Motions — Murray-Darling Basin Plan; Disallowance
Sharman Stone voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Malcolm Turnbull voted No
Not passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 67% attendance
Sharman Stone and Malcolm Turnbull have voted the same way 99.7% of the time
Sharman Stone
Former Liberal Party Representative for Murray March 1996 – May 2016
Malcolm Turnbull
Former Liberal Party Representative for Wentworth October 2004 – August 2018
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and May 2016 Sharman Stone and Malcolm Turnbull have voted in the same division 1220 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 1216 times. They have only voted differently 4 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.
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Always voted the same way on
- A carbon price
- A minerals resource rent tax
- A plebiscite on the carbon pricing mechanism
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- An emissions reduction fund
- Carbon farming
- Charging postgraduate research students fees
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Deregulating undergraduate university fees
- Ending illegal logging
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- 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 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 the age pension
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- 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
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Recognising local government in the Constitution
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- 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 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 Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 1216 times. They have only voted differently 4 times.
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Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2010 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Sharman Stone voted No
Malcolm Turnbull voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 91% 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
Sharman Stone voted No in this free vote
Malcolm Turnbull voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
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Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Second Reading - Bill unacceptable
Sharman Stone voted No in this free vote
Malcolm Turnbull voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance