
Brendan O'Connor 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 — Consideration in Detail — Offence of using precursor cells
Russell Broadbent voted No in this free vote
Brendan O'Connor 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
Russell Broadbent voted Yes in this free vote
Brendan O'Connor voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 96% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment (Designated Unauthorised Arrivals) Bill 2006 — Third Reading — Read a third time
Russell Broadbent voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Brendan O'Connor voted No
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
Russell Broadbent voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Brendan O'Connor voted No
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
Russell Broadbent voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Brendan O'Connor voted No
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
Russell Broadbent voted No in this free vote
Brendan O'Connor 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
Russell Broadbent voted No in this free vote
Brendan O'Connor voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance