Statements — Personal Explanation
Pat Conroy voted Yes
Ted O'Brien voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
Pat Conroy and Ted O'Brien have voted the same way 2% of the time
Pat Conroy
Australian Labor Party Representative for Shortland since July 2016
Ted O'Brien
Liberal Party Representative for Fairfax since July 2016
Since July 2016 Pat Conroy and Ted O'Brien have voted in the same division 1156 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 1131 times. They have only voted the same 25 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)
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- 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
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing penalties for breach of data
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing support for rural and regional Australia
- 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
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Live animal export
- 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 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 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
- Vehicle efficiency standards
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 1131 times. They have only voted the same 25 times.
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Bills — Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024; Third Reading
Pat Conroy voted Yes
Ted O'Brien voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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edited 29th Feb 2024
Motions - Live Animal Exports - Let another vote take place
Pat Conroy voted No
Ted O'Brien voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 33% attendance
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edited 7th Jun 2024
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Increase speaking time for first Opposition speaker
Pat Conroy voted Yes
Ted O'Brien voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 1st Dec 2023
Motions - Whistleblower Protection - Let a vote happen
Pat Conroy voted No
Ted O'Brien voted No
Not passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 65% attendance
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edited 23rd Dec 2023
Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Amendment (Using New Technologies to Fight Climate Change) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Agree with the bill
Pat Conroy voted Yes
Ted O'Brien voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 53% attendance
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edited 4th Aug 2023
Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Pat Conroy voted Yes
Ted O'Brien 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
Pat Conroy voted Yes
Ted O'Brien 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
Pat Conroy voted Yes
Ted O'Brien voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
8 rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 11th Aug 2023
Infrastructure Australia Amendment (Independent Review) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Appointments
Pat Conroy voted Yes
Ted O'Brien voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 49% attendance
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edited 7th Apr 2023
Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management Reform) Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Against compulsory income management
Pat Conroy voted Yes
Ted O'Brien voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% 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
Pat Conroy voted Yes
Ted O'Brien 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
Pat Conroy voted Yes
Ted O'Brien voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 5th Aug 2022
Climate Change Bill 2022, Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - On new fossil fuel projects
Pat Conroy voted Yes
Ted O'Brien voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 87% attendance
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edited 12th Aug 2022
Public Sector Superannuation Salary Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Pat Conroy voted Yes
Ted O'Brien voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% 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
Pat Conroy voted Yes
Ted O'Brien voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Pat Conroy voted Yes
Ted O'Brien 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
Pat Conroy voted Yes
Ted O'Brien 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
Pat Conroy voted Yes
Ted O'Brien voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 68% attendance
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edited 21st Oct 2022
Foreign Investment Reform (Protecting Australia's National Security) Bill 2020 and another - Second Reading - Foreign acquisition
Pat Conroy voted Yes
Ted O'Brien voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 42% attendance
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edited 29th Nov 2019
Australian Research Council Amendment Bill 2019 - Consideration in Detail - Anouncement process
Pat Conroy voted No
Ted O'Brien voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
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edited 18th Oct 2019
Motions - Casinos - Suspend the usual rules
Pat Conroy voted No
Ted O'Brien 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
Pat Conroy voted No
Ted O'Brien 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
Pat Conroy voted Yes
Ted O'Brien 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
Pat Conroy voted No
Ted O'Brien voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 77% attendance