edited
21st Aug 2020
Business - Rearrangement - Parliamentary business
Brian Burston voted Yes
Penny Wong voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
Brian Burston and Penny Wong have voted the same way 18% of the time
Brian Burston
Former United Australia Party Senator for NSW June 2018 – July 2019
Penny Wong
Australian Labor Party Senator for SA since July 2002
Between July 2016 and July 2019 Brian Burston and Penny Wong have voted in the same division 238 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 195 times. They have only voted the same 43 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
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial
- Reducing taxes for middle-income earners
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- The use of strong encryption technologies
Always voted differently on
- A same-sex marriage plebiscite
- Banning mobiles and other devices in immigration detention
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- Getting rid of the Gold Travel Pass
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- 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 passenger movement charge ('PMC')
- Live animal export
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Strengthening gun control laws
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 195 times. They have only voted the same 43 times.
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edited 4th Oct 2019
Treasury Laws Amendment (Improving Accountability and Member Outcomes in Superannuation Measures No. 1) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Retail funds
Brian Burston voted No
Penny Wong voted No
Not 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 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Brian Burston voted Yes
Penny Wong voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 14th Dec 2018
Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018 - Third Reading - Speeding things along
Brian Burston voted Yes
Penny Wong voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 19th May 2023
Business - Rearrangement - Let another vote happen
Brian Burston voted Yes
Penny Wong voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 19th May 2023
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Let Senator Di Natale make a statement
Brian Burston voted No
Penny Wong voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 26th Apr 2019
Government Procurement (Judicial Review) Bill 2017 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Brian Burston voted Yes
Penny Wong voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 9th Jun 2023
Government Procurement (Judicial Review) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Sunsetting
Brian Burston voted No
Penny Wong voted No
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
Penny Wong voted Yes
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
Penny Wong voted No
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
Penny Wong voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 5th Oct 2018
Motions - Anning, Senator Fraser; Censure - Let vote happen
Brian Burston voted No
Penny Wong voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 23rd Jun 2023
Business - Rearrangement - New timetable
Brian Burston voted Yes
Penny Wong voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 20th Jul 2018
National Security Legislation Amendment (Espionage and Foreign Interference) Bill 2018 and another - Second Reading - Agree with bills' main idea
Brian Burston voted Yes
Penny Wong voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 20th Jul 2018
National Security Legislation Amendment (Espionage and Foreign Interference) Bill 2018 and another - Second Reading - Oversight
Brian Burston voted No
Penny Wong voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 20th Jul 2018
National Security Legislation Amendment (Espionage and Foreign Interference) Bill 2018 and another - Second Reading - Refer to Committee
Brian Burston voted No
Penny Wong voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 20th Jul 2018
National Security Legislation Amendment (Espionage and Foreign Interference) Bill 2018 and another - Second Reading - Refer to Committee
Brian Burston voted No
Penny Wong voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 20th Jul 2018
National Security Legislation Amendment (Espionage and Foreign Interference) Bill 2017 and another - First Reading - Speed things along
Brian Burston voted Yes
Penny Wong voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 20th Jul 2018
National Security Legislation Amendment (Espionage and Foreign Interference) Bill 2017 and another - First Reading - Consider bills together
Brian Burston voted Yes
Penny Wong voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 17th May 2019
Treasury Laws Amendment (Personal Income Tax Plan) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Raise minimum wage, Newstart and Youth Allowance
Brian Burston voted No
Penny Wong voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 23rd Jun 2018
Criminal Code Amendment (Impersonating a Commonwealth Body) Bill 2017 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Brian Burston voted Yes
Penny Wong voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 23rd Dec 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Discrimination based on religious beliefs
Brian Burston voted No
Penny Wong voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 81% attendance
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edited 25th Nov 2017
Australian Border Force Amendment (Protected Information) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Section 42
Brian Burston voted No
Penny Wong voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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edited 10th Oct 2023
Product Emissions Standards Bill 2017 and three others - Second Reading - Regulate emissions from coal-fired power stations
Brian Burston voted No
Penny Wong voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 27th Oct 2023
Migration Amendment (Validation of Decisions) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Brian Burston voted Yes
Penny Wong voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 17th Nov 2023
Committees - Early Retirement of Coal-Fired Power Stations - Don't do
Brian Burston voted Yes
Penny Wong voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 17th Nov 2023
Committees - Homelessness - Long term, non-punitive plans
Brian Burston voted Yes
Penny Wong 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
Brian Burston voted Yes
Penny Wong voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 2nd Jul 2017
Motions - Cashless Welfare Card Trial Sites - Do not expand
Brian Burston voted No
Penny Wong voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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Bills — Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Brian Burston voted Yes
Penny Wong voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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Bills — Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2016; in Committee
Brian Burston voted No
Penny Wong voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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Parliamentary Zone — Approval of Works
Brian Burston voted Yes
Penny Wong voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 83% 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%
Brian Burston voted Yes
Penny Wong voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Committees — Community Affairs References Committee; Reference
Brian Burston voted Yes
Penny Wong voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Brian Burston voted Yes
Penny Wong voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 19th Nov 2016
Motions - Political Donations - Family First
Brian Burston voted No
Penny Wong voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 73% attendance
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edited 22nd Oct 2016
Treasury Laws Amendment (Income Tax Relief) Bill 2016 - Second Reading - Agree with the main idea of the bill
Brian Burston voted Yes
Penny Wong voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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edited 18th Jan 2019
Documents - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation - Order for the Production of Documents
Brian Burston voted Yes
Penny Wong voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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Documents — Trade; Order for the Production of Documents
Brian Burston voted Yes
Penny Wong voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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Business — Days and Hours of Meeting
Brian Burston voted Yes
Penny Wong voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 8th Oct 2016
Business - Consideration of Legislation - National cancer screening bills
Brian Burston voted No
Penny Wong voted No
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 80% attendance
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Business — Consideration of Legislation
Brian Burston voted Yes
Penny Wong voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Documents — Australian Statistician; Order for the Production of Documents
Brian Burston voted Yes
Penny Wong voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance