edited
23rd Aug 2016
Motions - Transport Industry - Support the industry
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
Sam Dastyari and Bill Heffernan have voted the same way 14% of the time
Sam Dastyari
Former Australian Labor Party Senator for NSW August 2013 – January 2018
Bill Heffernan
Former Liberal Party Senator for NSW September 1996 – May 2016
Between August 2013 and May 2016 Sam Dastyari and Bill Heffernan have voted in the same division 331 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 286 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
- A declared area offence
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Reducing air pollution
- Requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Unconventional gas mining
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
- A carbon price
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Federal action on public housing
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Public transport
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
Always voted differently on
- A minerals resource rent tax
- A Royal Commission into banking
- An emissions reduction fund
- Charging postgraduate research students fees
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Deregulating undergraduate university fees
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Letting environmental groups challenge the legality of certain government decisions
- Refugee family reunification
- Senate electoral reform
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- Tighter means testing of family payments
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 286 times. They have only voted the same 45 times.
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Committees — Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee; Reference
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 5th May 2016
Motions - Sugar Industry - Act on Committee recommendations
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 5th May 2016
Motions - Australian Christian Lobby - Anti-discrimination laws
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 5th May 2016
Motions - Defence Procurement - Shipping and maritime industry
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 5th May 2016
Motions - Budget - Australian Renewable Energy Agency
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 21st Apr 2016
Motions - Climate Change - End fossil fuel political donations
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 23rd Aug 2016
Motions - Steel Industry - Support local industry
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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Business — Consideration of Legislation
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 23rd Aug 2016
Motions - Australian Steel Industry - Use Australian steel
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 23rd Aug 2016
Motions - Public Transport - Prioritise funding
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 60% attendance
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edited 16th Mar 2018
Motions - Canberra Airport - Weapons advertisements
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 9th Jul 2016
Motions — Alcohol-Fuelled Violence
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 24th Dec 2015
Tax Laws Amendment (Combating Multinational Tax Avoidance) Bill 2015 - in Committee - Tax information of some companies earning over $200m
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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Motions — Suspension of Standing Orders
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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Bills — National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2015; in Committee
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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Motions — Budget
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 11th Aug 2016
Motions - Housing Affordability - First home buyers and public housing
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Committees — Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Committees — Environment and Communications Legislation Committee; Reference
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 17th Jun 2015
Motions — Unlawful Bulk Data Collection — Recognise Edward Snowden's work
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 27th May 2015
Motions — Coal Seam Gas
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 73% attendance
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Bills — Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Bill 2015; in Committee
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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Bills — Migration Amendment (Protection and Other Measures) Bill 2014; in Committee
Sam Dastyari voted Yes
Bill Heffernan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 21st Mar 2015
Bills — Migration Amendment (Protection and Other Measures) Bill 2014; in Committee
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 53% attendance
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edited 13th Feb 2015
Bills – Environment Legislation Amendment Bill 2013 – in Committee – Amendment: extend protections to all threatened species
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 51% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2015
Motions — Gardens of Stone
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 53% attendance
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Bills — Social Security Legislation Amendment (Strengthening the Job Seeker Compliance Framework) Bill 2014; Third Reading
Sam Dastyari voted Yes
Bill Heffernan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 27th Nov 2014
Motions - Westconnex - Don't construct WestConnex
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 30th Oct 2014
Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Foreign Fighters) Bill 2014 - In Committee - Add sunset clause for delayed notification search warrant
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 30th Oct 2014
Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Foreign Fighters) Bill 2014 — Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Sam Dastyari voted Yes
Bill Heffernan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Bills — Energy Efficiency Opportunities (Repeal) Bill 2014; Second Reading
Sam Dastyari voted Yes
Bill Heffernan voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 20th Apr 2017
Motions - Australian Workforce - Insecure work
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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Bills — Minerals Resource Rent Tax Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2013 [No. 2]
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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Business — Days and Hours of Meeting
Sam Dastyari voted Yes
Bill Heffernan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Coal Seam Gas - Right to say no
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan 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
Sam Dastyari voted Yes
Bill Heffernan 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
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 96% attendance
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Motions — Suspension of Standing Orders
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% 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
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan 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
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Asylum Seekers - UNHCR reports into Nauru and Manus Island
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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Committees — Electoral Matters Committee; Reference
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan 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
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Committees — Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference
Sam Dastyari voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 79% attendance