Bills — Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023; Consideration of Senate Message
Tony Burke voted No
Sussan Ley voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
Tony Burke and Sussan Ley have voted the same way 1% of the time
Tony Burke
Australian Labor Party Representative for Watson since October 2004
Sussan Ley
Liberal Party Representative for Farrer since November 2001
Since February 2006 (when our voting records begin) Tony Burke and Sussan Ley have voted in the same division 2727 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 2692 times. They have only voted the same 35 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 competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- Increasing workplace protections for women
- Live animal export
- Prioritising religious freedom
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Reproductive bodily autonomy
- 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 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
- Banning mobiles and other devices in immigration detention
- Banning pay secrecy clauses
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Carbon farming
- Charging postgraduate research students fees
- 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
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
- 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 availability of abortion drugs
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing eligibility requirements for Australian citizenship
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- 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
- 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
- Net zero emissions by 2050
- Parliament continuing to meet during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Privatising certain government services
- Privatising government-owned assets
- 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 the corporate tax rate
- 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
- 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
- The territories being able to legalise euthanasia
- 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
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 2692 times. They have only voted the same 35 times.
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edited 26th Jan 2024
Motions - Israel - Condemns war crimes in Gaza
Tony Burke voted No
Sussan Ley voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 4th Aug 2023
Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Tony Burke voted Yes
Sussan Ley voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
8 rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 18th Aug 2023
Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Agree with the bill
Tony Burke voted Yes
Sussan Ley voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
8 rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 4th Aug 2023
Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Tony Burke voted Yes
Sussan Ley voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
8 rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 17th Mar 2023
National Reconstruction Fund Corporation Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - Board appointment
Tony Burke voted Yes
Sussan Ley voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 55% 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
Sussan Ley 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
Sussan Ley 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
Sussan Ley 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
Sussan Ley 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
Sussan Ley 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
Sussan Ley 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
Sussan Ley voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 87% 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
Sussan Ley 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
Sussan Ley 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
Sussan Ley 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
Sussan Ley 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
Sussan Ley 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
Sussan Ley voted Yes in this free vote
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
Sussan Ley voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 54% 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
Sussan Ley voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 45% attendance
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edited 18th Oct 2019
Motions - Casinos - Suspend the usual rules
Tony Burke voted No
Sussan Ley 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
Sussan Ley voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2018
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Religion & right to refuse
Tony Burke voted No in this free vote
Sussan Ley voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 95% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2018
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Charities
Tony Burke voted No in this free vote
Sussan Ley voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2018
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Facilities
Tony Burke voted No in this free vote
Sussan Ley voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2018
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Charitable status
Tony Burke voted No in this free vote
Sussan Ley voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 95% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2018
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Defence appointed celebrants
Tony Burke voted No in this free vote
Sussan Ley voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 98% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2018
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Safeguard conscientious & religious beliefs
Tony Burke voted No in this free vote
Sussan Ley voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 95% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2018
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Consideration in Detail - Def of marriage + conscientious protections
Tony Burke voted No in this free vote
Sussan Ley voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 94% attendance
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edited 7th Nov 2014
Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Tony Burke voted Yes
Sussan Ley voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 89% attendance
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Bills — Defence Trade Controls Bill 2011; Consideration of Senate Message
Tony Burke voted Yes
Sussan Ley 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
Sussan Ley voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% 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
Sussan Ley voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Tony Burke voted Yes
Sussan Ley voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance