Sam Dastyari and John Faulkner have voted the same way 100% of the time
Sam Dastyari
Former Australian Labor Party Senator for NSW August 2013 – January 2018
John Faulkner
Former Australian Labor Party Senator for NSW April 1989 – February 2015
Between August 2013 and February 2015 Sam Dastyari and John Faulkner have voted in the same division 192 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 192 times. They have never voted differently.
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 carbon price
- A minerals resource rent tax
- An emissions reduction fund
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Giving apprentices access to a $20,000 loan
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- 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 or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- 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
- Refugee family reunification
- Requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records
- Requiring Parliamentary approval of military deployments
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- 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
- Unconventional gas mining