edited
9th Jul 2017
Enhancing Online Safety for Children Amendment Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Criminalise "revenge porn"
Brian Burston voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
Brian Burston and Scott Ludlam have voted the same way 25% of the time
Brian Burston
Former United Australia Party Senator for NSW June 2018 – July 2019
Scott Ludlam
Former Australian Greens Senator for WA July 2008 – July 2017
Between July 2016 and July 2017 Brian Burston and Scott Ludlam have voted in the same division 157 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 118 times. They have only voted the same 39 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
Always voted differently on
- A national redress scheme for institutional abuse survivors
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- 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
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing penalties for breach of data
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing the price of tobacco
- Maintaining or increasing defence spending
- Making sanitary items GST-free
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial
- 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
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 118 times. They have only voted the same 39 times.
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Bills — Treasury Laws Amendment (Gst Low Value Goods) Bill 2017; Third Reading
Brian Burston voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 24th Jun 2017
Motions - Live Animal Exports - Ban
Brian Burston voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 84% attendance
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edited 6th Jul 2017
Motions - Interference by Foreign Powers - Reference to Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security
Brian Burston voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Bills — Banking and Financial Services Commission of Inquiry Bill 2017; Second Reading
Brian Burston voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 6th Jul 2017
Motions - Interference by Foreign Powers - Let Greens + minor parties onto Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security
Brian Burston voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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Committees — Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference
Brian Burston voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 13th Jul 2017
Regulations and Determinations - Therapeutic Goods and Other Legislation Amendment (Narcotic Drugs) Regulation 2016 - Disallow
Brian Burston voted Yes
Scott Ludlam 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
Brian Burston voted Yes
Scott Ludlam 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
Brian Burston voted Yes
Scott Ludlam 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
Brian Burston voted Yes
Scott Ludlam 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
Brian Burston voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 31st May 2019
Documents - Saudi Arabia - Order for the Production of Documents
Brian Burston voted Yes
Scott Ludlam 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
Brian Burston voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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edited 12th Apr 2017
Motions - Legal Services - Commit funding
Brian Burston voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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Matters of Urgency — Workplace Relations
Brian Burston voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 14th Apr 2017
Motions - Child Sexual Abuse - List of perpetrators
Brian Burston voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 73% attendance
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Bills — Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Brian Burston voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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Bills — Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Brian Burston voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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Bills — Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016; Second Reading
Brian Burston voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Bills — Corporations Amendment (Crowd-Sourced Funding) Bill 2016; in Committee
Brian Burston voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 80% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2017
Parliamentary Entitlements Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - Prime ministers
Brian Burston voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 61% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2017
Parliamentary Entitlements Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - Former PMs and the gold pass
Brian Burston voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2017
Parliamentary Entitlements Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - Get rid of gold pass
Brian Burston voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 61% attendance
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edited 24th Feb 2017
Motions - Imports - Anti-dumping system
Brian Burston voted Yes
Scott Ludlam 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
Brian Burston voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Committees — Senators' Interests Committee; Reference
Brian Burston voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Business — Days and Hours of Meeting
Brian Burston voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes, rebelling against the Australian Greens
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 95% attendance
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Bills — Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2016; in Committee
Brian Burston voted No
Scott Ludlam 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
Brian Burston voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 85% 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
Scott Ludlam 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
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 8th Oct 2016
National Cancer Screening Register Bill 2016 and another - Refer to Committee
Brian Burston voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Committees — Community Affairs References Committee; Reference
Brian Burston voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 8th Oct 2016
Business - Consideration of Legislation - National cancer screening bills
Brian Burston voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 80% attendance
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edited 17th Sep 2016
Motions - Census - Do not fine
Brian Burston voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 17th Sep 2016
Motions - Gambling - Against gambling advertising
Brian Burston voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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Documents — Australian Statistician; Order for the Production of Documents
Brian Burston voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Brian Burston voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance