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Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Religion & right to refuse
Ben Morton voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 95% attendance
Ben Morton
Liberal Party Representative for Tangney since July 2016
Never rebels explain rebellions 99% attendance explain attendance
Ben Morton is Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
How do they vote?
Voted very strongly for
- A citizenship test
- A Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- A same-sex marriage plebiscite
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- Greater control over items brought into immigration detention centres
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 19%
- Increasing the Medicare Levy to pay for the National Disability Insurance Scheme
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Putting welfare payments onto restricted debit cards
- Reducing the corporate tax rate
- Stopping people who arrive by boat from ever coming to Australia
- Strengthening gun control laws
- Temporary Exclusion Orders
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- Tighter means testing of family payments
Voted strongly for
What does this mean?Voted strongly against
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
Voted very strongly against
- A Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing funding for legal aid
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing government support for the dairy industry
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing penalties for breach of data
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Making the cashless debit card program voluntary
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- Treating government action on climate change as a matter of urgency
Please note that our voting records start in 2006.
Rebel votes
Ben Morton has never voted against the majority of their party since entering Parliament in July 2016. explain rebellions
Free votes
Ben Morton has taken part in 7 free votes since entering Parliament in July 2016. explain “Free Votes”
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Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Charities
Ben Morton voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
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Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Facilities
Ben Morton voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
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Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Charitable status
Ben Morton voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 95% attendance
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Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Defence appointed celebrants
Ben Morton voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 98% attendance
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Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Safeguard conscientious & religious beliefs
Ben Morton voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 95% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2018
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Def of marriage + conscientious protections
Ben Morton voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 94% attendance
Recent Votes
Recent votes in parliament that this Representative could have attended.
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Bills — Treasury Laws Amendment (Putting Members' Interests First) Bill 2019; Consideration of Senate Message
Ben Morton voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Bills — National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Worker Screening Database) Bill 2019; Second Reading
Ben Morton voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 90% attendance
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Committees — Joint Select Committee on Australia's Family Law System; Appointment
Ben Morton voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 90% attendance
Possible Friends
Shows which Representatives voted most similarly to this one in the 2013 (current) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100% | Katie Allen | Higgins | Liberal Party |
| 100% | Bridget Archer | Bass | Liberal Party |
| 100% | Angie Bell | Moncrieff | Liberal National Party |
| 100% | Pat Conaghan | Cowper | National Party |
| 100% | Vince Connelly | Stirling | Liberal Party |