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6th Oct 2024
Motions - Middle East - Adjourn debate
Scott Buchholz voted Yes
David Smith voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
Scott Buchholz and David Smith have voted the same way 4% of the time
Scott Buchholz
Liberal Party Representative for Wright since August 2010
David Smith
Australian Labor Party Representative for Bean since May 2019
Since May 2019 Scott Buchholz and David Smith have voted in the same division 741 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 713 times. They have only voted the same 28 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
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- Political intervention in research funding grants
- Prioritising religious freedom
- Protecting Australian sovereignty in trade agreements
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Transgender rights
Always voted differently on
- A character test for Australian visas
- A referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice
- A transition plan for coal workers
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- Banning pay secrecy clauses
- Build to Rent (BTR)
- 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
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing support for the Australian film and TV industry
- Increasing support for the Australian shipping industry
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Increasing workplace protections
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Live animal export
- Market-led approaches to protecting biodiversity
- Net zero emissions by 2050
- Parliament continuing to meet during the COVID-19 pandemic
- 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
- Reproductive bodily autonomy
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- The territories being able to legalise euthanasia
- Treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency
- Unconventional gas mining
- Vehicle efficiency standards
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 713 times. They have only voted the same 28 times.
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edited 4th Jul 2024
Nature Positive (Environment Protection Australia) Bill 2024 and two others - Second Reading - Criticism of bills
Scott Buchholz voted No
David Smith voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 4th Jul 2024
Motions - Environment - Let another vote take place
Scott Buchholz voted No
David Smith voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 60% attendance
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Statements — Personal Explanation
Scott Buchholz voted Yes
David Smith voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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Statements — Personal Explanation
Scott Buchholz voted Yes
David Smith voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 11th Aug 2024
Illegal Logging Prohibition Amendment (Strengthening Measures to Prevent Illegal Timber Trade) Bill 2024 - Report from Federation Chamber - End native forest logging
Scott Buchholz voted No
David Smith voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 3rd Jul 2024
Motions - Middle East - Let another vote take place
Scott Buchholz voted No
David Smith voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 56% attendance
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edited 23rd Jul 2024
Motions - Climate Change - Suspend the rules to let another motion be moved
Scott Buchholz voted No
David Smith voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 73% attendance
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Bills — Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Legislation Amendment (Safety and Other Measures) Bill 2024; Second Reading
Scott Buchholz voted No
David Smith voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 35% attendance
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edited 21st Mar 2024
Motions - Middle East - Let another vote take place
Scott Buchholz voted No
David Smith voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 46% attendance
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edited 7th Mar 2024
Motions - Middle East: Occupied Palestinian Territories - Let another vote take place
Scott Buchholz voted No
David Smith voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
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edited 29th Feb 2024
Motions - Middle East - Let another vote take place
Scott Buchholz voted No
David Smith voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 65% attendance
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edited 7th Jun 2024
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Increase speaking time for first Opposition speaker
Scott Buchholz voted Yes
David Smith voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 23rd Jun 2024
Business - Rearrangement - Put the question
Scott Buchholz voted Yes
David Smith voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 26th Jan 2024
Motions - Israel - Condemns war crimes in Gaza
Scott Buchholz voted No
David Smith voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 24th Mar 2023
Financial Accountability Regime Bill 2023 - Report from Federation Chamber - Penalities and indemnity
Scott Buchholz voted Yes
David Smith voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 45% attendance
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edited 30th Sep 2022
Treasury Laws Amendment (2022 Measures No. 2) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Inequality
Scott Buchholz voted Yes
David Smith voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 49% 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
Scott Buchholz voted Yes
David Smith 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
Scott Buchholz voted Yes
David Smith voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 5th Aug 2022
Australian Human Rights Commission Legislation Amendment (Selection and Appointment) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Human Rights Commissioner for LGBTIQA+ people
Scott Buchholz voted Yes
David Smith voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Scott Buchholz voted Yes
David Smith 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
Scott Buchholz voted Yes
David Smith voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Scott Buchholz voted Yes
David Smith voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 68% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Impact on Tasmania
Scott Buchholz voted Yes
David Smith voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 68% 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
Scott Buchholz voted No in this free vote
David Smith voted No in this free vote
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 29th Nov 2019
Australian Research Council Amendment Bill 2019 - Consideration in Detail - Anouncement process
Scott Buchholz voted No
David Smith voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
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edited 31st Jul 2020
Customs Amendment (Growing Australian Export Opportunities Across the Asia-Pacific) Bill 2019 - Consideration in Detail - ISDS clauses
Scott Buchholz voted No
David Smith voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 18th Oct 2019
Motions - Casinos - Suspend the usual rules
Scott Buchholz voted No
David Smith voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance