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7th Oct 2014
Motions - Legislative Power of the Territories - Against federal interference
Eric Abetz voted No
Gary Humphries voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 75% attendance
Eric Abetz and Gary Humphries have voted the same way 99.6% of the time
Eric Abetz
Former Liberal Party Senator for Tasmania February 1994 – May 2022
Gary Humphries
Former Liberal Party Senator for ACT February 2003 – September 2013
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and September 2013 Eric Abetz and Gary Humphries have voted in the same division 806 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 803 times. They have only voted differently 3 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.
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 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
- 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 availability of abortion drugs
- Increasing beef import standards
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- 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 the age pension
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Live animal export
- Local community consultation on infrastructure projects
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Privatising government-owned assets
- Protecting citizens' privacy
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Public transport
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Reproductive bodily autonomy
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stem cell research
- 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 803 times. They have only voted differently 3 times.
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Motions - Same-Sex Relationships - ACT legalising same-sex relationships
Eric Abetz voted No
Gary Humphries voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 84% attendance
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Motions - Australian Capital Territory Civil Unions Legislation - Disallow the government's attempt to disallow the legislation
Eric Abetz voted No
Gary Humphries voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 82% attendance