edited
8th Nov 2019
Committees - Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee - Reference
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
Arthur Sinodinos and Malcolm Roberts have voted the same way 74% of the time
Arthur Sinodinos
Former Liberal Party Senator for NSW October 2011 – November 2019
Malcolm Roberts
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party Senator for Queensland since July 2019
Between July 2016 and November 2019 Arthur Sinodinos and Malcolm Roberts have voted in the same division 324 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 239 times. They have only voted differently 85 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 differently on
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing access to medicinal cannabis products
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Privatising certain government services
- Strengthening gun control laws
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
Always voted the same way on
- A transition plan for coal workers
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Changing the date of Australia Day
- Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing penalties for breach of data
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing the passenger movement charge ('PMC')
- Live animal export
- Maintaining or increasing defence spending
- Making sanitary items GST-free
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- No new fossil fuels projects
- Reducing taxes for high-income earners
- Reducing taxes for middle-income earners
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Temporary Exclusion Orders
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- The Coalition's Youth Jobs PaTH
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- Unconventional gas mining
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 239 times. They have only voted differently 85 times.
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edited 8th Nov 2019
Committees - Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee - Reference
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 31st Jul 2020
Emergency Response Fund Bill 2019 and another - in Committee - $1 billion to TAFE
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 8th Nov 2019
Motions - Department of Home Affairs - Paladin Contracts
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 31st Jul 2020
Intellectual Property Laws Amendment (Productivity Commission Response Part 2 and Other Measures) Bill 2019 - in Committee - Maintain innovative patents
Arthur Sinodinos voted Yes
Malcolm Roberts voted No
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 31st Jul 2020
Treasury Laws Amendment (2019 Tax Integrity and Other Measures No. 1) Bill 2019 - in Committee - Disclosure of business tax debts
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 24th Oct 2019
Motions - Climate Change - Amendment
Arthur Sinodinos voted Yes
Malcolm Roberts voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 24th Oct 2019
Matters of Urgency - Dairy Industry - Fair price
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 24th Oct 2019
Motions - Dairy Industry - Support
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Not passed
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 24th Oct 2019
Motions - Renewable Energy - Proper oversight
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
-
edited 13th Sep 2019
Motions - Newstart Allowance - Increase
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 7th Aug 2020
Committees - Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee - Reference
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 13th Sep 2019
Motions - Murray-Darling Basin - Moratorium
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 7th Aug 2020
Committees - Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee - Reference
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 15th Aug 2019
Committees - Ministerial Conduct - Make statement
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 15th Aug 2019
Committees - Visa Processing - Do not privatise
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 15th Aug 2019
Committees - Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee - Reference
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 2nd Aug 2019
Ministers of State (Checks for Security Purposes) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 2nd Aug 2019
Motions - Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability - Remove Mr Ryan and Ms Bennett as commissioners
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 22nd Aug 2019
Committees - Community Affairs References Committee - Reference re: Newstart adequacy
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 25th Jul 2019
Motions - Newstart Allowance, Youth Allowance - Increase
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 6th Sep 2019
Committees - Environment and Communications References Committee - Reference
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 21st Aug 2020
Business - Rearrangement - Let a vote happen
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 26th Jul 2019
Civil Aviation Amendment Bill 2019 - in Committee - Safety standards and sustainability
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 25th Jul 2019
Documents - Commissioner of Taxation - Order for the Production of Documents
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 6th Sep 2019
Committees - Finance and Public Administration References Committee - Reference
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 12th Jul 2019
Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Relief So Working Australians Keep More of Their Money) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Add additional text to motion
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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edited 12th Jul 2019
Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Relief So Working Australians Keep More of Their Money) Bill 2019 - in Committee - Bring forward lifting tax bracket
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 12th Jul 2019
Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Relief So Working Australians Keep More of Their Money) Bill 2019 - in Committee - Keep items 2 and 4 in Sch 2 unchanged
Arthur Sinodinos voted Yes
Malcolm Roberts voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 21st Aug 2020
Business - Rearrangement - Suspend standing order 3(4)
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 95% attendance
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edited 26th Jan 2018
Motions - Renewable Energy - Against target and subsidies
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 26th Jan 2018
Motions - Energy - Reregulate to control increase in electricity prices
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 31st May 2019
Documents - Defence Procurement - Order for the Production of Documents
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 20th Oct 2023
Electoral and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - Robocall amendments
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 20th Oct 2023
Electoral and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - Misleading statements
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 21st Jan 2018
Motions - National Threatened Species Day - Government support for research & conservation
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 20th Oct 2023
A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Amendment (Make Electricity Gst Free) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 17th Nov 2017
Motions - Parliamentary Representation - Qualifications of Senators
