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Committees - Fuel and Energy Committee - Resolution of Appointment
Helen Coonan voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Alan Ferguson voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 88% attendance
Helen Coonan and Alan Ferguson have voted the same way 98% of the time
Helen Coonan
Former Liberal Party Senator for NSW July 1996 – August 2011
Alan Ferguson
Former Deputy President Senator for SA August 2008 – June 2011
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and June 2011 Helen Coonan and Alan Ferguson have voted in the same division 424 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 417 times. They have only voted differently 7 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 differently on
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 competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Same-sex marriage equality
- 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 417 times. They have only voted differently 7 times.
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Motions - Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Legislation - Defer question of third reading
Helen Coonan voted No
Alan Ferguson voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
11 rebellions 86% attendance
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Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2] and related bills - Second Reading - Defer consideration
Helen Coonan voted No
Alan Ferguson voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
11 rebellions 92% attendance
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Nation-Building Funds Bill 2008 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Communications Fund
Helen Coonan voted Yes
Alan Ferguson voted No
Passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 57% attendance
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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
Alan Ferguson voted No in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 96% attendance
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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
Alan Ferguson voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 95% attendance
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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
Alan Ferguson voted No in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 93% attendance