edited
7th Oct 2014
Committees - Fuel and Energy Committee - Resolution of Appointment
Helen Coonan voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 88% attendance
Helen Coonan and Simon Birmingham have voted the same way 99.7% of the time
Helen Coonan
Former Liberal Party Senator for NSW July 1996 – August 2011
Simon Birmingham
Liberal Party Senator for SA since May 2007
Between May 2007 and August 2011 Helen Coonan and Simon Birmingham have voted in the same division 303 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 302 times. They have only voted differently once.
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
- 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
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- 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 302 times. They have only voted differently once.