edited
7th Oct 2014
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2010 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Malcolm Turnbull voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Pat Farmer voted No
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 91% attendance
Malcolm Turnbull and Pat Farmer have voted the same way 99.5% of the time
Malcolm Turnbull
Former Liberal Party Representative for Wentworth October 2004 – August 2018
Pat Farmer
Former Liberal Party Representative for Macarthur November 2001 – August 2010
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and August 2010 Malcolm Turnbull and Pat Farmer have voted in the same division 426 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 424 times. They have only voted differently twice.
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
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stem cell research
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 424 times. They have only voted differently twice.