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Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Jenny Macklin voted Yes
Bruce Scott voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 89% attendance
Jenny Macklin and Bruce Scott have voted the same way 0.4% of the time
Jenny Macklin
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Jagajaga March 1996 – May 2019
Bruce Scott
Former Deputy Speaker Representative for Maranoa October 2012 – May 2016
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and May 2016 Jenny Macklin and Bruce Scott have voted in the same division 1277 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 1272 times. They have only voted the same 5 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
Always voted differently on
- A carbon price
- A minerals resource rent tax
- A plebiscite on the carbon pricing mechanism
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- Carbon farming
- Compensating victims of overseas terrorism since the September 11 attack
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Ending illegal logging
- Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing the price of subsidised medicine
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Letting environmental groups challenge the legality of certain government decisions
- Privatising government-owned assets
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stem cell research
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 1272 times. They have only voted the same 5 times.
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Migration Amendment (Unauthorised Maritime Arrivals and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Jenny Macklin voted Yes
Bruce Scott voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 67% attendance
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Mental Health - Recommital of Vote - Greens amendment
Jenny Macklin voted Yes
Bruce Scott voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 85% attendance
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Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Jenny Macklin voted Yes in this free vote
Bruce Scott voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
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Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Second Reading - Bill unacceptable
Jenny Macklin voted No in this free vote
Bruce Scott voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance