edited
16th Mar 2018
Motions - Dastyari, Senator Sam - Suspend standing order
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
Lee Rhiannon and George Brandis have voted the same way 14% of the time
Lee Rhiannon
Former Australian Greens Senator for NSW July 2011 – August 2018
George Brandis
Former Liberal Party Senator for Queensland May 2000 – February 2018
Between July 2011 and February 2018 Lee Rhiannon and George Brandis have voted in the same division 673 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 580 times. They have only voted the same 93 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
- Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 15%
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Privatising government-owned assets
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Senate electoral reform
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Strengthening gun control laws
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
Always voted differently on
- A carbon price
- A character test for Australian visas
- A declared area offence
- A minerals resource rent tax
- A same-sex marriage plebiscite
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- Banning all investment in cluster munitions
- Carbon farming
- Changing the wording of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending illegal logging
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing access under Freedom of Information law
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing the passenger movement charge ('PMC')
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- More scrutiny of the Australian Defence Force
- Preventative Detention Orders (PDOs)
- Protecting citizens' privacy
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Putting a time limit on immigration detention
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Reproductive bodily autonomy
- Requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records
- Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
- Requiring Parliamentary approval of military deployments
- Revoking citizenship of dual nationals involved with terrorism offences by the minister
- Storing all citizens' telecommunications data for access by government agencies
- Temporary protection visas
- The Coalition's Youth Jobs PaTH
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Unconventional gas mining
- Uranium export
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 580 times. They have only voted the same 93 times.
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edited 30th Nov 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 23rd Dec 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Discrimination in private sector
Lee Rhiannon voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 15th Feb 2018
Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Broadcasting Reform) Bill 2017, Commercial Broadcasting (Tax) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Amendments
Lee Rhiannon voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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edited 24th Nov 2023
Australian Education Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - Indexation
Lee Rhiannon voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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edited 24th Nov 2023
Australian Education Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - Transition period
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 8th Jul 2017
Australian Education Amendment Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Criticism of Gonski 2.0
Lee Rhiannon voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Bills — Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Jobs for Families Child Care Package) Bill 2016; in Committee
Lee Rhiannon voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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Bills — Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2016; in Committee
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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Bills — Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2016; in Committee
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 3rd Dec 2016
Superannuation (Departing Australia Superannuation Payments Tax) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2016 - Third Reading - Speed things along
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 3rd Dec 2016
Superannuation (Departing Australia Superannuation Payments Tax) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2016 - Second Reading - Speed things along
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 3rd Dec 2016
Income Tax Rates Amendment (Working Holiday Maker Reform) Bill 2016 (No. 2) - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 3rd Dec 2016
Income Tax Rates Amendment (Working Holiday Maker Reform) Bill 2016 (No. 2) - Third Reading - Speeding things along
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 9th Dec 2016
Income Tax Rates Amendment (Working Holiday Maker Reform) Bill 2016 (No. 2) - in Committee - Don't insist on amendments
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 9th Dec 2016
Income Tax Rates Amendment (Working Holiday Maker Reform) Bill 2016 (No. 2) - Returned from the House of Representatives - Deal with this now
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 25th Nov 2016
Regulations and Determinations - Customs (Prohibited Imports) Amendment (Shotguns and Shotgun Magazines) Regulation 2016 - Disallowance
Lee Rhiannon voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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edited 23rd Sep 2016
Budget Savings (Omnibus) Bill 2016 - Second Reading - Financial arrangements of ARENA
Lee Rhiannon voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; Second Reading
Lee Rhiannon voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; Second Reading
Lee Rhiannon voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; Adoption of Report
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - in Committee - Agree to the bill
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Lee Rhiannon voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Lee Rhiannon voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Lee Rhiannon voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Lee Rhiannon voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Lee Rhiannon voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Lee Rhiannon voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Lee Rhiannon voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Lee Rhiannon voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Lee Rhiannon voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Lee Rhiannon voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Lee Rhiannon voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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Motions — Days and Hours of Meeting
Lee Rhiannon voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Business — Days and Hours of Meeting
Lee Rhiannon voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
-
Business — Days and Hours of Meeting
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Business — Days and Hours of Meeting
Lee Rhiannon voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Business — Days and Hours of Meeting
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Business — Days and Hours of Meeting
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Business — Days and Hours of Meeting
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - First Reading - Suspend standing orders
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - First Reading - Put the question
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - First Reading - Determine without amendments or debate
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - First Reading - Put the question
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - First Reading - Suspend standing orders
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - First Reading - Put the question
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
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edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - First Reading - Read for the first time
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
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edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - First Reading - Proceed without formalities
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
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edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - First Reading - Put the question
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
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edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - First Reading - Delay the bill
Lee Rhiannon voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - First Reading - Put the question
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 24th Dec 2015
Tax Laws Amendment (Combating Multinational Tax Avoidance) Bill 2015 - in Committee - Remove 'grandfathering' provisions
Lee Rhiannon voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 24th Dec 2015
Tax Laws Amendment (Combating Multinational Tax Avoidance) Bill 2015 - in Committee - Tax information of companies earning over $200m
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 82% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
Business — Rearrangement
Lee Rhiannon voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
Business — Rearrangement
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 16th Mar 2018
Motions - Defence - Submarines
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 81% attendance
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Bills — Medical Research Future Fund Bill 2015, Medical Research Future Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2015; in Committee
Lee Rhiannon voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Business — Days and Hours of Meeting
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 14th Nov 2014
Committees - Certain Aspects of Queensland Government Administration - Include Bligh Government in inquiry
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Land Transport Infrastructure Amendment Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Adopt report
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Agree to bill as amended
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Removing debt limit
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Lee Rhiannon voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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Committees — Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference
Lee Rhiannon voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment (Reinstatement of Temporary Protection Visas) Bill 2013 [No. 2] - Second Reading - Put the question
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Regulations and Determinations — Migration Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 6); Disallowance
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Bills — Defence Trade Controls Bill 2011; in Committee
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 21st Jul 2016
Motions - Cubbie Station - Foreign investment
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Coalition policies (a)
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 20th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (The Bali Process) Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Lee Rhiannon voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Bills - Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills; Second Reading
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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Bills — Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2011, Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Air Cargo) Bill 2011, Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Participants in Bri...
Lee Rhiannon voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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Motions — Asylum Seekers
Lee Rhiannon voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance