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2nd Dec 2022
Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022 - in Committee - Limitation of power
Simon Birmingham voted No in this free vote
Jane Hume voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
Simon Birmingham and Jane Hume have voted the same way 99.8% of the time
Simon Birmingham
Liberal Party Senator for SA since May 2007
Jane Hume
Liberal Party Senator for Victoria since July 2016
Since July 2016 Simon Birmingham and Jane Hume have voted in the same division 1107 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 1105 times. They have only voted differently twice.
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 the same way on
- A carbon price
- A national redress scheme for institutional abuse survivors
- A referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice
- A review of our representatives' eligibility
- A same-sex marriage plebiscite
- A transition plan for coal workers
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- Assisting the Arts sector through the coronavirus pandemic
- Banning mobiles and other devices in immigration detention
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Banning pay secrecy clauses
- Changing the date of Australia Day
- Changing the wording of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Criminalising "revenge porn"
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending Governor-General allowances for serious misconduct
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Expanding public funded dental care
- Federal action on public housing
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- Getting rid of the Gold Travel Pass
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Implementing the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full
- Imprisoning immigration detention workers who record or reveal information from their work
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing access to medicinal cannabis products
- Increasing access to the JobKeeper Payment
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing federal government support for childcare
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing funding for public schools
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing government support for the dairy industry
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing parliamentary entitlements for current MPs and Senators
- Increasing penalties for breach of data
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing the cost of humanities degrees
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income
- Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 15%
- Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 19%
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Increasing the passenger movement charge ('PMC')
- Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Increasing workplace protections
- Legalising pepper spray
- Live animal export
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- More scrutiny of the Australian Defence Force
- Nuclear energy
- Offshore processing for people seeking asylum in Australia
- Paid parental leave equality for stay-at-home mums and dads
- Privatising certain government services
- Privatising the ABC
- Protecting Australian sovereignty in trade agreements
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Protecting whistleblowers
- 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 air pollution
- Reducing taxes for high-income earners
- Reducing taxes for middle-income earners
- Reducing the corporate tax rate
- Reducing waste in Australia
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Reproductive bodily autonomy
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stopping former ministers from taking lobbying positions within five years
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Targeting foreign interference in Australia
- Temporary Exclusion Orders
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- The Coalition's Youth Jobs PaTH
- The federal government calling for a ceasefire in Gaza (2023-24)
- The Murray Darling Basin Plan
- The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement
- The use of strong encryption technologies
- Transgender rights
- Unconventional gas mining
- Universal access to abortion services
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 1105 times. They have only voted differently twice.