Compare how Tony Abbott and John Cobb voted on decreasing the private health insurance rebate
![Photo of Tony Abbott](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/images/mpsL/10001.jpg)
Tony Abbott
Former Liberal Party Representative for Warringah March 1994 – May 2019
![Photo of John Cobb](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/images/mpsL/10127.jpg)
John Cobb
Former National Party Representative for Calare November 2007 – May 2016
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should decrease the private health insurance rebate that eligible taxpayers are entitled to
Now this is where it gets a bit tricky… Two people might vote the same way on votes they both attended, so their votes are 100% in agreement. They might also have voted in a way we’d describe differently when looking at all of one person's votes. If the other person didn’t or couldn’t have attended those votes we leave those out of the comparison. Because that just wouldn’t be fair now, would it?
Most important divisions relevant to this policy
These are the most important divisions related to the policy “for decreasing the private health insurance rebate” which either Tony Abbott or John Cobb could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Tony Abbott and John Cobb on this policy. Where a person could not have attended a division because they were not a member of parliament at the time (or in the wrong house) it is marked as "-".
Division | Tony Abbott | John Cobb | Supporters vote |
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15th Feb 2012, 11:28 AM – Representatives Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives Bill 2011 - Third Reading - Read a third time |
No | No | Yes |
15th Feb 2012, 11:24 AM – Representatives Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives Bill 2011 - Consideration in Detail - Agree to the bill |
No | No | Yes |
15th Feb 2012 – Representatives Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives Bill 2011 - Second Reading - Read a second time |
No | No | Yes |
2nd Jun 2009, 9:31 PM – Representatives Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives Bill 2009 - Third Reading - Read a third time |
No | No | Yes |
2nd Jun 2009, 9:28 PM – Representatives Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives Bill 2009 - Second Reading - Read a second time |
No | No | Yes |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for decreasing the private health insurance rebate” which either Tony Abbott or John Cobb could have attended. Where a person could not have attended a division because they were not a member of parliament at the time (or in the wrong house) it is marked as "-".
Division | Tony Abbott | John Cobb | Supporters vote |
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4th Jun 2013, 9:18 PM – Representatives Private Health Insurance Amendment (Lifetime Health Cover Loading and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - Consideration in Detail - Omit schedule 1 |
absent | Yes | No |
4th Jun 2013, 9:11 PM – Representatives Private Health Insurance Amendment (Lifetime Health Cover Loading and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time |
absent | No | Yes |
15th Feb 2012, 11:05 AM – Representatives Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives Bill 2011 and related bills - Second Reading - Delay considering bill until the 44th Parliament |
Yes | Yes | No |
2nd Jun 2009, 9:23 PM – Representatives Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives Bill 2009 - Second Reading - Keep the original motion unchanged |
No | No | Yes |