Statements — Personal Explanation
Llew O'Brien voted Yes
Stephen Jones voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
Llew O'Brien and Stephen Jones have voted the same way 2% of the time
Llew O'Brien
National Party Representative for Wide Bay since July 2016
Stephen Jones
Australian Labor Party Representative for Whitlam since July 2016
Since July 2016 Llew O'Brien and Stephen Jones have voted in the same division 1064 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 1047 times. They have only voted the same 17 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
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- 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 investment in renewable energy
- 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 1047 times. They have only voted the same 17 times.
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Statements — Personal Explanation
Llew O'Brien voted Yes
Stephen Jones voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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Bills — Illegal Logging Prohibition Amendment (Strengthening Measures to Prevent Illegal Timber Trade) Bill 2024; Report from Federation Chamber
Llew O'Brien voted No
Stephen Jones voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 7th Mar 2024
Motions - Middle East: Occupied Palestinian Territories - Let another vote take place
Llew O'Brien voted No
Stephen Jones voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
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edited 20th Apr 2024
Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023 - Consideration of Senate Message - Workplace delegates
Llew O'Brien voted No
Stephen Jones voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 7th Jun 2024
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Increase speaking time for first Opposition speaker
Llew O'Brien voted Yes
Stephen Jones voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 1st Dec 2023
Motions - Whistleblower Protection - Let a vote happen
Llew O'Brien voted No
Stephen Jones voted No
Not passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 65% attendance
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edited 10th Feb 2023
Business - Rearrangement - Let a vote take place
Llew O'Brien voted Yes
Stephen Jones voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 83% 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
Stephen Jones 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
Stephen Jones 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
Stephen Jones 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
Stephen Jones 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
Stephen Jones 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
Stephen Jones voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 64% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Consideration in Detail - Statements of belief
Llew O'Brien voted Yes
Stephen Jones voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% 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
Stephen Jones voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 11th Dec 2020
Motions - Mcbride, Mr David William - Don't let a vote happen
Llew O'Brien voted Yes
Stephen Jones voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 32% attendance