edited
7th Nov 2014
Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Dean Smith voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Barnaby Joyce voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
7 rebellions 71% attendance
Dean Smith and Barnaby Joyce have voted the same way 99% of the time
Dean Smith
Liberal Party Senator for WA since May 2012
Barnaby Joyce
National Party Representative for New England since December 2017
Between May 2012 and August 2013 Dean Smith and Barnaby Joyce have voted in the same division 172 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 170 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.
Always voted differently on
Always voted the same way on
- Australia's timber industry
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Ending illegal logging
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Live animal export
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Unconventional gas mining
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 170 times. They have only voted differently twice.