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Free Tafe Bill 2024 - Second Reading - Student debt and repayment threshold
Luke Howarth voted No
Mike Freelander voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 42% attendance
Luke Howarth and Mike Freelander have voted the same way 2% of the time
Luke Howarth
Liberal Party Representative for Petrie since September 2013
Mike Freelander
Australian Labor Party Representative for Macarthur since July 2016
Since July 2016 Luke Howarth and Mike Freelander have voted in the same division 1130 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 1102 times. They have only voted the same 28 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 character test for Australian visas
- 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
- A transition plan for coal workers
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- 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)
- Criminalising wage theft
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- 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
- Having a referendum on whether to create an Indigenous Voice to Parliament
- 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 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
- Increasing workplace protections
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Live animal export
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Making TAFE education fee-free
- Market-led approaches to protecting biodiversity
- Net zero emissions by 2050
- Parliament continuing to meet during the COVID-19 pandemic
- 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 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
- The territories being able to legalise euthanasia
- 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 1102 times. They have only voted the same 28 times.
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edited 22nd Sep 2024
Treasury Laws Amendment (Reserve Bank Reforms) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Differences of opinion with the Government on questions of policy
Luke Howarth voted No
Mike Freelander voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 50% attendance
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edited 29th Sep 2024
Parliamentary Workplace Support Service Amendment (Independent Parliamentary Standards Commission) Bill 2024 - Second Reading - New Code of Conduct
Luke Howarth voted No
Mike Freelander voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 45% attendance
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edited 6th Oct 2024
Motions - Middle East - Adjourn debate
Luke Howarth voted Yes
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 4th Jul 2024
Nature Positive (Environment Protection Australia) Bill 2024 and two others - Second Reading - Criticism of bills
Luke Howarth voted No
Mike Freelander voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 4th Jul 2024
Motions - Environment - Let another vote take place
Luke Howarth voted No
Mike Freelander voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 60% attendance
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Statements — Personal Explanation
Luke Howarth voted Yes
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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Statements — Personal Explanation
Luke Howarth voted Yes
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 11th Aug 2024
Illegal Logging Prohibition Amendment (Strengthening Measures to Prevent Illegal Timber Trade) Bill 2024 - Report from Federation Chamber - End native forest logging
Luke Howarth voted No
Mike Freelander voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 5th Nov 2024
Treasury Laws Amendment (Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions and Other Measures) Bill 2023 and another - Second Reading - Unrealised capital gains
Luke Howarth voted No
Mike Freelander voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 43% attendance
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edited 7th Mar 2024
Motions - Middle East: Occupied Palestinian Territories - Let another vote take place
Luke Howarth voted No
Mike Freelander voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
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edited 29th Feb 2024
Motions - Middle East - Let another vote take place
Luke Howarth voted No
Mike Freelander voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 65% attendance
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edited 26th Jan 2024
Motions - Israel - Condemns war crimes in Gaza
Luke Howarth voted No
Mike Freelander voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 1st Dec 2023
Motions - Whistleblower Protection - Let a vote happen
Luke Howarth voted No
Mike Freelander voted No
Not passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 65% attendance
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edited 10th Feb 2023
Business - Rearrangement - Let a vote take place
Luke Howarth voted Yes
Mike Freelander 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 - Exceptional circumstances definition
Luke Howarth voted Yes
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 46% attendance
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edited 17th Sep 2022
Aged Care Amendment (Implementing Care Reform) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - Schedule of reasonable charges
Luke Howarth voted Yes
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 58% 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
Luke Howarth voted Yes
Mike Freelander 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
Luke Howarth voted Yes
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Luke Howarth voted Yes
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 64% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Luke Howarth voted Yes
Mike Freelander 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
Luke Howarth voted Yes
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 68% attendance
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edited 3rd Jun 2021
Motions - Department of Defence - Don't let a vote happen
Luke Howarth voted Yes
Mike Freelander voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 46% attendance
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edited 29th Nov 2019
Australian Research Council Amendment Bill 2019 - Consideration in Detail - Anouncement process
Luke Howarth voted No
Mike Freelander voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
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edited 22nd Aug 2019
Committees - Crown Casino Committee - Appointment
Luke Howarth voted No
Mike Freelander voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 87% 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
Luke Howarth voted Yes
Mike Freelander 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
Luke Howarth voted No
Mike Freelander voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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edited 23rd Sep 2016
Budget Savings (Omnibus) Bill 2016 - Consideration in Detail - Maintain Australian Renewable Energy Agency funding
Luke Howarth voted No
Mike Freelander voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 85% attendance