Bills — Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024; Third Reading
Tony Burke voted Yes
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
Tony Burke and Mark Coulton have voted the same way 1% of the time
Tony Burke
Australian Labor Party Representative for Watson since October 2004
Mark Coulton
Deputy Speaker Representative for Parkes since August 2016
Since November 2007 Tony Burke and Mark Coulton have voted in the same division 2599 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 2565 times. They have only voted the same 34 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
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- Live animal export
- Prioritising religious freedom
- Protecting Australian sovereignty in trade agreements
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Reproductive bodily autonomy
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Transgender rights
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 plebiscite on the carbon pricing mechanism
- A referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice
- A Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability
- A same-sex marriage plebiscite
- A transition plan for coal workers
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- An emissions reduction fund
- Banning mobiles and other devices in immigration detention
- Banning pay secrecy clauses
- Build to Rent (BTR)
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Carbon farming
- Charging postgraduate research students fees
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- Compensating victims of overseas terrorism since the September 11 attack
- Considering legislation to create a federal anti-corruption commission (procedural)
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Deregulating undergraduate university fees
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending illegal logging
- Federal action on public housing
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Greater control over items brought into immigration detention centres
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing access to the JobKeeper Payment
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- Increasing funding for road infrastructure
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing penalties for breach of data
- Increasing political transparency
- 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 rural and regional Australia
- Increasing support for the Australian film and TV industry
- Increasing support for the Australian shipping industry
- Increasing the age pension
- Increasing the cost of humanities degrees
- 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
- Increasing workplace protections
- Letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural)
- Letting environmental groups challenge the legality of certain government decisions
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Market-led approaches to protecting biodiversity
- Net zero emissions by 2050
- Privatising certain government services
- 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
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Reducing tax concessions for high socio-economic status
- Reducing the corporate tax rate
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Senate electoral reform
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stopping people who arrive by boat from ever coming to Australia
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Temporary protection visas
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Unconventional gas mining
- Vehicle efficiency standards
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 2565 times. They have only voted the same 34 times.
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edited 7th Jun 2024
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Increase speaking time for first Opposition speaker
Tony Burke voted Yes
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 26th Jan 2024
Motions - Israel - Condemns war crimes in Gaza
Tony Burke voted No
Mark Coulton voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 1st Dec 2023
Motions - Whistleblower Protection - Let a vote happen
Tony Burke voted No
Mark Coulton voted No
Not passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 65% attendance
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edited 10th Feb 2023
Regulations and Determinations - Instrument of Designation of the Republic of Nauru as a Regional Processing Country
Tony Burke voted Yes
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 10th Feb 2023
Business - Rearrangement - Let a vote take place
Tony Burke voted Yes
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 83% attendance
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edited 11th Nov 2022
Anti-Discrimination and Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Respect at Work) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - Objects of bill
Tony Burke voted Yes
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 51% attendance
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edited 11th Nov 2022
Anti-Discrimination and Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Respect at Work) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - Equal-access approach
Tony Burke voted Yes
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 11th Nov 2022
Anti-Discrimination and Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Respect at Work) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - Extending protection
Tony Burke voted Yes
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 56% attendance
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edited 3rd Nov 2022
Regulations and Determinations - Export Control (Animals) Amendment (Northern Hemisphere Summer Prohibition) Rules 2022 - Don't disallow
Tony Burke voted Yes
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 28% attendance
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edited 17th Sep 2022
Aged Care Amendment (Implementing Care Reform) Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - Schedule of reasonable charges
Tony Burke voted Yes
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 58% 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
Tony Burke voted Yes
Mark Coulton 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
Tony Burke voted Yes
Mark Coulton 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
Tony Burke voted Yes
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 87% attendance
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edited 12th Aug 2022
Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Tony Burke voted No in this free vote
Mark Coulton voted No
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 90% 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
Tony Burke voted Yes
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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edited 24th Feb 2022
Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2021 - Consideration in Detail - Teachers
Tony Burke voted Yes
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
3 rebellions 51% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Tony Burke voted Yes
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 64% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2022
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Tony Burke voted Yes
Mark Coulton 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
Tony Burke voted Yes
Mark Coulton 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
Tony Burke voted Yes in this free vote
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 9th Jul 2021
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Standards and Assurance) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Do not reject bill
Tony Burke voted Yes
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
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edited 3rd Jun 2021
Motions - Department of Defence - Don't let a vote happen
Tony Burke voted Yes
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 46% attendance
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edited 18th Mar 2021
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Strengthening Income Support) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Raise Jobseeker Payment
Tony Burke voted Yes
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 45% attendance
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edited 22nd Jan 2021
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Withdrawal from Amalgamations) Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Keep second reading motion unchanged
Tony Burke voted Yes
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 37% attendance
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edited 21st Oct 2022
Foreign Investment Reform (Protecting Australia's National Security) Bill 2020 and another - Second Reading - Foreign acquisition
Tony Burke voted Yes
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 42% 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
Tony Burke voted No
Mark Coulton 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
Tony Burke voted No
Mark Coulton voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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edited 22nd Aug 2019
Committees - Crown Casino Committee - Appointment
Tony Burke voted No
Mark Coulton voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 7th Nov 2014
Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Tony Burke voted Yes
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 89% attendance
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Motions — Murray-Darling Basin Plan; Disallowance
Tony Burke voted No
Mark Coulton voted No, rebelling against the National Party
Not passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment (Unauthorised Maritime Arrivals and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Tony Burke voted Yes
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Marriage Amendment Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Tony Burke voted No in this free vote
Mark Coulton voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Mental Health - Recommital of Vote - Greens amendment
Tony Burke voted Yes
Mark Coulton voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 85% attendance