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27th Oct 2024
Universities Accord (Student Support and Other Measures) Bill 2024 - Second Reading - Student debt
Meryl Swanson voted No
Michelle Landry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 40% attendance
Meryl Swanson and Michelle Landry have voted the same way 3% of the time
Meryl Swanson
Australian Labor Party Representative for Paterson since July 2016
Michelle Landry
National Party Representative for Capricornia since September 2013
Since July 2016 Meryl Swanson and Michelle Landry have voted in the same division 1117 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 1085 times. They have only voted the same 32 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
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Ending government investment in fossil fuels
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- Political intervention in research funding grants
- Prioritising religious freedom
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Transgender rights
- Unconventional gas mining
Always voted differently on
- A citizenship test
- A combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- 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)
- Banning pay secrecy clauses
- Build to Rent (BTR)
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Capping gas prices
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- Considering legislation to create a federal anti-corruption commission (procedural)
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Federal action on public housing
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- 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 housing affordability
- Increasing penalties for breach of data
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- 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 trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Live animal export
- 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
- Reducing tax concessions for high socio-economic status
- 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
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency
- Vehicle efficiency standards
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 1085 times. They have only voted the same 32 times.
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edited 6th Oct 2024
Motions - Middle East - Adjourn debate
Meryl Swanson voted Yes
Michelle Landry voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 4th Jul 2024
Motions - Environment - Let another vote take place
Meryl Swanson voted No
Michelle Landry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 60% attendance
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Statements — Personal Explanation
Meryl Swanson voted Yes
Michelle Landry voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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Statements — Personal Explanation
Meryl Swanson voted Yes
Michelle Landry voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 23rd Jul 2024
Motions - Climate Change - Suspend the rules to let another motion be moved
Meryl Swanson voted No
Michelle Landry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 73% attendance
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Bills — Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Legislation Amendment (Safety and Other Measures) Bill 2024; Consideration in Detail
Meryl Swanson voted Yes
Michelle Landry voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 49% attendance
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Bills — Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024; Third Reading
Meryl Swanson voted Yes
Michelle Landry voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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Bills — Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024; Consideration in Detail
Meryl Swanson voted Yes
Michelle Landry voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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edited 7th Mar 2024
Motions - Middle East: Occupied Palestinian Territories - Let another vote take place
Meryl Swanson voted No
Michelle Landry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
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edited 7th Jun 2024
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Increase speaking time for first Opposition speaker
Meryl Swanson voted Yes
Michelle Landry voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 4th Feb 2024
Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Bill 2023 - Report from Federation Chamber - Close loopholes
Meryl Swanson voted No
Michelle Landry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 23rd Dec 2023
Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Amendment (Using New Technologies to Fight Climate Change) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Agree with the bill
Meryl Swanson voted Yes
Michelle Landry voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 53% attendance
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edited 23rd Dec 2023
Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Amendment (Using New Technologies to Fight Climate Change) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Limits on permits to capture & store carbon
Meryl Swanson voted No
Michelle Landry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 44% attendance
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edited 23rd Dec 2023
Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Amendment (Using New Technologies to Fight Climate Change) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Carbon dioxide streams
Meryl Swanson voted No
Michelle Landry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 43% attendance
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edited 30th Nov 2023
Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Amendment (Using New Technologies to Fight Climate Change) Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Meryl Swanson voted Yes
Michelle Landry voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 46% attendance
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edited 11th Aug 2023
Infrastructure Australia Amendment (Independent Review) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Transparency
Meryl Swanson voted Yes
Michelle Landry voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 43% attendance
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edited 11th Aug 2023
Infrastructure Australia Amendment (Independent Review) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Migration & refugee settlement; cultural & linguistic diversity
Meryl Swanson voted Yes
Michelle Landry voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 39% attendance
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edited 11th Aug 2023
Infrastructure Australia Amendment (Independent Review) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Community and transparency
Meryl Swanson voted Yes
Michelle Landry voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 44% attendance
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edited 10th Feb 2023
Business - Rearrangement - Let a vote take place
Meryl Swanson voted Yes
Michelle Landry voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 83% attendance
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edited 25th Nov 2022
National Anti-Corruption Commission Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - Public hearings and mandatory considerations
Meryl Swanson voted Yes
Michelle Landry voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 60% attendance
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edited 17th Sep 2022
Aged Care Amendment (Implementing Care Reform) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - Schedule of reasonable charges
Meryl Swanson voted Yes
Michelle Landry voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Meryl Swanson voted Yes
Michelle Landry voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 68% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Impact on Tasmania
Meryl Swanson voted Yes
Michelle Landry voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 68% 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
Meryl Swanson voted Yes in this free vote
Michelle Landry voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 29th Nov 2019
Australian Research Council Amendment Bill 2019 - Consideration in Detail - Anouncement process
Meryl Swanson voted No
Michelle Landry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
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edited 18th Oct 2019
Motions - Casinos - Suspend the usual rules
Meryl Swanson voted No
Michelle Landry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% 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
Meryl Swanson voted Yes
Michelle Landry 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
Meryl Swanson voted No
Michelle Landry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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edited 21st Dec 2018
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Encouraging Self-Sufficiency for Newly Arrived Migrants) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Meryl Swanson voted Yes
Michelle Landry voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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Bills — Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016; Consideration in Detail
Meryl Swanson voted No
Michelle Landry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 47% attendance
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edited 23rd Sep 2016
Budget Savings (Omnibus) Bill 2016 - Consideration in Detail - Maintain Australian Renewable Energy Agency funding
Meryl Swanson voted No
Michelle Landry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 85% attendance