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18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Consideration in Detail - Statements of belief
Damian Drum voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
Damian Drum and Matt Thistlethwaite have voted the same way 1% of the time
Damian Drum
Former National Party Representative for Nicholls May 2019 – May 2022
Matt Thistlethwaite
Australian Labor Party Representative for Kingsford Smith since September 2013
Between July 2016 and May 2022 Damian Drum and Matt Thistlethwaite have voted in the same division 1045 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 1033 times. They have only voted the same 12 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 character test for Australian visas
- A citizenship test
- A combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- A Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability
- A same-sex marriage plebiscite
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Considering legislation to create a federal anti-corruption commission (procedural)
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Greater control over items brought into immigration detention centres
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing penalties for breach of data
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing support for the Australian film and TV industry
- Increasing support for the Australian shipping industry
- 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 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
- Parliament continuing to meet during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Privatising certain government services
- 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
- Reducing the corporate tax rate
- Reproductive bodily autonomy
- Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stopping people who arrive by boat from ever coming to Australia
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 1033 times. They have only voted the same 12 times.
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edited 25th Feb 2022
Electoral Legislation Amendment (Political Campaigners) Bill 2021 - Consideration of Senate Message - Consider amendments immediately
Damian Drum voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 40% attendance
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edited 24th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve's Law) Bill 2021 - Consideration in Detail - No destruction of zygote or embryo
Damian Drum voted Yes in this free vote
Matt Thistlethwaite voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 22nd Aug 2019
Committees - Crown Casino Committee - Appointment
Damian Drum voted No
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 1st Aug 2019
Counter-Terrorism (Temporary Exclusion Orders) Bill 2019 and another - Second Reading - Agree with the bills' main idea
Damian Drum voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 5th Apr 2019
Criminal Code Amendment (Sharing of Abhorrent Violent Material) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Refer to Committee
Damian Drum voted No
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2018
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Charities
Damian Drum voted No in this free vote
Matt Thistlethwaite 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
Damian Drum voted No in this free vote
Matt Thistlethwaite 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
Damian Drum voted No in this free vote
Matt Thistlethwaite 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 - Defence appointed celebrants
Damian Drum voted No in this free vote
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 98% attendance
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Bills — Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016; Consideration in Detail
Damian Drum voted No
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 23rd Sep 2016
Budget Savings (Omnibus) Bill 2016 - Consideration in Detail - Maintain Australian Renewable Energy Agency funding
Damian Drum voted No
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 85% attendance