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10th Feb 2023
Business - Rearrangement - Let a vote take place
Meryl Swanson voted Yes
Stuart Robert voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 83% attendance
Meryl Swanson and Stuart Robert have voted the same way 1% of the time
Meryl Swanson
Australian Labor Party Representative for Paterson since July 2016
Stuart Robert
Former Liberal Party Representative for Fadden November 2007 – May 2023
Between July 2016 and May 2023 Meryl Swanson and Stuart Robert have voted in the same division 1130 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 1119 times. They have only voted the same 11 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 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)
- Banning mobiles and other devices in immigration detention
- Banning pay secrecy clauses
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- 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
- 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 political transparency
- 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
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- 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
- Reducing the corporate tax rate
- 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
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- 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
- Treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency
- Unconventional gas mining
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 1119 times. They have only voted the same 11 times.
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edited 12th Aug 2022
Climate Change Bill 2022, Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - More ambitious targets
Meryl Swanson voted Yes
Stuart Robert 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
Meryl Swanson voted Yes
Stuart Robert voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% 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
Meryl Swanson voted Yes
Stuart Robert 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
Meryl Swanson voted Yes in this free vote
Stuart Robert 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
Stuart Robert voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 55% 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
Stuart Robert 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
Stuart Robert 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
Stuart Robert 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
Stuart Robert 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
Meryl Swanson voted No
Stuart Robert voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 85% attendance