edited
7th Oct 2014
Marriage Amendment Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Deborah O'Neill voted No in this free vote
Tony Abbott voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
Deborah O'Neill and Tony Abbott have voted the same way 0.3% of the time
Deborah O'Neill
Australian Labor Party Senator for NSW since November 2013
Tony Abbott
Former Liberal Party Representative for Warringah March 1994 – May 2019
Between August 2010 and September 2013 Deborah O'Neill and Tony Abbott have voted in the same division 303 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 302 times. They have only voted the same once.
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.
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Always voted differently on
- A carbon price
- A minerals resource rent tax
- A plebiscite on the carbon pricing mechanism
- Compensating victims of overseas terrorism since the September 11 attack
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 302 times. They have only voted the same once.