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7th Oct 2014
Marriage Amendment Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Darren Cheeseman voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
Darren Cheeseman
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Corangamite November 2007 – September 2013
Never rebelled explain rebellions 99% attendance explain attendance
How do they vote?
Voted consistently for
- A carbon price
- A minerals resource rent tax
- Carbon farming
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Ending illegal logging
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Recognising local government in the Constitution
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Same-sex marriage equality
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- Tobacco plain packaging
Voted almost always for
Voted generally for
Voted a mixture of for and against
Voted consistently against
- A plebiscite on the carbon pricing mechanism
- Compensating victims of overseas terrorism since the September 11 attack
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Voluntary student union fees
We can't say anything concrete about how they voted on
- An NBN (using fibre to the premises)
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
- Increasing access under Freedom of Information law
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing the age pension
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Live animal export
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Unconventional gas mining
Please note that our voting records start in February 2006.
Rebel votes
Darren Cheeseman has never voted against the majority of their party since entering Parliament in November 2007. explain rebellions
Free votes
Darren Cheeseman has taken part in 1 free vote since entering Parliament in November 2007. explain “Free Votes”
Recent Votes
Recent votes in parliament that this Representative could have attended.
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edited 28th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment (Temporary Sponsored Visas) Bill 2013 - Pass the bill
Darren Cheeseman voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment (Temporary Sponsored Visas) Bill 2013 - Consideration in Detail - Agree to the bill
Darren Cheeseman voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment (Temporary Sponsored Visas) Bill 2013 - Consideration in Detail - Put the question
Darren Cheeseman voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
Compare Darren Cheeseman with someone else
Shows people in order of those who voted always the same as Darren Cheeseman (100% agreement) to those who never voted the same (0% agreement).
We only compare those votes where both people attended. This may reveal relationships between people that were previously unsuspected. Or it may be nonsense.
| Agreement | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 100% | Anthony Albanese | Australian Labor Party Representative for Grayndler |
| 100% | Mark Butler | Australian Labor Party Representative for Hindmarsh |
| 100% | Jason Clare | Australian Labor Party Representative for Blaxland |
| 100% | Julie Collins | Australian Labor Party Representative for Franklin |
| 100% | Mark Dreyfus | Australian Labor Party Representative for Isaacs |