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19th Jun 2020
Motions - Mining - Transition to renewables
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
Anthony Chisholm and Mathias Cormann have voted the same way 18% of the time
Anthony Chisholm
Australian Labor Party Senator for Queensland since July 2016
Mathias Cormann
Former Liberal Party Senator for WA June 2007 – November 2020
Between July 2016 and November 2020 Anthony Chisholm and Mathias Cormann have voted in the same division 423 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 346 times. They have only voted the same 77 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
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Increasing the price of tobacco
- Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Making sanitary items GST-free
- More scrutiny of the Australian Defence Force
- Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Temporary Exclusion Orders
- The use of strong encryption technologies
- Unconventional gas mining
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Changing the date of Australia Day
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Live animal export
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial
- Reducing taxes for high-income earners
- Reducing taxes for middle-income earners
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
Always voted differently on
- A Royal Commission into Robodebt
- A same-sex marriage plebiscite
- Banning mobiles and other devices in immigration detention
- Changing the wording of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- Increasing access to medicinal cannabis products
- Increasing access to the JobKeeper Payment
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing government support for the dairy industry
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing the cost of humanities degrees
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 19%
- Increasing the passenger movement charge ('PMC')
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Privatising certain government services
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Protecting whales within Australian waters
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Reducing air pollution
- Reducing the corporate tax rate
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Restricting donations to political parties
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- The territories being able to legalise euthanasia
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 346 times. They have only voted the same 77 times.
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edited 28th Feb 2020
Motions - National Security - Targetting hate speech and the far right
Anthony Chisholm voted Yes
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 28th Feb 2020
Motions - Domestic and Family Violence - Ms Bettina Arndt
Anthony Chisholm voted Yes
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 17th Jan 2020
Aged Care Legislation Amendment (New Commissioner Functions) Bill 2019 - in Committee - Greens amendments
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 29th May 2020
Customs Amendment (Growing Australian Export Opportunities Across the Asia-Pacific) Bill 2019 and another - in Committee - Independent inquiry
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 24th Jul 2020
Treasury Laws Amendment (Prohibiting Energy Market Misconduct) Bill 2019 - in Committee - Coal-fired generators
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 8th Nov 2019
Committees - Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee - Reference
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 15th Aug 2019
Committees - Environment and Communications References Committee - Reference
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 26th Jul 2019
Counter-Terrorism (Temporary Exclusion Orders) Bill 2019 and another - Second Reading - Agree with the bills' main idea
Anthony Chisholm voted Yes
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 22nd Aug 2019
Future Drought Fund Bill 2019, Future Drought Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2019 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Anthony Chisholm voted Yes
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 12th Jul 2019
Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Relief So Working Australians Keep More of Their Money) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Anthony Chisholm voted Yes
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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edited 5th Jul 2019
Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Relief So Working Australians Keep More of Their Money) Bill 2019 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Anthony Chisholm voted Yes
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 14th Mar 2019
Treasury Laws Amendment (Protecting Your Superannuation Package) Bill 2018 - in Committee - Oppose the items
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 14th Dec 2018
Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Anthony Chisholm voted Yes
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 14th Dec 2018
Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018 - Third Reading - Speeding things along
Anthony Chisholm voted Yes
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 14th Dec 2018
Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Anthony Chisholm voted Yes
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 14th Dec 2018
Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Review operation of amendments
Anthony Chisholm voted Yes
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 19th May 2023
Business - Rearrangement - Let another vote happen
Anthony Chisholm voted Yes
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 14th Feb 2019
Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Recovering legal aid
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 14th Feb 2019
Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Limiting access to Legal Aid
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 14th Feb 2019
Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Release statutory review
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 29th Dec 2018
Migration Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2016 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Anthony Chisholm voted Yes
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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edited 11th Oct 2019
Road Vehicle Standards Bill 2018 and others - Second Reading - Relax import restrictions
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 26th Apr 2019
Government Procurement (Judicial Review) Bill 2017 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Anthony Chisholm voted Yes
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 9th Jun 2023
Government Procurement (Judicial Review) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Sunsetting
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 9th Jun 2023
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Government Procurement (Judicial Review) Bill 2017; Treasury Laws Amendment (Lower Taxes for Small and Medium Businesses) Bill 2018
Anthony Chisholm voted Yes
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 9th Jun 2023
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Schedule
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 9th Jun 2023
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Speed things along
Anthony Chisholm voted Yes
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 11th Nov 2018
Motions - Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse - Governors-General Pension Scheme
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 11th Nov 2018
Motions - Schools - Fund public schools
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 11th Nov 2018
Motions - Warragamba Dam Wall - Do not raise
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 11th Nov 2018
