Kim Carr and Chris Ketter have voted the same way 99.9% of the time

Between July 2014 and July 2019 Kim Carr and Chris Ketter have voted in the same division 829 times.

In divisions they have voted the same 828 times. They have only voted differently 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.

Always voted differently on

Same-sex marriage equality

Always voted the same way on

A carbon price
A declared area offence
A Free Trade Agreement with China
A minerals resource rent tax
A Royal Commission into banking
A Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability
Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
Banning mobiles and other devices in immigration detention
Banning new thermal coal mines
Changing the date of Australia Day
Changing the wording of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act
Charging postgraduate research students fees
Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)
Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
Decreasing availability of welfare payments
Deregulating undergraduate university fees
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
Ending immigration detention on Nauru
Expanding public funded dental care
Federal action on public housing
Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
Giving apprentices access to a $20,000 loan
Greater public scrutiny of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations
Implementing refugee and protection conventions
Imprisoning immigration detention workers who record or reveal information from their work
Increasing access to medicinal cannabis products
Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
Increasing federal government support for childcare
Increasing freedom of political communication
Increasing funding for road infrastructure
Increasing housing affordability
Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
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 diversity of media ownership
Increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income
Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
Increasing the passenger movement charge ('PMC')
Increasing the price of tobacco
Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
Increasing transparency of the China-Australia relationship
Landholders' right to say no to mining and gas exploration
Letting environmental groups challenge the legality of certain government decisions
Live animal export
Making Australians working overseas repay their student debts
Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
Preventative Detention Orders (PDOs)
Prioritising religious freedom
Privatising the ABC
Promoting multiculturalism
Protecting Australian sovereignty in trade agreements
Protecting citizens' privacy
Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
Protecting whistleblowers
Public transport
Putting a time limit on immigration detention
Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial
Reducing air pollution
Reducing taxes for high-income earners
Reducing the corporate tax rate
Refugee family reunification
Regional processing of asylum seekers
Removing children from immigration detention
Requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records
Requiring Parliamentary approval of military deployments
Restricting donations to political parties
Restricting foreign ownership
Senate electoral reform
Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
Storing all citizens' telecommunications data for access by government agencies
Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
Targeting foreign interference in Australia
Temporary protection visas
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
The Coalition's Youth Jobs PaTH
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement
The use of strong encryption technologies
Tighter means testing of family payments
Transgender rights
Turning back asylum boats when possible
Unconventional gas mining

Divisions in which they voted differently

In divisions they have voted the same 828 times. They have only voted differently once.

edited 30th Nov 2017

29th Nov 2017, 1:30 PM Senate

Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Third Reading - Pass the bill

Kim Carr voted Yes in this free vote

Chris Ketter voted No in this free vote

Passed by a modest majority

No rebellions 76% attendance