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Marriage Amendment Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
John Murphy voted No in this free vote
Catherine King voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
John Murphy and Catherine King have voted the same way 99% of the time
John Murphy
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Reid August 2010 – September 2013
Catherine King
Australian Labor Party Representative for Ballarat since November 2001
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and September 2013 John Murphy and Catherine King have voted in the same division 966 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 961 times. They have only voted differently 5 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 differently on
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Always voted the same way on
- A carbon price
- A minerals resource rent tax
- A plebiscite on the carbon pricing mechanism
- Carbon farming
- Compensating victims of overseas terrorism since the September 11 attack
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Ending illegal logging
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Recognising local government in the Constitution
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 961 times. They have only voted differently 5 times.
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Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - Second Reading - Read a second time
John Murphy voted No in this free vote
Catherine King voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 96% attendance
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Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Consideration in Detail - Amend the current process
John Murphy voted Yes in this free vote
Catherine King voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
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Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Second Reading - Read a second time
John Murphy voted No in this free vote
Catherine King voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
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Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Second Reading - Bill unacceptable
John Murphy voted Yes in this free vote
Catherine King voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance