edited
21st Mar 2019
Motions - Suspension of Standing Orders - Let a vote happen
Barry O'Sullivan voted Yes
Slade Brockman voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 51% attendance
Barry O'Sullivan and Slade Brockman have voted the same way 99% of the time
Barry O'Sullivan
Former National Party Senator for Queensland February 2014 – July 2019
Slade Brockman
Liberal Party Senator for WA since July 2022
Between August 2017 and July 2019 Barry O'Sullivan and Slade Brockman have voted in the same division 457 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 451 times. They have only voted differently 6 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 review of our representatives' eligibility
- A Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- Banning mobiles and other devices in immigration detention
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Changing the date of Australia Day
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- Criminalising "revenge porn"
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending Governor-General allowances for serious misconduct
- 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
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Imprisoning immigration detention workers who record or reveal information from their work
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing federal government support for childcare
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing funding for public schools
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- Increasing marine conservation
- 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 the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Live animal export
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- More scrutiny of the Australian Defence Force
- Political intervention in research funding grants
- Privatising certain government services
- Privatising the ABC
- Protecting Australian sovereignty in trade agreements
- Protecting citizens' privacy
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- 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
- Reducing the corporate tax rate
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- The territories being able to legalise euthanasia
- The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement
- The use of strong encryption technologies
- Unconventional gas mining
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 451 times. They have only voted differently 6 times.
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edited 23rd Nov 2018
Motions - Banking and Financial Services - Reduce conflicts of interest
Barry O'Sullivan voted Yes, rebelling against the National Party
Slade Brockman voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% 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
Slade Brockman voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 5th Oct 2018
Motions - Confucius Institute - Foreign influence
Barry O'Sullivan voted Yes, rebelling against the National Party
Slade Brockman voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 72% attendance
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edited 24th Aug 2018
Motions - Paris Agreement - Withdraw
Barry O'Sullivan voted Yes
Slade Brockman voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 5th Oct 2018
Motions - Dairy Industry - Raise price of milk to help farmers
Barry O'Sullivan voted Yes
Slade Brockman voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance