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7th Nov 2014
Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Mal Washer voted Yes
Alex Hawke voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 89% attendance
Mal Washer and Alex Hawke have voted the same way 99.9% of the time
Mal Washer
Former Liberal Party Representative for Moore October 1998 – August 2013
Alex Hawke
Liberal Party Representative for Mitchell since November 2007
Between November 2007 and August 2013 Mal Washer and Alex Hawke have voted in the same division 711 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 710 times. They have only voted differently once.
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 differently on
Always voted the same way on
- A carbon price
- Carbon farming
- Compensating victims of overseas terrorism since the September 11 attack
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Ending illegal logging
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- 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
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 710 times. They have only voted differently once.