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Marriage Amendment Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Tony Abbott voted No
John Murphy voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
Tony Abbott and John Murphy have voted the same way 1% of the time
Tony Abbott
Former Liberal Party Representative for Warringah March 1994 – May 2019
John Murphy
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Reid August 2010 – September 2013
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and September 2013 Tony Abbott and John Murphy have voted in the same division 747 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 738 times. They have only voted the same 9 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
- Compensating victims of overseas terrorism since the September 11 attack
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Privatising government-owned assets
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- 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
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 738 times. They have only voted the same 9 times.
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Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Tony Abbott voted Yes
John Murphy voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 83% attendance
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Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Tony Abbott voted Yes
John Murphy voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - Consideration in Detail - Offence of using precursor cells
Tony Abbott voted Yes in this free vote
John Murphy voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 — Consideration in Detail — Offence of using precursor cells
Tony Abbott voted Yes in this free vote
John Murphy voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Tony Abbott voted No in this free vote
John Murphy voted No in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 96% attendance
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Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Consideration in Detail - Amend the current process
Tony Abbott voted Yes in this free vote
John Murphy voted Yes in this free vote
Not 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 - Read a second time
Tony Abbott voted No in this free vote
John Murphy voted No 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
Tony Abbott voted Yes in this free vote
John Murphy voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance