edited
7th Oct 2014
Marriage Amendment Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Tony Burke voted No in this free vote
Laura Smyth voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
Tony Burke and Laura Smyth have voted the same way 99.8% of the time
Tony Burke
Australian Labor Party Representative for Watson since October 2004
Laura Smyth
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for La Trobe August 2010 – September 2013
Between August 2010 and September 2013 Tony Burke and Laura Smyth have voted in the same division 487 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 486 times. They have only voted differently once.
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.
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
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- 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
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- 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 486 times. They have only voted differently once.