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Motions - Legislative Power of the Territories - Against federal interference
Gary Humphries voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
David Johnston voted No
Not passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 75% attendance
Gary Humphries and David Johnston have voted the same way 99% of the time
Gary Humphries
Former Liberal Party Senator for ACT February 2003 – September 2013
David Johnston
Former Liberal Party Senator for WA July 2002 – May 2016
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and September 2013 Gary Humphries and David Johnston have voted in the same division 904 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 891 times. They have only voted differently 13 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 differently on
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Always voted the same way on
- A carbon price
- A minerals resource rent tax
- An NBN (using fibre to the premises)
- Australia's timber industry
- Carbon farming
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Ending illegal logging
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Equal treatment for all couples
- Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing beef import standards
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing parliamentary entitlements for current MPs and Senators
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Live animal export
- Local community consultation on infrastructure projects
- Maintaining or increasing CSIRO funding
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Privatising government-owned assets
- Protecting citizens' privacy
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Public transport
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Unconventional gas mining
- Uranium export
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 891 times. They have only voted differently 13 times.
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Motions - Same-Sex Relationships - ACT legalising same-sex relationships
Gary Humphries voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
David Johnston voted No
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 84% attendance
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edited 16th Sep 2016
Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - Third Reading - Read a third time DUPLICATE
Gary Humphries voted No in this free vote
David Johnston voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Gary Humphries voted No in this free vote
David Johnston voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 10th Oct 2014
Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - In Committee - 15 day warrant duration
Gary Humphries voted No in this free vote
David Johnston voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - In Committee - Increase penalties to 15 years
Gary Humphries voted No in this free vote
David Johnston voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - In Committee - National Stem Cell Bank
Gary Humphries voted No in this free vote
David Johnston voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Gary Humphries voted No in this free vote
David Johnston voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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Motions - Australian Capital Territory Civil Unions Legislation - Disallow the government's attempt to disallow the legislation
Gary Humphries voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
David Johnston voted No
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 82% attendance
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Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Gary Humphries voted No in this free vote
David Johnston voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 96% attendance
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Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - In Committee - Amend the current process
Gary Humphries voted Yes in this free vote
David Johnston voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
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Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - In Committee - Amend the current process
Gary Humphries voted Yes in this free vote
David Johnston voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 95% attendance
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Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Gary Humphries voted No in this free vote
David Johnston voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 93% attendance