edited
16th Jun 2015
Motions — Housing Affordability
Barry O'Sullivan voted Yes, rebelling against the National Party
Brett Mason voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 77% attendance
Barry O'Sullivan and Brett Mason have voted the same way 99.5% of the time
Barry O'Sullivan
Former National Party Senator for Queensland February 2014 – July 2019
Brett Mason
Former Liberal Party Senator for Queensland July 1999 – April 2015
Between February 2014 and April 2015 Barry O'Sullivan and Brett Mason have voted in the same division 206 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 205 times. They have only voted differently once.
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 federal inquiry into Queensland government administration
- A minerals resource rent tax
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- An emissions reduction fund
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Deregulating undergraduate university fees
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Giving apprentices access to a $20,000 loan
- Greater public scrutiny of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- 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 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
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Public transport
- Refugee family reunification
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Storing all citizens' telecommunications data for access by government agencies
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 205 times. They have only voted differently once.