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Rob Mitchell MP

- Australian Labor Party Representative for McEwen
- Entered House of Representatives on 21 August 2010 — Federal election
- Email me whenever Rob Mitchell speaks (no more than once per day)
Voting record (from They Vote For You)
How Rob Mitchell voted on key issues since 2006:
- Voted moderately for same sex marriage. votes
- Voted very strongly for tobacco plain packaging. votes
- Voted very strongly for a carbon price. votes
- Voted moderately for increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management. votes
- Voted very strongly against government administered paid parental leave. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace. votes
- Voted moderately for implementing refugee and protection conventions. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing competition in bulk wheat export. votes
- Has never voted on recognising local government in the Constitution. votes
- Voted moderately against temporary protection visas. votes
- Voted very strongly against voluntary student union fees. votes
- Voted very strongly against increasing or removing the debt limit. votes
- Voted very strongly for a minerals resource rent tax . votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing protection of Australia's fresh water. votes
- Voted strongly for regional processing of asylum seekers. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing marine conservation. votes
- Voted very strongly against unconventional gas mining. votes
- Voted very strongly for restricting foreign ownership. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing investment in renewable energy. votes
- Voted very strongly against privatising government assets. votes
- Voted very strongly for more scrutiny of intelligence services & police. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing Aboriginal land rights. votes
- Voted moderately for increasing funding for university education. votes
- Voted very strongly for decreasing the private health insurance rebate. votes
- Voted very strongly against increasing the price of subsidised medicine. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the age pension. votes
- Voted very strongly against live animal exports. votes
- Voted very strongly for carbon farming. votes
- Voted strongly against decreasing availability of welfare payments. votes
- Voted very strongly for re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals. votes
- Voted very strongly against an emissions reduction fund. votes
- Voted very strongly against increasing funding for road infrastructure. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing restrictions on gambling. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing fishing restrictions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging Australian-based industry. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing consumer protections. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing public access to government data. votes
- Voted very strongly for an NBN (using fibre to the premises). votes
- Voted very strongly against decreasing ABC and SBS funding. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Most recent appearances in parliament
- Statements by Members: McEwen Electorate (10 Dec 2020)
“When you sit down for dinner, just have a think about these two poor kids locked up unnecessarily. It's a disgrace. (Time expired)”
- Statements by Members: McEwen Electorate (10 Dec 2020)
“It is the last day of parliament for the year, hopefully, and I want to put on record my thanks to my family for this year. It has been a tough year for everyone. It has been a tough year for all our colleagues in the House and in the Senate. It's been a tough year for all our staff, the clerks, the Serjeant-at-Arms, the Comcar drivers, the chamber staff, security, the AFP and everyone who's...”
- Adjournment: Workplace Relations (10 Dec 2020)
“The expression 'never waste a crisis' has never been used so many times in so many contexts this year. Of course, the Liberals and Nationals have truly taken this to heart. Yesterday, the second-last day of the parliament, the Prime Minister came and gave working Australians a Christmas present. It was not a thankyou to the heroes of the pandemic: the aged-care workers, the nurses, the...”
Numbers
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- Has spoken in 65 debates in the last year — above average amongst Representatives.
- People have made 1 comment on this Representative's speeches — average amongst Representatives.
- This Representative's speeches are understandable to an average 15–16 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
- 11 people are tracking whenever this Representative speaks — email me whenever Rob Mitchell speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 340 times in debates — average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)