edited
1st Oct 2016
Motions - Roads - Access to information
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
Bob Day and Kim Carr have voted the same way 32% of the time
Bob Day
Former Family First Party Senator for SA July 2014 – November 2016
Kim Carr
Former Australian Labor Party Senator for Victoria April 1993 – May 2022
Between July 2014 and November 2016 Bob Day and Kim Carr have voted in the same division 287 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 196 times. They have only voted the same 91 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
- A declared area offence
- A Free Trade Agreement with China
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Giving apprentices access to a $20,000 loan
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Landholders' right to say no to mining and gas exploration
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Preventative Detention Orders (PDOs)
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Public transport
- Putting a time limit on immigration detention
- Requiring Parliamentary approval of military deployments
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Revoking citizenship of dual nationals involved with terrorism offences by the minister
- Senate electoral reform
- Unconventional gas mining
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
- A carbon price
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing funding for road infrastructure
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Refugee family reunification
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Tighter means testing of family payments
Always voted differently on
- A minerals resource rent tax
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- Charging postgraduate research students fees
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Deregulating undergraduate university fees
- Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Letting environmental groups challenge the legality of certain government decisions
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Temporary protection visas
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 196 times. They have only voted the same 91 times.
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Documents — Australian Statistician; Order for the Production of Documents
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; Reference to Committee
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; Second Reading
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; Second Reading
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; Second Reading
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Adjournment
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 31st Mar 2016
Motions - Income Management - End income management
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 24th Mar 2016
Motions - Mandatory Telecommunications Data Retention Scheme - Repeal the scheme
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 3rd Mar 2016
Committees - Establishment of a National Integrity Commission - Appointment
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 7th Jul 2016
Motions - Election of Senators - Refer to Committee
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 3rd Dec 2015
Australian Citizenship Amendment (Allegiance to Australia) Bill 2015 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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Motions — Suspension of Standing Orders
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 10th Dec 2015
Motions - Central Coast: Australian Taxation Office - Performing arts centre on the Gosford Waterfront
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 3rd Dec 2015
Australian Citizenship Amendment (Allegiance to Australia) Bill 2015 - First Reading - Consider the bill quickly
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 28th Jan 2016
Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Streamlining Regulation) Bill 2015 and one other - Third Reading - Pass the bills
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Bills — Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Legislation Amendment Bill 2015; in Committee
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Bills — Migration and Maritime Powers Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2015; Second Reading
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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Bills — Social Services Legislation Amendment (Low Income Supplement) Bill 2015; Second Reading
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 12th Apr 2018
Motions - Anti-Poverty Week - Address poverty
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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Bills — Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2015 Measures No. 4) Bill 2015; in Committee
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 56% attendance
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Bills — Treasury Legislation Amendment (Small Business and Unfair Contract Terms) Bill 2015; in Committee
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Bills — Treasury Legislation Amendment (Small Business and Unfair Contract Terms) Bill 2015; in Committee
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 22nd Sep 2015
Bills — Water Amendment Bill 2015; Third Reading
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 21st Jan 2017
Motions - China-Australia Free Trade Agreement - Renegotiate or abandon
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 21st Jun 2019
Motions - Perth Freight Link - Commit funding
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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edited 21st Jun 2019
Food Standards Amendment (Fish Labelling) Bill 2015 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 18th Aug 2016
Migration Amendment (Regional Processing Arrangements) Bill 2015 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 18th Aug 2016
Migration Amendment (Regional Processing Arrangements) Bill 2015 - in Committee - Limit detention to 3 months
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 18th Aug 2016
Migration Amendment (Regional Processing Arrangements) Bill 2015 - First Reading - Procedure
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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Business — Consideration of Legislation
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 27th Apr 2016
Committees — Financial Services
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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Bills — Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2015; in Committee
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 25th May 2015
Motions — Income Support
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Motions — Excise Tariff Proposal (No. 1) 2014, Customs Tariff Proposal (No. 1) 2014
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 81% attendance
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Bills — Migration Amendment (Protection and Other Measures) Bill 2014; Third Reading
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 65% attendance
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edited 14th Oct 2017
Migration Amendment (Protection and Other Measures) Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 21st Mar 2015
Motions — Great Barrier Reef
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 18th Mar 2015
Motions — Troop Deployment to Iraq
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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Business — Consideration of Legislation
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 4th Mar 2015
Motions — To suspend standing orders to discuss the Deployment of Australian Troops
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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edited 11th Dec 2014
Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014 - in Committee - Keep schedule 3 as it is
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 30th Jan 2015
Family Tax Benefit (Tighter Income Test) Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 7th Mar 2015
Motions - Environment - Set national targets for emissions reductions
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 19th Jul 2019
Motions - United Nations Environment Programme - Restore Australia's financial commitment
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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Bills — Social Security Legislation Amendment (Strengthening the Job Seeker Compliance Framework) Bill 2014; Third Reading
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 3rd Dec 2014
Motions — Sydney Harbour: Terminal 10 Development
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 3rd Dec 2014
Documents – China-Australia Trade Agreement – Order for the Production of Documents
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 21st Jul 2016
Motions - Foreign Investment - Limit foreign investment
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 27th Nov 2014
Motions - Westconnex - Don't construct WestConnex
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 21st Nov 2014
Motions — Divestment from Fossil Fuels
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 5th Nov 2014
Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Foreign Fighters) Bill 2014 - in Committee - Australian Greens amendments
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 30th Oct 2014
Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Foreign Fighters) Bill 2014 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 25th Nov 2014
Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Foreign Fighters) Bill 2014 - In Committee - Extend sunset clauses
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 30th Oct 2014
Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Foreign Fighters) Bill 2014 — Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 24th Oct 2014
Motions — Abbot Point
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 14th Nov 2014
National Security Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2014 - In Committee - Limit number of devices ASIO can access
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 14th Nov 2014
National Security Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2014 - in Committee - Remove secrecy provisions
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 23rd Aug 2016
Motions - East West Link - Redirect funding to public transport
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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Bills — Energy Efficiency Opportunities (Repeal) Bill 2014; Second Reading
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 6th Mar 2015
Defence Legislation Amendment (Parliamentary Approval of Overseas Service) Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 20th Apr 2017
Motions - Australian Workforce - Insecure work
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Bills — Minerals Resource Rent Tax Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2013 [No. 2]; in Committee
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Bills — Minerals Resource Rent Tax Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2013 [No. 2]
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 4th Dec 2014
Qantas Sale Amendment Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Agree the main idea of the bill
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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Bills — Minerals Resource Rent Tax Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2013 [No. 2]; Consideration of House of Representatives Message
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 10th Oct 2014
Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2014 and related bills - Second Reading - Protect from climate change
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Business — Days and Hours of Meeting
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 16th Jan 2015
Trade Support Loans Bill 2014, Trade Support Loans (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2014 - In Committee - Increase repayment income threshold and lower repayment rates
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 16th Jan 2015
Trade Support Loans Bill 2014, Trade Support Loans (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Agree to the main idea (with two provisos)
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 14th Oct 2017
Regulations and Determinations - Migration Amendment (Bridging Visas–Code of Behaviour) Regulation 2013 - Disallow
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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Bills — G20 (Safety and Security) Complementary Bill 2014; Second Reading
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Coal Seam Gas - Right to say no
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 10th Oct 2014
Clean Energy (Income Tax Rates and Other Amendments) Bill 2013 [No.2] - Second Reading - Read a second time
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 96% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2] and related bills - Second Reading - Read a second time
Bob Day voted Yes
Kim Carr voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 96% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2] and related bills - Second Reading - Reject the bills
Bob Day voted No
Kim Carr voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 96% attendance