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4th Feb 2024
Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Bill 2023 - Report from Federation Chamber - Close loopholes
Luke Howarth voted No
Chris Bowen voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
Luke Howarth and Chris Bowen have voted the same way 1% of the time
Luke Howarth
Liberal Party Representative for Petrie since September 2013
Chris Bowen
Australian Labor Party Representative for McMahon since August 2010
Since September 2013 Luke Howarth and Chris Bowen have voted in the same division 1434 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 1415 times. They have only voted the same 19 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 carbon price
- A character test for Australian visas
- A citizenship test
- A combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- A minerals resource rent tax
- A referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice
- A Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability
- A same-sex marriage plebiscite
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- An emissions reduction fund
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Capping gas prices
- Charging postgraduate research students fees
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- Considering legislation to create a federal anti-corruption commission (procedural)
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Deregulating undergraduate university fees
- 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 road infrastructure
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing penalties for breach of data
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- 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 the price of subsidised medicine
- 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)
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- 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 the corporate tax rate
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Reproductive bodily autonomy
- Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Senate electoral reform
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stopping people who arrive by boat from ever coming to Australia
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Temporary protection visas
- 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
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 1415 times. They have only voted the same 19 times.
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edited 26th Jan 2024
Motions - Israel - Condemns war crimes in Gaza
Luke Howarth voted No
Chris Bowen voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 22nd Sep 2023
Business - Rearrangement - Broadcasting Services Amendment (Prohibition of Gambling Advertisements) Bill 2023
Luke Howarth voted Yes
Chris Bowen voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 38% attendance
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edited 10th Feb 2023
Regulations and Determinations - Instrument of Designation of the Republic of Nauru as a Regional Processing Country
Luke Howarth voted Yes
Chris Bowen 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
Luke Howarth voted Yes
Chris Bowen voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 83% attendance
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edited 16th Dec 2022
Treasury Laws Amendment (Energy Price Relief Plan) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - No price freeze
Luke Howarth voted Yes
Chris Bowen voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
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edited 30th Sep 2022
Motions - Taxation - Don't let a vote happen
Luke Howarth voted Yes
Chris Bowen voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 44% 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
Chris Bowen 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
Chris Bowen 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
Chris Bowen 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
Chris Bowen voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 64% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Consideration in Detail - Statements of belief
Luke Howarth voted Yes
Chris Bowen voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% 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
Chris Bowen 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
Chris Bowen voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 68% attendance
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edited 9th Jul 2021
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Standards and Assurance) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Do not reject bill
Luke Howarth voted Yes
Chris Bowen voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
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edited 18th Oct 2019
Motions - Casinos - Suspend the usual rules
Luke Howarth voted No
Chris Bowen voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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edited 22nd Aug 2019
Committees - Crown Casino Committee - Appointment
Luke Howarth voted No
Chris Bowen voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Bills — Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016; Consideration in Detail
Luke Howarth voted No
Chris Bowen 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
Luke Howarth voted No
Chris Bowen voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 85% attendance