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19th Jul 2019
Motions - Solar Energy - NSW Solar Energy eXchange Initiative
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
Fiona Nash and Lin Thorp have voted the same way 26% of the time
Fiona Nash
Former National Party Senator for NSW July 2005 – October 2017
Lin Thorp
Former Australian Labor Party Senator for Tasmania June 2012 – June 2014
Between June 2012 and June 2014 Fiona Nash and Lin Thorp have voted in the same division 291 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 214 times. They have only voted the same 77 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
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Landholders' right to say no to mining and gas exploration
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Recognising local government in the Constitution
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Ending illegal logging
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Unconventional gas mining
Always voted differently on
- A carbon price
- A minerals resource rent tax
- Australia's timber industry
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Same-sex marriage equality
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 214 times. They have only voted the same 77 times.
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Removing Re-approval and Re-registration) Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Fiona Nash voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Regulations and Determinations — Australian Meat and Live—stock Industry (Export of Live—stock to Egypt) Repeal Order 2014 - Put the motion (for disallowance)
Fiona Nash voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Tax Laws Amendment (Temporary Budget Repair Levy) Bill 2014 and related bills - Second Reading
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Documents — Note Printing Australia; Order for the Production of Documents
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Minerals Resource Rent Tax Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2013 - Second Reading - Share mining boom benefits
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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Regulations and Determinations — Clean Energy Auction Revocation Determination 2014; Disallowance
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 27th Dec 2014
Motions - Lock the Gate Alliance - Act on concerns of the Alliance
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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Committees — Select Committee on Electronic Surveillance; Appointment
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Committees — Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Kangaroo Island - Reject seismic testing proposal
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Asylum Seekers - UNHCR reports into Nauru and Manus Island
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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Committees — Electoral Matters Committee; Reference
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 25th Feb 2016
Motions - Political Donations - Disclosure and ban on overseas donations
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Motions — Japan Natural Disasters
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Great Barrier Reef - Reject the Abbot Point coal port expansion proposal
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Wheat Exports - Reject takeover of GrainCorp by Archer Daniels Midland
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Bills - Australian Education Bill 2013, Australian Education (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013; Second Reading
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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Bills — Australian Jobs Bill 2013; Second Reading
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 7th Nov 2014
Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Fiona Nash voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
7 rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 7th Nov 2014
Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Fiona Nash voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
7 rebellions 71% attendance
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Documents — Pollution Reduction Program; Order for the Production of Documents
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Motions — Tibet
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment Bill 2013 - In Committee - Extend protection
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment Bill 2013 - In Committee - Owner consent
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 21st Oct 2014
Parliamentary Service Amendment (Freedom of Information) Bill 2013 — Third Reading — Read a third time
Fiona Nash voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 49% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area - Maintain heritage status
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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Motions — Poultry Industry
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
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Motions — Snowy Scientific Committee
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Water Amendment (Water for the Environment Special Account) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Auditing
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Asylum Seekers - Right to work
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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Committees — Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Higher Education Support Amendment (Streamlining and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Student start-up scholarship payments
Fiona Nash voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Water Amendment (Long-term Average Sustainable Diversion Limit Adjustment) Bill 2012 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Fiona Nash voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Water Amendment (Long-term Average Sustainable Diversion Limit Adjustment) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Modelling
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Water Amendment (Long-term Average Sustainable Diversion Limit Adjustment) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Adjustments
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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Bills — Illegal Logging Prohibition Bill 2012; in Committee
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
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Bills — Illegal Logging Prohibition Bill 2012; in Committee
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 51% attendance
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Bills — Appropriation (Implementation of the Report of the Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers) Bill (No. 1) 2012-2013, Appropriation (Implementation of the Report of the Expert Pane...
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 12th Apr 2018
Motions - Newstart - Increase
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 22nd Aug 2016
Documents - Reef Rescue Program - Great Barrier Reef
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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Bills — Social Security Legislation Amendment (Fair Incentives to Work) Bill 2012; in Committee
Fiona Nash voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 50% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Business - Vocational Education and Training: State Funding - Against demand driven VET funding
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 50% attendance
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Bills — Social Security Legislation Amendment (Fair Incentives to Work) Bill 2012; Second Reading
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 25th Jan 2018
Motions - Threatened Species and Wilderness - Keep responsibility in federal hands
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
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edited 12th Apr 2018
Motions - Newstart Allowance - Increase index rate
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
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Motions — Wilders, Mr Geert
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Declared Commercial Fishing Activities) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Greens amendment
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 25th Jan 2018
Motions - Threatened Species and Wilderness - Keep responsibility in federal hands
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 27th Sep 2017
Motions - Riley, Ms Vikki - Condolences
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 25th Jan 2018
Motions - Environment - Keep responsibility in federal hands
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions — Republic of Nauru - Coalition policies
Fiona Nash voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes, rebelling against the Australian Labor Party
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 84% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Fiona Nash voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development) Bill 2012 - In Commit...
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development) Bill 2012 - In Commit...
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 53% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development) Bill 2012 - In Commit...
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development) Bill 2012 - In Commit...
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
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edited 25th Jan 2018
Motions - Tripa Forest - Clearing
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
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Documents — Reserve Bank of Australia; Order for the Production of Documents
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 65% attendance
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edited 30th Jan 2015
Motions - Inequality - Introduce a Federal Equality Act
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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Motions — Asylum Seekers
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 52% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Murray-Darling Basin - 4000 gigalitres required
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 20th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Fiona Nash voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Sunset clause
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Independent annual review
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Protection and welfare arrangements
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 65% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Transfer to Australia after 12 months
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Fiona Nash voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 14th Apr 2016
Motions - Forestry - Westpac and logging on the Solomon Islands
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 22nd Nov 2014
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 - Leave schedule 1 as it is
Fiona Nash voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 22nd Nov 2014
Stronger Futures Bills - Agree to Senator Ludlam's amendments
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (The Bali Process) Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Greens Amendment
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 22nd Nov 2014
Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Fiona Nash voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 22nd Nov 2014
Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011 - Agree to Australian Greens amendment
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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edited 22nd Nov 2014
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 - Agree to Australian Greens amendments reducing sunset clause periods
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 22nd Nov 2014
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 - Leave schedule 2 as it is
Fiona Nash voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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Motions — International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
Fiona Nash voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance