Bills — Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024; Third Reading
Llew O'Brien voted Yes
Brendan O'Connor voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
Llew O'Brien and Brendan O'Connor have voted the same way 2% of the time
Llew O'Brien
National Party Representative for Wide Bay since July 2016
Brendan O'Connor
Australian Labor Party Representative for Gorton since October 2004
Since July 2016 Llew O'Brien and Brendan O'Connor have voted in the same division 987 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 971 times. They have only voted the same 16 times.
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.
Always voted the same way on
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Always voted differently on
- A character test for Australian visas
- A combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- A referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice
- A Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability
- A same-sex marriage plebiscite
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- Banning pay secrecy clauses
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Capping gas prices
- Considering legislation to create a federal anti-corruption commission (procedural)
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Federal action on public housing
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- Greater control over items brought into immigration detention centres
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing access to the JobKeeper Payment
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing penalties for breach of data
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing support for the Australian shipping industry
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 19%
- Increasing the Medicare Levy to pay for the National Disability Insurance Scheme
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Increasing workplace protections
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Live animal export
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Market-led approaches to protecting biodiversity
- Net zero emissions by 2050
- Parliament continuing to meet during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Privatising certain government services
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis
- Reducing the corporate tax rate
- Reproductive bodily autonomy
- Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stopping people who arrive by boat from ever coming to Australia
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 971 times. They have only voted the same 16 times.
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edited 22nd May 2024
Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Poverty reduction
Llew O'Brien voted No
Brendan O'Connor voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 52% attendance
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edited 26th Jan 2024
Motions - Israel - Condemns war crimes in Gaza
Llew O'Brien voted No
Brendan O'Connor voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 11th Aug 2023
Infrastructure Australia Amendment (Independent Review) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Publication requirement + Post-completion cost data
Llew O'Brien voted Yes
Brendan O'Connor voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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edited 10th Feb 2023
Business - Rearrangement - Let a vote take place
Llew O'Brien voted Yes
Brendan O'Connor voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 83% attendance
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edited 3rd Nov 2022
Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Cheaper Child Care) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Free universal early childhood education and care
Llew O'Brien voted Yes
Brendan O'Connor voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 12th Aug 2022
Climate Change Bill 2022, Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - More ambitious targets
Llew O'Brien voted Yes
Brendan O'Connor voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 12th Aug 2022
Climate Change Bill 2022, Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - More ambitious targets needed
Llew O'Brien voted Yes
Brendan O'Connor voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 5th Aug 2022
Climate Change Bill 2022, Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - On new fossil fuel projects
Llew O'Brien voted Yes
Brendan O'Connor voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 87% attendance
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edited 12th Aug 2022
Public Sector Superannuation Salary Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Llew O'Brien voted Yes
Brendan O'Connor voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 12th Aug 2022
Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Llew O'Brien voted Yes in this free vote
Brendan O'Connor voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 90% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Llew O'Brien voted Yes
Brendan O'Connor voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 64% attendance
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edited 24th Feb 2022
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
Brendan O'Connor voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 18th Oct 2019
Motions - Casinos - Suspend the usual rules
Llew O'Brien voted No
Brendan O'Connor voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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Bills — Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016; Consideration in Detail
Llew O'Brien voted No
Brendan O'Connor voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 23rd Sep 2016
Budget Savings (Omnibus) Bill 2016 - Consideration in Detail - Maintain Australian Renewable Energy Agency funding
Llew O'Brien voted No
Brendan O'Connor voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 85% attendance