edited
6th Oct 2024
Motions - Middle East - Adjourn debate
David Gillespie voted Yes
David Smith voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
David Gillespie and David Smith have voted the same way 5% of the time
David Gillespie
National Party Representative for Lyne since September 2013
David Smith
Australian Labor Party Representative for Bean since May 2019
Since May 2019 David Gillespie and David Smith have voted in the same division 858 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 818 times. They have only voted the same 40 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
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- Increasing support for rural and regional Australia
- Political intervention in research funding grants
- Prioritising religious freedom
- Protecting Australian sovereignty in trade agreements
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Transgender rights
Always voted differently on
- A character test for Australian visas
- A combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- A referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice
- A transition plan for coal workers
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- Banning pay secrecy clauses
- Build to Rent (BTR)
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Capping gas prices
- Considering legislation to create a federal anti-corruption commission (procedural)
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Federal action on public housing
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing support for the Australian film and TV industry
- Increasing support for the Australian shipping industry
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Increasing workplace protections
- Increasing workplace protections for women
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Live animal export
- Market-led approaches to protecting biodiversity
- Net zero emissions by 2050
- 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
- Reproductive bodily autonomy
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- The territories being able to legalise euthanasia
- Treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency
- Unconventional gas mining
- Vehicle efficiency standards
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 818 times. They have only voted the same 40 times.
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edited 7th Sep 2024
Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Quality and Integrity) Bill 2024 - Consideration in Detail - Power to cap international student enrolments
David Gillespie voted No
David Smith voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 40% attendance
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edited 7th Sep 2024
Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Quality and Integrity) Bill 2024 - Consideration in Detail - Sunset clause on power to cap international student enrolments
David Gillespie voted No
David Smith voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 38% attendance
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edited 7th Sep 2024
Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Quality and Integrity) Bill 2024 - Consideration in Detail - Cap at provider level only
David Gillespie voted No
David Smith voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 40% attendance
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edited 4th Jul 2024
Motions - Environment - Let another vote take place
David Gillespie voted No
David Smith voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 60% attendance
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Statements — Personal Explanation
David Gillespie voted Yes
David Smith voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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Statements — Personal Explanation
David Gillespie voted Yes
David Smith voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 7th Aug 2024
Net Zero Economy Authority Bill 2024 - Consideration in Detail - Appointment of Board members
David Gillespie voted No
David Smith voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 38% 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
David Gillespie voted No
David Smith 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
David Gillespie voted No
David Smith voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 56% attendance
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edited 7 days ago
Communications Legislation Amendment (Prominence and Anti-Siphoning) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Shorten timeframe
David Gillespie voted No
David Smith voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 49% attendance
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edited 21st Mar 2024
Motions - Middle East - Let another vote take place
David Gillespie voted No
David Smith voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 46% attendance
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edited 7th Mar 2024
Motions - Middle East: Occupied Palestinian Territories - Let another vote take place
David Gillespie voted No
David Smith 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
David Gillespie voted No
David Smith 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
David Gillespie voted No
David Smith voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 33% attendance
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edited 23rd Jun 2024
Business - Rearrangement - Put the question
David Gillespie voted Yes
David Smith 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
David Gillespie voted No
David Smith voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 12th Jan 2024
Motions - Standing and Sessional Orders - Let another vote take place
David Gillespie voted No
David Smith voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 44% attendance
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edited 1st Dec 2023
Motions - Whistleblower Protection - Let a vote happen
David Gillespie voted No
David Smith voted No
Not passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 65% attendance
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edited 23rd Dec 2023
Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Amendment (Using New Technologies to Fight Climate Change) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Agree with the bill
David Gillespie voted Yes
David Smith voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 53% attendance
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edited 15th Sep 2023
Public Service Amendment Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Workplace diversity program
David Gillespie voted No
David Smith voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 44% attendance
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edited 10th Mar 2023
Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - Misleading and deceptive advertising
David Gillespie voted Yes
David Smith voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 52% 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
David Gillespie voted Yes, rebelling against the National Party
David Smith voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 60% attendance
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edited 10th Feb 2023
Business - Rearrangement - Let a vote take place
David Gillespie voted Yes
David Smith voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 83% attendance
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edited 28th Oct 2022
High Speed Rail Authority Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Publicly owned high speed rail
David Gillespie voted Yes
David Smith voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 38% attendance
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edited 30th Sep 2022
Treasury Laws Amendment (2022 Measures No. 2) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Inequality
David Gillespie voted Yes
David Smith voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 49% 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
David Gillespie voted Yes
David Smith 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
David Gillespie voted Yes
David Smith 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
David Gillespie voted Yes
David Smith 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
David Gillespie voted Yes
David Smith voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% 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
David Gillespie voted Yes
David Smith voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
David Gillespie voted Yes
David Smith voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 64% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Consideration in Detail - Statements of belief
David Gillespie voted Yes
David Smith voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
David Gillespie voted Yes
David Smith voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 68% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Impact on Tasmania
David Gillespie voted Yes
David Smith voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 68% 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
David Gillespie voted No in this free vote
David Smith voted No in this free vote
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 29th Nov 2019
Australian Research Council Amendment Bill 2019 - Consideration in Detail - Anouncement process
David Gillespie voted No
David Smith voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
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edited 31st Jul 2020
Customs Amendment (Growing Australian Export Opportunities Across the Asia-Pacific) Bill 2019 - Consideration in Detail - ISDS clauses
David Gillespie voted No
David Smith voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 18th Oct 2019
Motions - Casinos - Suspend the usual rules
David Gillespie voted No
David Smith voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% 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
David Gillespie voted Yes
David Smith voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance