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Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Tony Burke voted Yes
Malcolm Turnbull voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 89% attendance
Tony Burke and Malcolm Turnbull have voted the same way 1% of the time
Tony Burke
Australian Labor Party Representative for Watson since October 2004
Malcolm Turnbull
Former Liberal Party Representative for Wentworth October 2004 – August 2018
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and August 2018 Tony Burke and Malcolm Turnbull have voted in the same division 1591 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 1580 times. They have only voted the same 11 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 citizenship test
- A minerals resource rent tax
- A plebiscite on the carbon pricing mechanism
- 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
- 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
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Deregulating undergraduate university fees
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Ending illegal logging
- Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
- 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 consumer protections
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing funding for road infrastructure
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- 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 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 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
- Privatising certain government services
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- 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
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Senate electoral reform
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stem cell research
- Stopping people who arrive by boat from ever coming to Australia
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 1580 times. They have only voted the same 11 times.
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Motions — Murray-Darling Basin Plan; Disallowance
Tony Burke voted No
Malcolm Turnbull voted No
Not passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 67% attendance
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Migration Amendment (Unauthorised Maritime Arrivals and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Tony Burke voted Yes
Malcolm Turnbull voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 67% attendance
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Bills — Defence Trade Controls Bill 2011; Consideration of Senate Message
Tony Burke voted Yes
Malcolm Turnbull voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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Bills — Defence Trade Controls Bill 2011; Consideration of Senate Message
Tony Burke voted Yes
Malcolm Turnbull voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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Marriage Amendment Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Tony Burke voted No in this free vote
Malcolm Turnbull voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
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Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2010 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Tony Burke voted Yes
Malcolm Turnbull voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 91% attendance
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Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Tony Burke voted Yes
Malcolm Turnbull 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 Burke voted Yes
Malcolm Turnbull voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% 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 Burke voted Yes in this free vote
Malcolm Turnbull 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 - Bill unacceptable
Tony Burke voted Yes in this free vote
Malcolm Turnbull voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance