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Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve's Law) Bill 2021 - Consideration in Detail - No destruction of zygote or embryo
Llew O'Brien voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
Llew O'Brien
National Party Representative for Wide Bay since July 2016
Never rebels explain rebellions 72% attendance explain attendance
How do they vote?
Voted consistently for
- A same-sex marriage plebiscite
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- Greater control over items brought into immigration detention centres
- 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 intervention in research funding grants
- Privatising certain government services
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial
- Reducing the corporate tax rate
- Stopping people who arrive by boat from ever coming to Australia
- Temporary Exclusion Orders
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- Tighter means testing of family payments
Voted almost always for
Voted generally for
Voted generally against
Voted almost always against
Voted consistently against
- A fast transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy
- A Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Considering legislation to create a federal anti-corruption commission (procedural)
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing access to the JobKeeper Payment
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing funding for vocational education
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing penalties for breach of data
- Increasing support for the Australian shipping industry
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Parliament continuing to meet during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Reproductive bodily autonomy
- Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- Treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency
We can't say anything concrete about how they voted on
- A citizenship test
- Assisting the Arts sector through the coronavirus pandemic
- Banning mobiles and other devices in immigration detention
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- Community right to say no to nuclear waste disposal sites
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- Increasing funding for legal aid
- Increasing government support for the dairy industry
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing state and territory environmental approval powers
- Increasing support for the Australian film and TV industry
- Increasing the cost of humanities degrees
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Increasing workplace protections for women
- Making the cashless debit card program voluntary and not mandatory
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Protecting Australian sovereignty in trade agreements
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
Please note that our voting records start in February 2006.
Rebel votes
Llew O'Brien has never voted against the majority of their party since entering Parliament in July 2016. explain rebellions
Free votes
Llew O'Brien has taken part in 1 free vote since entering Parliament in July 2016. explain “Free Votes”
Recent Votes
Recent votes in parliament that this Representative could have attended.
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Australian Research Council Amendment Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Condemn Government's research policies
Llew O'Brien voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Courts and Tribunals Legislation Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - For merit-based appointments
Llew O'Brien voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 81% attendance
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Motions - Prime Minister - Don't let a vote happen
Llew O'Brien voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
Compare Llew O'Brien with someone else
Shows people in order of those who voted always the same as Llew O'Brien (100% agreement) to those who never voted the same (0% agreement).
We only compare those votes where both people attended. This may reveal relationships between people that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.
| Agreement | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 100% | Karen Andrews | Liberal Party Representative for McPherson |
| 100% | Angie Bell | Liberal National Party Representative for Moncrieff |
| 100% | Darren Chester | National Party Representative for Gippsland |
| 100% | David Coleman | Liberal Party Representative for Banks |
| 100% | Pat Conaghan | National Party Representative for Cowper |