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7th Mar 2024
Motions - Middle East: Occupied Palestinian Territories - Let another vote take place
Meryl Swanson voted No
Dan Tehan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
Meryl Swanson and Dan Tehan have voted the same way 2% of the time
Meryl Swanson
Australian Labor Party Representative for Paterson since July 2016
Dan Tehan
Liberal Party Representative for Wannon since August 2010
Since July 2016 Meryl Swanson and Dan Tehan have voted in the same division 1167 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 1145 times. They have only voted the same 22 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)
- 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 political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- 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
- 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
- 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 1145 times. They have only voted the same 22 times.
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Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023 - Consideration of Senate Message - Workplace delegates
Meryl Swanson voted No
Dan Tehan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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Bills — Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee Bill 2023; Consideration in Detail
Meryl Swanson voted No
Dan Tehan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 52% attendance
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Business — Consideration of Legislation
Meryl Swanson voted Yes
Dan Tehan 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
Dan Tehan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 4th Aug 2023
Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Meryl Swanson voted Yes
Dan Tehan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
8 rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 18th Aug 2023
Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Agree with the bill
Meryl Swanson voted Yes
Dan Tehan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
8 rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 4th Aug 2023
Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Meryl Swanson voted Yes
Dan Tehan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
8 rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 11th Aug 2023
Jobs and Skills Australia Amendment Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Independent selection process
Meryl Swanson voted Yes
Dan Tehan 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
Meryl Swanson voted Yes
Dan Tehan 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
Dan Tehan voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 60% attendance
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edited 30th Sep 2022
Motions - Taxation - Don't let a vote happen
Meryl Swanson voted Yes
Dan Tehan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 44% 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
Meryl Swanson voted Yes
Dan Tehan 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
Dan Tehan 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
Dan Tehan voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 85% 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
Meryl Swanson voted Yes
Dan Tehan 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
Meryl Swanson voted No
Dan Tehan 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
Dan Tehan 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
Dan Tehan 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
Dan Tehan 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
Dan Tehan 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
Dan Tehan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 85% attendance