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 3rd Sep 2017
Documents - Solicitor-General's Advice - Produce the documents
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 3rd Nov 2023
Excise Tariff Amendment (Tobacco Duty Harmonisation) Bill 2017, Customs Tariff Amendment (Tobacco Duty Harmonisation) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Arthur Sinodinos voted Yes
Malcolm Roberts voted No
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 13th Aug 2017
Motions - National Security - Consistency in airport mandatory screening
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 3rd Nov 2023
Motions - Suspension of Standing Orders - Public dental care
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 17th Nov 2023
Committees - Commonwealth Bank of Australia - Withhold bonuses
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 73% attendance
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edited 17th Nov 2017
Committees - Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee - Reference
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 17th Nov 2023
Committees - Homelessness - Long term, non-punitive plans
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 13th Aug 2017
Committees - Murray-Darling Basin - Independent national judicial inquiry
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 30th Jun 2017
Motions - Asylum Seekers - Withdraw from Refugee Convention
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 9th Jul 2017
Enhancing Online Safety for Children Amendment Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Criminalise "revenge porn"
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Bills — Treasury Laws Amendment (Gst Low Value Goods) Bill 2017; Third Reading
Arthur Sinodinos voted Yes
Malcolm Roberts voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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Bills — Banking and Financial Services Commission of Inquiry Bill 2017; Second Reading
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 13th Jul 2017
Regulations and Determinations - Therapeutic Goods and Other Legislation Amendment (Narcotic Drugs) Regulation 2016 - Disallow
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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edited 13th Jul 2017
Regulations and Determinations - Therapeutic Goods and Other Legislation Amendment (Narcotic Drugs) Regulation 2016 - Vote on disallowance again
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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edited 13th Jul 2017
Regulations and Determinations - Therapeutic Goods and Other Legislation Amendment (Narcotic Drugs) Regulation 2016 - Disallow
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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edited 7th Apr 2017
Motions - Returned and Services League of Australia (New South Wales Branch) - Financial + structural problems
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 7th Apr 2017
Motions - Institutional Care - For a royal commission
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
edited 31st May 2019
Documents - Saudi Arabia - Order for the Production of Documents
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 81% attendance
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edited 7th Apr 2017
Motions - Ministerial Standards - Disclosure of meetings
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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edited 12th Apr 2017
Motions - Legal Services - Commit funding
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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Matters of Urgency — Workplace Relations
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Bills — Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Jobs for Families Child Care Package) Bill 2016; in Committee
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 14th Apr 2017
Motions - Child Sexual Abuse - List of perpetrators
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 73% attendance
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Bills — Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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Bills — Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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Bills — Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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Bills — Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016; Second Reading
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 24th Feb 2017
Motions - Imports - Anti-dumping system
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 24th May 2019
Motions - Parliamentarians' Entitlements - Commit to spending on electorate
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Committees — Senators' Interests Committee; Reference
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Bills — Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2016; in Committee
Arthur Sinodinos voted Yes
Malcolm Roberts voted No
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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Bills — Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2016; in Committee
Arthur Sinodinos voted Yes
Malcolm Roberts voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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Documents — Defence Procurement; Order for the Production of Documents
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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Committees — Finance and Public Administration References Committee; Reference
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Bills — Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill 2013, Building and Construction Industry (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013; in Commi...
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 6th Jun 2019
Motions - Australian of the Year - Remove General Morrison
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Committees — Economics References Committee; Reference
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 25th Nov 2016
Income Tax Rates Amendment (Working Holiday Maker Reform) Bill 2016 and related bills - in Committee - Reduce tax rate from 19% to 10.5%
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Bills — Treasury Laws Amendment (Fair and Sustainable Superannuation) Bill 2016, Superannuation (Excess Transfer Balance Tax) Imposition Bill 2016; Second Reading
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes, rebelling against the Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 25th Nov 2016
Regulations and Determinations - Customs (Prohibited Imports) Amendment (Shotguns and Shotgun Magazines) Regulation 2016 - Disallowance
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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Committees — Community Affairs References Committee; Reference
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Arthur Sinodinos voted Yes
Malcolm Roberts voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Documents — Trade; Order for the Production of Documents
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 8th Oct 2016
Business - Consideration of Legislation - National cancer screening bills
Arthur Sinodinos voted Yes
Malcolm Roberts voted No
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 80% attendance
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Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Arthur Sinodinos voted Yes
Malcolm Roberts voted No
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance