edited
22nd Aug 2016
Motions - Mining - Galilee Basin
John Faulkner voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
John Faulkner and Zed Seselja have voted the same way 23% of the time
John Faulkner
Former Australian Labor Party Senator for NSW April 1989 – February 2015
Zed Seselja
Former Liberal Party Senator for ACT September 2013 – May 2022
Between September 2013 and February 2015 John Faulkner and Zed Seselja have voted in the same division 193 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 148 times. They have only voted the same 45 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
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Giving apprentices access to a $20,000 loan
- Increasing funding for road infrastructure
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Landholders' right to say no to mining and gas exploration
- Live animal export
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Net zero emissions by 2050
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Public transport
- Requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records
- Requiring Parliamentary approval of military deployments
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Unconventional gas mining
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Always voted differently on
- A minerals resource rent tax
- An emissions reduction fund
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- Tighter means testing of family payments
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 148 times. They have only voted the same 45 times.
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edited 21st Jul 2016
Motions - Foreign Investment - Limit foreign investment
John Faulkner voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 27th Nov 2014
Motions - Westconnex - Don't construct WestConnex
John Faulkner voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 14th Nov 2014
National Security Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2014 - In Committee - Limit number of devices ASIO can access
John Faulkner voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 14th Nov 2014
National Security Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2014 - Second Reading - Independent oversight of Australia's intelligence services
John Faulkner voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 6th Mar 2015
Defence Legislation Amendment (Parliamentary Approval of Overseas Service) Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
John Faulkner voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Bills — Qantas Sale Amendment Bill 2014; in Committee
John Faulkner voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 4th Dec 2014
Qantas Sale Amendment Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Agree the main idea of the bill
John Faulkner voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2014 - In Committee - Definition of 'electricity retailer'
John Faulkner voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2014 and related bills - Second Reading - Read a second time
John Faulkner voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 10th Oct 2014
Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2014 and related bills - Second Reading - Protect from climate change
John Faulkner voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 16th Jan 2015
Trade Support Loans Bill 2014, Trade Support Loans (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Agree to the main idea (with two provisos)
John Faulkner voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Coal Seam Gas - Right to say no
John Faulkner voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2] and related bills - Second Reading - Read a second time
John Faulkner voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 96% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2] and related bills - Second Reading - Reject the bills
John Faulkner voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 96% attendance
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Motions — Suspension of Standing Orders
John Faulkner voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 19th Jul 2019
Motions - Solar Energy - NSW Solar Energy eXchange Initiative
John Faulkner voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Bills — Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency Repeal Bill 2014; Second Reading
John Faulkner voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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Bills — Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Cost Recovery) Bill 2014; Third Reading
John Faulkner voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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Motions — Iraq
John Faulkner voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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edited 10th Oct 2014
Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Measures) Bill 2014 - Third Reading - Read a third time
John Faulkner voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% 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)
John Faulkner voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Documents - World Heritage Committee - Protect the Fitzroy Delta, Keppel Bay, north Curtis Island and northern section of the reef
John Faulkner voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not 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
John Faulkner voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 27th Dec 2014
Motions - Coal Seam Gas - Bentley blockade
John Faulkner voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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Motions — Family Payments
John Faulkner voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
National Integrity Commission Bill 2013 - Second Reading - Put the question
John Faulkner voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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Documents — Asylum Seekers; Order for the Production of Documents
John Faulkner voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 and related bills - Second Reading - Protect Australia from climate change
John Faulkner voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Regulations and Determinations — Clean Energy Auction Revocation Determination 2014; Disallowance
John Faulkner voted No
Zed Seselja 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
John Faulkner voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 27th Dec 2014
Landholders' Right to Refuse (Gas and Coal) Bill 2013 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
John Faulkner voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Live Animal Exports - Stop export until investigations completed
John Faulkner voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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Committees — University Funding
John Faulkner voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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Committees — Select Committee on Electronic Surveillance; Appointment
John Faulkner voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Committees — Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security
John Faulkner voted No
Zed Seselja 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
John Faulkner voted No
Zed Seselja 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
John Faulkner voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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Committees — Electoral Matters Committee; Reference
John Faulkner voted No
Zed Seselja 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
John Faulkner voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Agriculture - Foreign ownership
John Faulkner voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 27th Dec 2014
Motions - Agriculture - Coal seam gas wells
John Faulkner voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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Motions — Japan Natural Disasters
John Faulkner voted No
Zed Seselja 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
John Faulkner voted No
Zed Seselja 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
John Faulkner voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 77% attendance