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7th Oct 2014
Marriage Amendment Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Stephen Smith voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
Stephen Smith
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Perth March 1993 – August 2013
Never rebelled explain rebellions 81% attendance explain attendance
How do they vote?
Voted very strongly for
- A minerals resource rent tax
- Ending illegal logging
- Increasing access under Freedom of Information law
- Increasing availability of abortion drugs
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Recognising local government in the Constitution
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Stem cell research
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Tobacco plain packaging
Voted moderately for
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Same-sex marriage equality
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
Voted a mixture of for and against
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
Voted strongly against
What does this mean?Voted very strongly against
- Compensating victims of overseas terrorism since the September 11 attack
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Expanding Medicare-funded dental care
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing parliamentary entitlements for current MPs and Senators
- Live animal export
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Privatising government assets
- Temporary protection visas
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
Has never voted on
- A plebiscite on the carbon pricing mechanism
- An NBN (using fibre to the premises)
- Carbon farming
- Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing the age pension
- Unconventional gas mining
Please note that our voting records start in 2006.
Rebel votes
Stephen Smith has never voted against the majority of their party since February 2006. explain rebellions
Free votes
Stephen Smith has taken part in 7 free votes since February 2006. explain “Free Votes”
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Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - Consideration in Detail - Offence of using precursor cells
Stephen Smith voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 — Consideration in Detail — Offence of using precursor cells
Stephen Smith voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Stephen Smith voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 96% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Consideration in Detail - Amend the current process
Stephen Smith voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Stephen Smith voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Second Reading - Bill unacceptable
Stephen Smith voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
Recent Votes
Recent votes in parliament that this Representative could have attended.
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edited 28th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment (Temporary Sponsored Visas) Bill 2013 - Pass the bill
Stephen Smith voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
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Migration Amendment (Temporary Sponsored Visas) Bill 2013 - Consideration in Detail - Agree to the bill
Stephen Smith voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
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Migration Amendment (Temporary Sponsored Visas) Bill 2013 - Consideration in Detail - Put the question
Stephen Smith voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
Possible Friends
Shows which Representatives voted most similarly to this one in the Parliament. This is measured from 0% agreement (never voted the same) to 100% (always voted the same). Only votes that both Representatives attended are counted. This may reveal relationships between Representatives that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.
| Agreement | Name | Electorate | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 98% | Kim Wilkie | Swan | Australian Labor Party |
| 98% | Laura Smyth | La Trobe | Australian Labor Party |
| 98% | Jill Hall | Shortland | Australian Labor Party |
| 98% | Sharon Bird | Cunningham | Australian Labor Party |
| 98% | Geoff Lyons | Bass | Australian Labor Party |