edited
7th Oct 2014
Committees - Fuel and Energy Committee - Resolution of Appointment
Helen Coonan voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 88% attendance
Helen Coonan and Sue Boyce have voted the same way 99% of the time
Helen Coonan
Former Liberal Party Senator for NSW July 1996 – August 2011
Sue Boyce
Former Liberal Party Senator for Queensland April 2007 – June 2014
Between April 2007 and August 2011 Helen Coonan and Sue Boyce have voted in the same division 310 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 308 times. They have only voted differently twice.
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
Always voted the same way 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
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing beef import standards
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Uranium export
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 308 times. They have only voted differently twice.