edited
4th Jul 2024
Nature Positive (Environment Protection Australia) Bill 2024 and two others - Second Reading - Criticism of bills
Lisa Chesters voted No
Melissa Price voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
Lisa Chesters and Melissa Price have voted the same way 3% of the time
Lisa Chesters
Australian Labor Party Representative for Bendigo since September 2013
Melissa Price
Liberal Party Representative for Durack since September 2013
Since September 2013 Lisa Chesters and Melissa Price have voted in the same division 1409 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 1368 times. They have only voted the same 41 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 the same way on
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
- A character test for Australian visas
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing support for rural and regional Australia
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
Always voted differently on
- A carbon price
- A citizenship test
- A combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- A minerals resource rent tax
- A Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability
- A same-sex marriage plebiscite
- A transition plan for coal workers
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- An emissions reduction fund
- Banning mobiles and other devices in immigration detention
- Capping gas prices
- Charging postgraduate research students fees
- Considering legislation to create a federal anti-corruption commission (procedural)
- Deregulating undergraduate university fees
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Federal action on public housing
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- Greater control over items brought into immigration detention centres
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- Increasing funding for road infrastructure
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing penalties for breach of data
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing state and territory environmental approval powers
- Increasing the age pension
- Increasing the cost of humanities degrees
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 19%
- Increasing the Medicare Levy to pay for the National Disability Insurance Scheme
- Increasing the price of subsidised medicine
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Increasing workplace protections
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Letting environmental groups challenge the legality of certain government decisions
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Market-led approaches to protecting biodiversity
- Net zero emissions by 2050
- Privatising certain government services
- 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 tax concessions for high socio-economic status
- Reducing the corporate tax rate
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
- Senate electoral reform
- Stopping people who arrive by boat from ever coming to Australia
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Temporary protection visas
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Unconventional gas mining
- Vehicle efficiency standards
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 1368 times. They have only voted the same 41 times.
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Statements — Personal Explanation
Lisa Chesters voted Yes
Melissa Price voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 11th Aug 2024
Illegal Logging Prohibition Amendment (Strengthening Measures to Prevent Illegal Timber Trade) Bill 2024 - Report from Federation Chamber - End native forest logging
Lisa Chesters voted No
Melissa Price voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 3rd Jul 2024
Motions - Middle East - Let another vote take place
Lisa Chesters voted No
Melissa Price voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 56% attendance
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edited 23rd Jul 2024
Motions - Climate Change - Suspend the rules to let another motion be moved
Lisa Chesters voted No
Melissa Price voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 73% attendance
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Bills — Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024; Third Reading
Lisa Chesters voted Yes
Melissa Price voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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Bills — Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024; Consideration in Detail
Lisa Chesters voted Yes
Melissa Price voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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edited 7th Mar 2024
Motions - Middle East: Occupied Palestinian Territories - Let another vote take place
Lisa Chesters voted No
Melissa Price voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
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edited 29th Feb 2024
Motions - Middle East - Let another vote take place
Lisa Chesters voted No
Melissa Price voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 65% attendance
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edited 29th Feb 2024
Motions - Live Animal Exports - Let another vote take place
Lisa Chesters voted No
Melissa Price voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 33% attendance
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edited 7th Jun 2024
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Increase speaking time for first Opposition speaker
Lisa Chesters voted Yes
Melissa Price voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 23rd Jun 2024
Business - Rearrangement - Put the question
Lisa Chesters voted Yes
Melissa Price voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 4th Feb 2024
Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Bill 2023 - Report from Federation Chamber - Close loopholes
Lisa Chesters voted No
Melissa Price voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 26th Jan 2024
Motions - Israel - Condemns war crimes in Gaza
Lisa Chesters voted No
Melissa Price voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 1st Dec 2023
Motions - Whistleblower Protection - Let a vote happen
Lisa Chesters voted No
Melissa Price voted No
Not passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 65% attendance
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edited 22nd Sep 2023
Business - Rearrangement - Broadcasting Services Amendment (Prohibition of Gambling Advertisements) Bill 2023
Lisa Chesters voted Yes
Melissa Price voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 38% attendance
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edited 4th Aug 2023
Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Lisa Chesters voted Yes
Melissa Price voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
8 rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 18th Aug 2023
Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Agree with the bill
Lisa Chesters voted Yes
Melissa Price voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
8 rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 4th Aug 2023
Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Lisa Chesters voted Yes
Melissa Price voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
8 rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 11th Aug 2023
Infrastructure Australia Amendment (Independent Review) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Publication requirement + Post-completion cost data
Lisa Chesters voted Yes
Melissa Price voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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edited 1st Sep 2023
Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management Reform) Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Lisa Chesters voted Yes
Melissa Price voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 7th Apr 2023
Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management Reform) Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Against compulsory income management
Lisa Chesters voted Yes
Melissa Price voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 24th Mar 2023
Financial Accountability Regime Bill 2023 - Report from Federation Chamber - Penalities and indemnity
Lisa Chesters voted Yes
Melissa Price voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 45% attendance
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edited 17th Feb 2023
National Housing Supply and Affordability Council Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Regional Australia and critical infrastructure
Lisa Chesters voted Yes
Melissa Price voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 60% attendance
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edited 17th Feb 2023
Migration Amendment (Aggregate Sentences) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Agree with the bill
Lisa Chesters voted Yes
Melissa Price voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 44% attendance
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edited 17th Feb 2023
Migration Amendment (Aggregate Sentences) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Exception
Lisa Chesters voted Yes
Melissa Price voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 44% attendance
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edited 10th Feb 2023
Regulations and Determinations - Instrument of Designation of the Republic of Nauru as a Regional Processing Country
Lisa Chesters voted Yes
Melissa Price voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 10th Feb 2023
Business - Rearrangement - Let a vote take place
Lisa Chesters voted Yes
Melissa Price voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 83% attendance
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edited 17th Sep 2022
Aged Care Amendment (Implementing Care Reform) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - Schedule of reasonable charges
Lisa Chesters voted Yes
Melissa Price voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 12th Aug 2022
Climate Change Bill 2022, Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - More ambitious targets
Lisa Chesters voted Yes
Melissa Price voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 12th Aug 2022
Climate Change Bill 2022, Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - More ambitious targets needed
Lisa Chesters voted Yes
Melissa Price voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 5th Aug 2022
Climate Change Bill 2022, Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - On new fossil fuel projects
Lisa Chesters voted Yes
Melissa Price voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 87% attendance
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edited 12th Aug 2022
Public Sector Superannuation Salary Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Lisa Chesters voted Yes
Melissa Price voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 12th Aug 2022
Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Lisa Chesters voted Yes in this free vote
Melissa Price voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 90% attendance
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edited 5th Aug 2022
Australian Human Rights Commission Legislation Amendment (Selection and Appointment) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Human Rights Commissioner for LGBTIQA+ people
Lisa Chesters voted Yes
Melissa Price voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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edited 24th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve's Law) Bill 2021 - Consideration in Detail - No destruction of zygote or embryo
Lisa Chesters voted Yes in this free vote
Melissa Price voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 18th Oct 2019
Motions - Casinos - Suspend the usual rules
Lisa Chesters voted No
Melissa Price voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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edited 22nd Aug 2019
Committees - Crown Casino Committee - Appointment
Lisa Chesters voted No
Melissa Price voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 5th Apr 2019
Criminal Code Amendment (Sharing of Abhorrent Violent Material) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Refer to Committee
Lisa Chesters voted No
Melissa Price voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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edited 21st Dec 2018
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Encouraging Self-Sufficiency for Newly Arrived Migrants) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Lisa Chesters voted Yes
Melissa Price voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2018
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Def of marriage + conscientious protections
Lisa Chesters voted No in this free vote
Melissa Price voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 94% attendance