edited
22nd Aug 2019
Committees - Crown Casino Committee - Appointment
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
John McVeigh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
Matt Thistlethwaite and John McVeigh have voted the same way 1% of the time
Matt Thistlethwaite
Australian Labor Party Representative for Kingsford Smith since September 2013
John McVeigh
Former Liberal Party Representative for Groom July 2016 – September 2020
Between July 2016 and September 2020 Matt Thistlethwaite and John McVeigh have voted in the same division 729 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 724 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
Always voted differently on
- A character test for Australian visas
- A citizenship test
- A combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- A Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability
- A same-sex marriage plebiscite
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Greater control over items brought into immigration detention centres
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing penalties for breach of data
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing support for the Australian shipping industry
- 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
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Privatising certain government services
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial
- Reducing the corporate tax rate
- Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stopping people who arrive by boat from ever coming to Australia
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- Tighter means testing of family payments
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 724 times. They have only voted the same 5 times.
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edited 1st Aug 2019
Counter-Terrorism (Temporary Exclusion Orders) Bill 2019 and another - Second Reading - Agree with the bills' main idea
Matt Thistlethwaite voted Yes
John McVeigh voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 5th Apr 2019
Criminal Code Amendment (Sharing of Abhorrent Violent Material) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Refer to Committee
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
John McVeigh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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Bills — Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016; Consideration in Detail
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
John McVeigh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 23rd Sep 2016
Budget Savings (Omnibus) Bill 2016 - Consideration in Detail - Maintain Australian Renewable Energy Agency funding
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
John McVeigh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 85% attendance