Bills — Medical Research Future Fund Bill 2015, Medical Research Future Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2015; in Committee
Zed Seselja voted No
Penny Wright voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
Zed Seselja and Penny Wright have voted the same way 3% of the time
Zed Seselja
Former Liberal Party Senator for ACT September 2013 – May 2022
Penny Wright
Former Australian Greens Senator for SA July 2011 – September 2015
Between September 2013 and September 2015 Zed Seselja and Penny Wright have voted in the same division 426 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 412 times. They have only voted the same 14 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.
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Always voted differently on
- A carbon price
- A declared area offence
- A minerals resource rent tax
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- An emissions reduction fund
- Australia's timber industry
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Charging postgraduate research students fees
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Deregulating undergraduate university fees
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Federal action on public housing
- Giving apprentices access to a $20,000 loan
- Greater public scrutiny of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Imprisoning immigration detention workers who record or reveal information from their work
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing funding for road infrastructure
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Landholders' right to say no to mining and gas exploration
- Live animal export
- Local community consultation on infrastructure projects
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Net zero emissions by 2050
- Preventative Detention Orders (PDOs)
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Public transport
- Putting a time limit on immigration detention
- Refugee family reunification
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records
- Requiring Parliamentary approval of military deployments
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Storing all citizens' telecommunications data for access by government agencies
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Unconventional gas mining
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 412 times. They have only voted the same 14 times.
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Bills — National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2015; in Committee
Zed Seselja voted No
Penny Wright voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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Bills — Social Services Legislation Amendment (Fair and Sustainable Pensions) Bill 2015; Third Reading
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Bills — Social Services Legislation Amendment (Fair and Sustainable Pensions) Bill 2015; Second Reading
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Committees — Community Affairs Legislation Committee; Reporting Date
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Motions — Budget
Zed Seselja voted No
Penny Wright voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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Regulations and Determinations — Competition and Consumer (Industry Code — Port Terminal Access (Bulk Wheat)) Regulation 2014; Disallowance
Zed Seselja voted No
Penny Wright voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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Business — Days and Hours of Meeting
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Land Transport Infrastructure Amendment Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Adopt report
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Agree to bill as amended
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Removing debt limit
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Zed Seselja voted No
Penny Wright voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance