edited
7th Oct 2014
Marriage Amendment Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Janelle Saffin voted Yes in this free vote
Deborah O'Neill voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
Janelle Saffin and Deborah O'Neill have voted the same way 99.8% of the time
Janelle Saffin
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Page November 2007 – September 2013
Deborah O'Neill
Australian Labor Party Senator for NSW since November 2013
Between August 2010 and September 2013 Janelle Saffin and Deborah O'Neill have voted in the same division 487 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 486 times. They have only voted differently once.
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
- Carbon farming
- Compensating victims of overseas terrorism since the September 11 attack
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Ending illegal logging
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- 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
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- 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 486 times. They have only voted differently once.