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4th Jul 2024
Nature Positive (Environment Protection Australia) Bill 2024 and two others - Second Reading - Criticism of bills
Peter Khalil voted No
Ross Vasta voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
Peter Khalil and Ross Vasta have voted the same way 2% of the time
Peter Khalil
Australian Labor Party Representative for Wills since July 2016
Ross Vasta
Liberal Party Representative for Bonner since August 2010
Since July 2016 Peter Khalil and Ross Vasta have voted in the same division 1048 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 1028 times. They have only voted the same 20 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 combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- A Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability
- A transition plan for coal workers
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- Banning pay secrecy clauses
- Build to Rent (BTR)
- Capping gas prices
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- 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
- Greater control over items brought into immigration detention centres
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- 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
- Prioritising religious freedom
- 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 tax concessions for high socio-economic status
- 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 tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Transgender rights
- Unconventional gas mining
- Vehicle efficiency standards
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 1028 times. They have only voted the same 20 times.
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Statements — Personal Explanation
Peter Khalil voted Yes
Ross Vasta voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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Statements — Personal Explanation
Peter Khalil voted Yes
Ross Vasta voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited about 8 hours ago
Communications Legislation Amendment (Prominence and Anti-Siphoning) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Shorten timeframe
Peter Khalil voted No
Ross Vasta voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 49% attendance
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Bills — Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Legislation Amendment (Safety and Other Measures) Bill 2024; Consideration in Detail
Peter Khalil voted Yes
Ross Vasta voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 49% attendance
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edited 5th Apr 2024
Treasury Laws Amendment (Cost of Living Tax Cuts) Bill 2024 - Second Reading - Mr Bates' amendment
Peter Khalil voted No
Ross Vasta voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 26th Jan 2024
Motions - Climate Change: Threat and Risk Assessment - Let a vote happen
Peter Khalil voted No
Ross Vasta voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 30th Nov 2023
Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Amendment (Using New Technologies to Fight Climate Change) Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Peter Khalil voted Yes
Ross Vasta voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 46% attendance
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edited 4th Aug 2023
Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Peter Khalil voted Yes
Ross Vasta voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
8 rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 18th Aug 2023
Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Agree with the bill
Peter Khalil voted Yes
Ross Vasta voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
8 rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 4th Aug 2023
Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Peter Khalil voted Yes
Ross Vasta voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
8 rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 7th Apr 2023
Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management Reform) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - No compulsory income management
Peter Khalil voted Yes
Ross Vasta voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 60% attendance
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edited 17th Feb 2023
Housing Australia Future Fund Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Housing crisis
Peter Khalil voted Yes
Ross Vasta voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 55% 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
Peter Khalil voted Yes in this free vote
Ross Vasta voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 22nd Aug 2019
Committees - Crown Casino Committee - Appointment
Peter Khalil voted No
Ross Vasta voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 1st Aug 2019
Counter-Terrorism (Temporary Exclusion Orders) Bill 2019 and another - Second Reading - Agree with the bills' main idea
Peter Khalil voted Yes
Ross Vasta voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 5th Apr 2019
Criminal Code Amendment (Sharing of Abhorrent Violent Material) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Refer to Committee
Peter Khalil voted No
Ross Vasta voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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Bills — Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016; Consideration in Detail
Peter Khalil voted No
Ross Vasta voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 47% attendance
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Bills — Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016; Consideration in Detail
Peter Khalil voted No
Ross Vasta 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
Peter Khalil voted No
Ross Vasta voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 85% attendance