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18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Consideration in Detail - Statements of belief
Matt Thistlethwaite voted Yes
Craig Kelly voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
Matt Thistlethwaite and Craig Kelly have voted the same way 1% of the time
Matt Thistlethwaite
Australian Labor Party Representative for Kingsford Smith since September 2013
Craig Kelly
Former United Australia Party Representative for Hughes August 2021 – May 2022
Between September 2013 and May 2022 Matt Thistlethwaite and Craig Kelly have voted in the same division 1363 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 1343 times. They have only voted the same 20 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 character test for Australian visas
- 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
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- An emissions reduction fund
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Charging postgraduate research students fees
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Deregulating undergraduate university fees
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- 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 road infrastructure
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing penalties for breach of data
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing state and territory environmental approval powers
- Increasing support for the Australian film and TV industry
- Increasing support for the Australian shipping industry
- Increasing the age pension
- 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
- Letting environmental groups challenge the legality of certain government decisions
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Parliament continuing to meet during the COVID-19 pandemic
- 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
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
- Restricting foreign ownership
- 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 Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Unconventional gas mining
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 1343 times. They have only voted the same 20 times.
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edited 26th Nov 2021
Business - Rearrangement - Let a vote on the integrity commission take place
Matt Thistlethwaite voted Yes
Craig Kelly voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 86% attendance
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edited 26th Aug 2022
Business - Rearrangement - Don't disagree with motion
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Craig Kelly voted No
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 85% attendance
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edited 17th Dec 2021
Motions - Commonwealth Integrity Commission - Speed things along
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Craig Kelly voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 10th Dec 2021
Motions - Commonwealth Integrity Commission - Don't let a vote happen
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Craig Kelly voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 17th Dec 2021
Motions - Commonwealth Integrity Commission - Stop MP Dreyfus from speaking
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Craig Kelly voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 17th Dec 2021
Motions - Commonwealth Integrity Commission - Stop MP Albanese from speaking
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Craig Kelly voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 4th Mar 2022
Treasury Laws Amendment (Your Future, Your Super) Bill 2021 - Consideration of Senate Message - Agree and pass the bill
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Craig Kelly voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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edited 1st Oct 2021
Resolutions of the Senate - Jobkeeper Payment - Immediately consider Senate Message
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Craig Kelly voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 96% attendance
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edited 12th Jun 2021
Treasury Laws Amendment (Your Future, Your Super) Bill 2021 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Craig Kelly voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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edited 12th Jun 2021
Treasury Laws Amendment (Your Future, Your Super) Bill 2021 - Consideration in Detail - Labor amendments
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Craig Kelly voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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edited 12th Jun 2021
Treasury Laws Amendment (Your Future, Your Super) Bill 2021 - Consideration in Detail - "Best financial interests" definition
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Craig Kelly voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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edited 12th Jun 2021
Treasury Laws Amendment (Your Future, Your Super) Bill 2021 - Consideration in Detail - Commencement date
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Craig Kelly voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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edited 12th Jun 2021
Treasury Laws Amendment (Your Future, Your Super) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Craig Kelly voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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edited 15th Oct 2021
Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2020-2021 - Report from Federation Chamber - Don't omit text
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Craig Kelly voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 15th Oct 2021
Treasury Laws Amendment (2021 Measures No. 3) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Keep text unchanged
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Craig Kelly voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 22nd Aug 2019
Committees - Crown Casino Committee - Appointment
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Craig Kelly voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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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
Craig Kelly 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
Craig Kelly voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 77% 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
Craig Kelly voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 85% attendance