edited
7th Oct 2014
Bills — Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Director and Executive Remuneration) Bill 2011; In Committee
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
Helen Coonan and John Faulkner have voted the same way 16% of the time
Helen Coonan
Former Liberal Party Senator for NSW July 1996 – August 2011
John Faulkner
Former Australian Labor Party Senator for NSW April 1989 – February 2015
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and August 2011 Helen Coonan and John Faulkner have voted in the same division 335 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 280 times. They have only voted the same 55 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
- An NBN (using fibre to the premises)
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Equal treatment for all couples
- Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Uranium export
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 280 times. They have only voted the same 55 times.
-
-
edited 25th Jan 2018
Motions - DeforestACTION Program - Support + include palm oil as declared ingredient
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 50% attendance
-
Motions — Phosphate-Based Laundry Detergents
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 50% attendance
-
Schools Assistance Amendment (Financial Assistance) Bill 2011 — Third Reading
Helen Coonan voted Yes
John Faulkner voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
-
edited 6th Aug 2017
Motions - Murray-Darling Basin - Modelling required
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 51% attendance
-
Extradition (United Arab Emirates) Regulations 2010 — Motion for Disallowance
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 49% attendance
-
Coal Seam Gas Projects
Helen Coonan voted Yes
John Faulkner voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
-
Coal Seam Gas Projects
Helen Coonan voted Yes
John Faulkner voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives (Medicare Levy Surcharge) Bill 2009 [No. 2] and Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives (Medicare Levy Surcharge - Fringe Benefits)...
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2] and related bills - Second Reading - Read a second time
Helen Coonan voted Yes
John Faulkner voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2] and related bills - Second Reading - Defer consideration
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
11 rebellions 92% attendance
-
edited 18th May 2018
Motions - Illegal Entry Vessels - Review + report back to Senate
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
-
Bank Executive Salaries
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
-
Environment: East Gippsland
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Measures No. 4) Bill 2009 - In Committee - Carbon sink tax deductions
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 78% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 and related acts - Second Reading - Commit to reducing emissions
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 95% attendance
-
Nation Building Program (National Land Transport) Amendment Bill 2009 — In Committee
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
-
Appropriation (Nation Building and Jobs) Bill (No. 1) 2008-2009; Appropriation (Nation Building and Jobs) Bill (No. 2) 2008-2009; Household Stimulus Package Bill 2009; Tax Bonus...
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
-
Climate Change — Order
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
edited 14th Apr 2016
Motions - Koala Habitat - Protect Bermagui habitat
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
Denison Electorate
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
-
Duck Hunting
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
-
Nation-Building Funds Bill 2008 — Consideration of House of Representatives Message
Helen Coonan voted Yes
John Faulkner voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Nation-Building Funds Bill 2008 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Communications Fund
Helen Coonan voted Yes
John Faulkner voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 57% attendance
-
Environment
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
Guarantee Scheme for Large Deposits and Wholesale Funding Appropriation Bill 2008 — In Committee
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
-
International Aid
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
-
Grocerychoice
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
-
Financial System Legislation Amendment (Financial Claims Scheme and Other Measures) Bill 2008; Financial Claims Scheme (Adis) Levy Bill 2008; Financial Claims Scheme (General In...
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
-
Gt Leste Biotech
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
Iraq
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
edited 22nd Jul 2017
Motions - Apology to Australia’s Indigenous Peoples - Compensation
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
-
Climate Change
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
Proposed Pulp Mill
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
-
Proposed Pulp Mill
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Committees - Australia’s Antiterrorism Laws Committee - Establishment
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
-
Irish Motorway Project and the Hill of Tara
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Principal Executive Office Classification Structure and Terms and Conditions - Motion for Disallowance - Don't increase MP pay
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 82% attendance
-
Tasmanian Pulp Mill
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
Workplace Relations Amendment (A Stronger Safety Net) Bill 2007 — In Committee
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
-
Schools Assistance (Learning Together — Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Amendment (2007 Budget Measures) Bill 2007 — Second Reading
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
-
edited 27th Sep 2017
Motions - Iraq - Information requested
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 73% attendance
-
Climate Change
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
-
Woodstock-Abydos Reserves
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
-
Tasmanian Forestry Industry
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
-
edited 2nd Jun 2016
Motions - Parliamentarians’ Entitlements - Review of remuneration and entitlements
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
-
Broadcasting Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2005 [2006] — In Committee
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
-
Middle East
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
Fuel Prices
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
Tarkine Wilderness
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
-
edited 23rd Aug 2016
Motions - Fuel Prices - Public transport & alternative fuels
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
-
Do Not Call Register Bill 2006; Do Not Call Register (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2006 — Second Reading
Helen Coonan voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Helen Coonan voted Yes in this free vote
John Faulkner voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 96% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - In Committee - Amend the current process
Helen Coonan voted No in this free vote
John Faulkner voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 95% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Helen Coonan voted Yes in this free vote
John Faulkner voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 93% attendance