Motions - Fuel - Remove fuel excise
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 11th Nov 2018
Motions - Nuclear Energy - Lift ban
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 1st Feb 2019
Documents - Religious Freedom Review Expert Panel; Order for the Production of Documents - Let a vote happen
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 14th Sep 2018
Motions - National Security - Ban facial coverings
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 23rd Jun 2023
Business - Rearrangement - New timetable
Anthony Chisholm voted Yes
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 20th Jul 2018
Motions - President of the United States of America - Do not invite
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 20th Jul 2018
National Security Legislation Amendment (Espionage and Foreign Interference) Bill 2017 and another - First Reading - Consider bills together
Anthony Chisholm voted Yes
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 17th May 2019
Treasury Laws Amendment (Personal Income Tax Plan) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Raise minimum wage, Newstart and Youth Allowance
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 11th May 2018
Criminal Code Amendment (Impersonating a Commonwealth Body) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Anthony Chisholm voted Yes
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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edited 21st Jul 2023
Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2017-2018, Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2017-2018 - in Committee - Potential constitutional issue
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 65% attendance
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edited 30th Nov 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Anthony Chisholm voted Yes in this free vote
Mathias Cormann 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 based on religious beliefs
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 81% attendance
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edited 3rd Dec 2017
Motions - Coal Seam Gas Mining: Liverpool Plains - Moratorium
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 16th Mar 2018
Motions - Suspension of Standing Orders - Let a vote happen
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 26th Jan 2018
Motions - Energy - Reregulate to control increase in electricity prices
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 21st Jan 2018
Motions - Child Care - Acknowledge work & increase pay
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 20th Oct 2023
A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Amendment (Make Electricity Gst Free) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 17th Nov 2017
Motions - Parliamentary Representation - Qualifications of Senators
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 3rd Nov 2023
Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Anthony Chisholm voted Yes
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 23rd Jun 2017
Treasury Laws Amendment (GST Low Value Goods) Bill 2017 - in Committee - No GST on sanitary items
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 24th Jun 2017
Treasury Laws Amendment (Gst Low Value Goods) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Delay the bill
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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Bills — Native Title Amendment (Indigenous Land Use Agreements) Bill 2017; Third Reading
Anthony Chisholm voted Yes
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 16th Jun 2017
Native Title Amendment (Indigenous Land Use Agreements) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Anthony Chisholm voted Yes
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Bills — Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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Bills — Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2016; in Committee
Anthony Chisholm voted Yes
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 17th Feb 2017
Motions - President of the United States of America - Do not invite Trump
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 24th May 2019
Motions - Illicit Drugs - Pill testing
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 81% attendance
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edited 17th Feb 2017
Migration Amendment (Character Cancellation Consequential Provisions) Bill 2016 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Anthony Chisholm voted Yes
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 14th Oct 2017
Migration Amendment (Character Cancellation Consequential Provisions) Bill 2016 - Second Reading - Heads of State/Government
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2017
Motions - Australia Day - Change the date
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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edited 3rd Dec 2016
Criminal Code Amendment (War Crimes) Bill 2016 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Anthony Chisholm voted Yes
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 3rd Dec 2016
Criminal Code Amendment (War Crimes) Bill 2016 - Second Reading - More scrutiny
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 3rd Dec 2016
Criminal Code Amendment (High Risk Terrorist Offenders) Bill 2016 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Anthony Chisholm voted Yes
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 73% attendance
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Bills — Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill 2013, Building and Construction Industry (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013; in Commi...
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Bills — Treasury Laws Amendment (Fair and Sustainable Superannuation) Bill 2016, Superannuation (Excess Transfer Balance Tax) Imposition Bill 2016; Second Reading
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 25th Nov 2016
Motions - Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement - Do not implement
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 73% attendance
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edited 19th Nov 2016
Motions - Live Animal Exports - End
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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edited 23rd Feb 2018
Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Television and Radio Licence Fees) Bill 2016 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Anthony Chisholm voted Yes
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 22nd Oct 2016
Treasury Laws Amendment (Income Tax Relief) Bill 2016 - Second Reading - Agree with the main idea of the bill
Anthony Chisholm voted Yes
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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Bills — Treasury Laws Amendment (Income Tax Relief) Bill 2016; Second Reading
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 22nd Sep 2016
Motions - Gun Control - Strengthen laws
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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Business — Days and Hours of Meeting
Anthony Chisholm voted Yes
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 17th Sep 2016
Excise Tariff Amendment (Tobacco) Bill 2016, Customs Tariff Amendment (Tobacco) Bill 2016 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Anthony Chisholm voted Yes
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 17th Sep 2016
Regulations and Determinations - Social Security (Administration) (Trial Area — East Kimberley) Determination 2016 - Disallow
Anthony Chisholm voted No
Mathias Cormann voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Anthony Chisholm voted Yes
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 1st Sep 2016
Parliamentary Representation — Rotation of Senators
Anthony Chisholm voted Yes
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 86% attendance