edited
28th Feb 2019
Motions - Queensland Nickel - Suspend usual rules
Brian Burston voted No
Pauline Hanson voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
Brian Burston and Pauline Hanson have voted the same way 95% of the time
Brian Burston
Former United Australia Party Senator for NSW June 2018 – July 2019
Pauline Hanson
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party Senator for Queensland since July 2016
Between July 2016 and July 2019 Brian Burston and Pauline Hanson have voted in the same division 642 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 613 times. They have only voted differently 29 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
- A Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing surveillance powers
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- The use of strong encryption technologies
Always voted the same way on
- A review of our representatives' eligibility
- A same-sex marriage plebiscite
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- Banning mobiles and other devices in immigration detention
- Changing the date of Australia Day
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Criminalising "revenge porn"
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Expanding public funded dental care
- Federal action on public housing
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- Getting rid of the Gold Travel Pass
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Imprisoning immigration detention workers who record or reveal information from their work
- Increasing access to medicinal cannabis products
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- 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 initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 15%
- Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 19%
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Increasing the passenger movement charge ('PMC')
- Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Live animal export
- Maintaining or increasing defence spending
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Making sanitary items GST-free
- More scrutiny of the Australian Defence Force
- Pill testing
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial
- Reducing taxes for middle-income earners
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Strengthening gun control laws
- The Coalition's Youth Jobs PaTH
- Unconventional gas mining
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 613 times. They have only voted differently 29 times.
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edited 14th Mar 2019
Motions - Disability Services - Establish a royal commission
Brian Burston voted Yes
Pauline Hanson voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 28th Feb 2019
Motions - Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education - Explain inconsistency
Brian Burston voted No
Pauline Hanson voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 22nd Feb 2019
Motions - Prevention of Violence Against Women - Pepper spray
Brian Burston voted Yes
Pauline Hanson voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 65% attendance
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edited 14th Dec 2018
Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Brian Burston voted No
Pauline Hanson voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 14th Dec 2018
Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Review operation of amendments
Brian Burston voted No
Pauline Hanson voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 7th Dec 2018
Motions - United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity - Heed recommendations
Brian Burston voted Yes
Pauline Hanson voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 7th Dec 2018
Motions - East Coast Inshore Fin Fish Fishery - Add conditions to accreditation
Brian Burston voted Yes
Pauline Hanson voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 7th Dec 2018
Motions - Disability Services - Establish a royal commission
Brian Burston voted Yes
Pauline Hanson voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2019
Committees - Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee - Bring forward reporting date
Brian Burston voted Yes, rebelling against the Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party
Pauline Hanson voted No
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 83% attendance
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edited 9th Jun 2023
Government Procurement (Judicial Review) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Sunsetting
Brian Burston voted No
Pauline Hanson voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 9th Jun 2023
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Government Procurement (Judicial Review) Bill 2017; Treasury Laws Amendment (Lower Taxes for Small and Medium Businesses) Bill 2018
Brian Burston voted Yes
Pauline Hanson voted No
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 9th Jun 2023
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Schedule
Brian Burston voted No
Pauline Hanson voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 9th Jun 2023
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Speed things along
Brian Burston voted Yes
Pauline Hanson voted No
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 1st Feb 2019
Customs Amendment (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Implementation) Bill 2018 - in Committee - Commencement
Brian Burston voted No, rebelling against the Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party
Pauline Hanson voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 62% attendance
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edited 1st Feb 2019
Customs Amendment (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Implementation) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Agree with bills' main idea
Brian Burston voted Yes, rebelling against the Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party
Pauline Hanson voted No
Passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 64% attendance
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edited 21st Sep 2018
Motions - Migrants Convicted of Being a Member of a Terrorist Organisation - Establish criteria
Brian Burston voted No, rebelling against the Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party
Pauline Hanson voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 63% attendance
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edited 19th Oct 2018
Treasury Laws Amendment (Black Economy Taskforce Measures No. 1) Bill 2018 - in Committee - Put the question
Brian Burston voted No, rebelling against the Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party
Pauline Hanson voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 89% attendance
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edited 19th Oct 2018
Documents - Future Submarine Project; Order for the Production of Documents - Sitting placement
Brian Burston voted No, rebelling against the Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party
Pauline Hanson voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 68% attendance
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edited 9th Jun 2023
Treasury Laws Amendment (Enterprise Tax Plan No. 2) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Report the bill
Brian Burston voted No, rebelling against the Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party
Pauline Hanson voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 87% attendance
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edited 9th Jun 2023
Treasury Laws Amendment (Enterprise Tax Plan No. 2) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Keep bill unchanged
Brian Burston voted Yes, rebelling against the Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party
Pauline Hanson voted No
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 87% attendance
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edited 16th Jun 2023
Treasury Laws Amendment (Enterprise Tax Plan No. 2) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Large ADIs
Brian Burston voted Yes, rebelling against the Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party
Pauline Hanson voted No
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 95% attendance
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edited 14th Sep 2018
Restoring Territory Rights (Assisted Suicide Legislation) Bill 2015 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Brian Burston voted No in this free vote
Pauline Hanson voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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edited 27th Jul 2018
Committees - Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee - Refer foreign interference bills
Brian Burston voted No, rebelling against the Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party
Pauline Hanson voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 74% attendance
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edited 9th May 2019
Taxation Administration Amendment (Corporate Tax Entity Information) Bill 2017 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Brian Burston voted No, rebelling against the Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party
Pauline Hanson voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 83% attendance
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edited 23rd Jun 2023
Taxation Administration Amendment (Corporate Tax Entity Information) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Threshold and grandfathering clause
Brian Burston voted No, rebelling against the Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party
Pauline Hanson voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 84% attendance
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edited 23rd Jun 2023
Taxation Administration Amendment (Corporate Tax Entity Information) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Put the question
Brian Burston voted No, rebelling against the Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party
Pauline Hanson voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 84% attendance
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Documents — Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicine Authority; Order for the Production of Documents
Brian Burston voted No, rebelling against the Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party
Pauline Hanson voted Yes, rebelling against the Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% 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
Brian Burston voted No, rebelling against the Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party
Pauline Hanson voted Yes, rebelling against the Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance