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7th Nov 2014
Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Alan Eggleston voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Passed by a large majority
7 rebellions 71% attendance
Simon Birmingham and Alan Eggleston have voted the same way 99% of the time
Simon Birmingham
Liberal Party Senator for SA since May 2007
Alan Eggleston
Former Liberal Party Senator for WA July 1996 – June 2014
Between May 2007 and June 2014 Simon Birmingham and Alan Eggleston have voted in the same division 804 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 799 times. They have only voted differently 5 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 character test for Australian visas
- A citizenship test
- 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
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending illegal logging
- 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 competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Landholders' right to say no to mining and gas exploration
- Local community consultation on infrastructure projects
- Maintaining or increasing CSIRO funding
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- 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
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Unconventional gas mining
- Uranium export
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 799 times. They have only voted differently 5 times.
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Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Alan Eggleston voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Passed by a large majority
7 rebellions 71% attendance
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Motions - Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Legislation - Defer question of third reading
Simon Birmingham voted No
Alan Eggleston voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a modest majority
11 rebellions 86% attendance
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Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2] and related bills - Second Reading - Defer consideration
Simon Birmingham voted No
Alan Eggleston voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a modest majority
11 rebellions 92% attendance
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Business - Rearrangement - Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme legislation
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Alan Eggleston voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Passed by a modest majority
7 rebellions 83% attendance