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23rd Jul 2024
Motions - Climate Change - Suspend the rules to let another motion be moved
Mark Coulton voted No
Rob Mitchell voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 73% attendance
Mark Coulton and Rob Mitchell have voted the same way 1% of the time
Mark Coulton
Deputy Speaker Representative for Parkes since August 2016
Rob Mitchell
Australian Labor Party Representative for McEwen since August 2010
Since August 2010 Mark Coulton and Rob Mitchell have voted in the same division 2036 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 2009 times. They have only voted the same 27 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
- A character test for Australian visas
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Reproductive bodily autonomy
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- Transgender rights
Always voted differently on
- A carbon price
- 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
- A transition plan for coal workers
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- An emissions reduction fund
- Banning pay secrecy clauses
- Build to Rent (BTR)
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Capping gas prices
- Carbon farming
- Charging postgraduate research students fees
- 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
- Deregulating undergraduate university fees
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending illegal logging
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Greater control over items brought into immigration detention centres
- Increasing access to the JobKeeper Payment
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- Increasing funding for road infrastructure
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
- 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 rural and regional Australia
- 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 Medicare Levy to pay for the National Disability Insurance Scheme
- Increasing the price of subsidised medicine
- 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)
- Letting environmental groups challenge the legality of certain government decisions
- Live animal export
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Market-led approaches to protecting biodiversity
- Net zero emissions by 2050
- Prioritising religious freedom
- 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 tax concessions for high socio-economic status
- Reducing the corporate tax rate
- 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 Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- 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
- Vehicle efficiency standards
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 2009 times. They have only voted the same 27 times.
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Bills — Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024; Third Reading
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Rob Mitchell voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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edited 20th Apr 2024
Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Accountability and Fairness) Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Separate the two purposes of the bill
Mark Coulton voted No
Rob Mitchell voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 47% attendance
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edited 7th Jun 2024
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Increase speaking time for first Opposition speaker
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Rob Mitchell voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 1st Dec 2023
Motions - Whistleblower Protection - Let a vote happen
Mark Coulton voted No
Rob Mitchell voted No
Not passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 65% attendance
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edited 17th Feb 2023
Migration Amendment (Aggregate Sentences) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Agree with the bill
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Rob Mitchell voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 44% attendance
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edited 17th Feb 2023
Migration Amendment (Aggregate Sentences) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Exception
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Rob Mitchell voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 44% attendance
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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
Rob Mitchell 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
Rob Mitchell voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 83% attendance
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edited 11th Nov 2022
Anti-Discrimination and Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Respect at Work) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - Objects of bill
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Rob Mitchell voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 51% 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
Rob Mitchell voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 11th Nov 2022
Anti-Discrimination and Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Respect at Work) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - Extending protection
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Rob Mitchell voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 56% attendance
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edited 30th Sep 2022
Motions - Taxation - Don't let a vote happen
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Rob Mitchell 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
Rob Mitchell 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
Rob Mitchell 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
Rob Mitchell 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
Rob Mitchell 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
Rob Mitchell voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 85% 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
Rob Mitchell voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 22nd Jan 2021
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Withdrawal from Amalgamations) Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Keep second reading motion unchanged
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Rob Mitchell voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 37% attendance
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edited 18th Oct 2019
Motions - Casinos - Suspend the usual rules
Mark Coulton voted No
Rob Mitchell voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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edited 22nd Aug 2019
Committees - Crown Casino Committee - Appointment
Mark Coulton voted No
Rob Mitchell voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 23rd Sep 2016
Budget Savings (Omnibus) Bill 2016 - Consideration in Detail - Maintain Australian Renewable Energy Agency funding
Mark Coulton voted No
Rob Mitchell voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Private Members' Business - University Funding - Reverse decision to cut univeristy funding
Mark Coulton voted No
Rob Mitchell voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 27% attendance
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Motions — Murray-Darling Basin Plan; Disallowance
Mark Coulton voted No, rebelling against the National Party
Rob Mitchell voted No
Not passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 67% 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
Rob Mitchell 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
Rob Mitchell voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 85% attendance