edited
7th Dec 2018
Documents - Climate Change - Withdraw from Paris Climate Accord
Barry O'Sullivan voted Yes
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 47% attendance
Barry O'Sullivan and Anne Ruston have voted the same way 99% of the time
Barry O'Sullivan
Former National Party Senator for Queensland February 2014 – July 2019
Anne Ruston
Liberal Party Senator for SA since September 2012
Between February 2014 and July 2019 Barry O'Sullivan and Anne Ruston have voted in the same division 1192 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 1182 times. They have only voted differently 10 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 differently on
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Always voted the same way on
- A carbon price
- A declared area offence
- A federal inquiry into Queensland government administration
- A minerals resource rent tax
- A national redress scheme for institutional abuse survivors
- A review of our representatives' eligibility
- A Royal Commission into banking
- A Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability
- A same-sex marriage plebiscite
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- An emissions reduction fund
- An inquiry into the Iraq War
- Banning mobiles and other devices in immigration detention
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Changing the date of Australia Day
- Charging postgraduate research students fees
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Criminalising "revenge porn"
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Decreasing government funding for private schools
- Deregulating undergraduate university fees
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending Governor-General allowances for serious misconduct
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Expanding public funded dental care
- Federal action on public housing
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- Getting rid of the Gold Travel Pass
- Giving apprentices access to a $20,000 loan
- Greater public scrutiny of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Imprisoning immigration detention workers who record or reveal information from their work
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing access to medicinal cannabis products
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing federal government support for childcare
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing funding for legal aid
- Increasing funding for public schools
- Increasing funding for road infrastructure
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing parliamentary entitlements for current MPs and Senators
- Increasing penalties for breach of data
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income
- Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 19%
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Increasing the passenger movement charge ('PMC')
- Increasing the price of tobacco
- Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Landholders' right to say no to mining and gas exploration
- Live animal export
- Local community consultation on infrastructure projects
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- More scrutiny of the Australian Defence Force
- Net zero emissions by 2050
- Pill testing
- Political intervention in research funding grants
- Preventative Detention Orders (PDOs)
- Prioritising religious freedom
- Privatising certain government services
- Privatising government-owned assets
- Privatising the ABC
- Protecting Australian sovereignty in trade agreements
- Protecting citizens' privacy
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Public transport
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial
- Reducing air pollution
- Reducing taxes for high-income earners
- Reducing taxes for middle-income earners
- Reducing the corporate tax rate
- Refugee family reunification
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Reproductive bodily autonomy
- Requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records
- Requiring Parliamentary approval of military deployments
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Senate electoral reform
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Storing all citizens' telecommunications data for access by government agencies
- Temporary protection visas
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- The Coalition's Youth Jobs PaTH
- The territories being able to legalise euthanasia
- The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement
- The use of strong encryption technologies
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Transgender rights
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Unconventional gas mining
- Universal access to abortion services
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 1182 times. They have only voted differently 10 times.
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edited 7th Dec 2018
Documents - Queensland: Abortion - Let a vote happen
Barry O'Sullivan voted Yes
Anne Ruston voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 21st Mar 2019
Motions - Suspension of Standing Orders - Let a vote happen
Barry O'Sullivan voted Yes
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 51% attendance
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edited 23rd Nov 2018
Motions - E-Cigarettes - Legalise liquid nicotine
Barry O'Sullivan voted Yes
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 8th Nov 2018
Motions - Infrastructure - Construct the Bradfield Scheme
Barry O'Sullivan voted Yes, rebelling against the National Party
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2019
Committees - Environment and Communications References Committee - Refer to Committee (ABC + political interference)
Barry O'Sullivan voted No, rebelling against the National Party
Anne Ruston voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 14th Sep 2018
Motions - English Language - Make official language and encourage use
Barry O'Sullivan voted Yes, rebelling against the National Party
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 5th Oct 2018
Motions - Confucius Institute - Foreign influence
Barry O'Sullivan voted Yes, rebelling against the National Party
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 72% attendance
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edited 30th Nov 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Barry O'Sullivan voted No in this free vote
Anne Ruston voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 16th Jun 2015
Motions — Housing Affordability
Barry O'Sullivan voted Yes, rebelling against the National Party
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 77% attendance