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28th Mar 2018
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 74% attendance explain attendance
Ben Morton is Assistant Minister to the Minister for the Public Service, Assistant Minister for Electoral Matters, and Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
How do they vote?
Voted very strongly for
- A citizenship test
- A same-sex marriage plebiscite
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- 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
- Political interference in research funding
- Privatising government services
- 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
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Putting welfare payments onto restricted debit cards (known as cashless debit cards)
Voted moderately for
- A combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
Voted moderately against
- Increasing funding for university education
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
Voted very strongly against
- A fast transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy
- A Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability
- Assisting the Arts sector through the coronavirus pandemic
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing access to the JobKeeper Payment
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing funding for legal aid
- Increasing funding for vocational education
- Increasing government support for the dairy industry
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing penalties for breach of data
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing support for the Australian film and TV industry
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Making the cashless debit card program voluntary
- Parliament continuing to meet during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Protecting Australian sovereignty in trade agreements
- 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
- Treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency
Has never voted on
- Banning mobiles and other devices in immigration detention
- Community right to say no to nuclear waste disposal sites
- Extending Jobkeeper Payment
- Increasing state and territory environmental approval powers
- Increasing the cost of humanities degrees
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Increasing workplace protections for women
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
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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edited 28th Mar 2018
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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edited 28th Mar 2018
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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edited 28th Mar 2018
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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edited 28th Mar 2018
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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edited 28th Mar 2018
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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edited 3rd Sep 2021
Sex Discrimination and Fair Work (Respect at Work) Amendment Bill 2021 - Consideration in Detail - Implement the 55 recommendations
Ben Morton was absent
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 26% attendance
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edited 27th Aug 2021
Motions - Member for Bruce - Suspend for 24 hours
Ben Morton was absent
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 26% attendance
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edited 20th Aug 2021
Treasury Laws Amendment (2021 Measures No. 2) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Political communication and tax avoidance
Ben Morton was absent
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 50% 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 | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 99% | Michelle Landry | National Party |
| 99% | Scott Buchholz | Liberal Party |
| 99% | Nola Marino | Liberal Party |
| 99% | Luke Howarth | Liberal Party |
| 99% | Llew O'Brien | National Party |