edited
18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Meryl Swanson voted Yes
Ben Morton voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 68% attendance
Meryl Swanson and Ben Morton have voted the same way 1% of the time
Meryl Swanson
Australian Labor Party Representative for Paterson since July 2016
Ben Morton
Former Liberal Party Representative for Tangney July 2016 – May 2022
Between July 2016 and May 2022 Meryl Swanson and Ben Morton have voted in the same division 872 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 864 times. They have only voted the same 8 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)
- 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
- 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 penalties for breach of data
- 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
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Privatising certain government services
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial
- 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
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 864 times. They have only voted the same 8 times.
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edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Impact on Tasmania
Meryl Swanson voted Yes
Ben Morton voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 68% attendance
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edited 29th Nov 2019
Australian Research Council Amendment Bill 2019 - Consideration in Detail - Anouncement process
Meryl Swanson voted No
Ben Morton 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
Ben Morton 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
Ben Morton 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
Ben Morton 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
Ben Morton 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
Ben Morton voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 85% attendance