Business — Consideration of Legislation
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Bill Shorten voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
Mark Coulton and Bill Shorten have voted the same way 1% of the time
Mark Coulton
Deputy Speaker Representative for Parkes since August 2016
Bill Shorten
Australian Labor Party Representative for Maribyrnong since November 2007
Since November 2007 Mark Coulton and Bill Shorten have voted in the same division 2070 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 2053 times. They have only voted the same 17 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 carbon price
- A character test for Australian visas
- 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 referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice
- 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
- Banning pay secrecy clauses
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Capping gas prices
- Carbon farming
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- 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
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending illegal logging
- Federal action on public housing
- 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 access to the JobKeeper Payment
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing penalties for breach of data
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing support for rural and regional Australia
- Increasing support for the Australian film and TV industry
- Increasing support for the Australian shipping industry
- Increasing the cost of humanities degrees
- 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 trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Increasing workplace protections
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Market-led approaches to protecting biodiversity
- Net zero emissions by 2050
- 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
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Reducing the corporate tax rate
- 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
- 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
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- The territories being able to legalise euthanasia
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Tobacco plain packaging
- 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 2053 times. They have only voted the same 17 times.
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edited 10th Feb 2023
Regulations and Determinations - Instrument of Designation of the Republic of Nauru as a Regional Processing Country
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Bill Shorten voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 10th Feb 2023
Business - Rearrangement - Let a vote take place
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Bill Shorten voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 83% attendance
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edited 16th Dec 2022
Treasury Laws Amendment (Energy Price Relief Plan) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - No price freeze
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Bill Shorten voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
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edited 11th Nov 2022
Anti-Discrimination and Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Respect at Work) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - Equal-access approach
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Bill Shorten voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 30th Sep 2022
Motions - Taxation - Don't let a vote happen
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Bill Shorten voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 44% attendance
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edited 17th Sep 2022
Aged Care Amendment (Implementing Care Reform) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - Schedule of reasonable charges
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Bill Shorten voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 12th Aug 2022
Climate Change Bill 2022, Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - More ambitious targets
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Bill Shorten voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 12th Aug 2022
Climate Change Bill 2022, Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - More ambitious targets needed
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Bill Shorten voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 12th Aug 2022
Public Sector Superannuation Salary Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Bill Shorten voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 5th Aug 2022
Australian Human Rights Commission Legislation Amendment (Selection and Appointment) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Human Rights Commissioner for LGBTIQA+ people
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Bill Shorten voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Bill Shorten voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 64% 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
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Bill Shorten voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Private Members' Business - University Funding - Reverse decision to cut univeristy funding
Mark Coulton voted No
Bill Shorten voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 27% attendance
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edited 7th Nov 2014
Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Bill Shorten voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment (Unauthorised Maritime Arrivals and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Bill Shorten voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Mental Health - Recommital of Vote - Greens amendment
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Bill Shorten voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 85% attendance