edited
30th Mar 2015
Bills — Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Bill 2015; in Committee
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
Brett Mason and Lisa Singh have voted the same way 15% of the time
Brett Mason
Former Liberal Party Senator for Queensland July 1999 – April 2015
Lisa Singh
Former Australian Labor Party Senator for Tasmania July 2011 – July 2019
Between July 2011 and April 2015 Brett Mason and Lisa Singh have voted in the same division 614 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 522 times. They have only voted the same 92 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
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Giving apprentices access to a $20,000 loan
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income
- Landholders' right to say no to mining and gas exploration
- Live animal export
- Net zero emissions by 2050
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records
- Storing all citizens' telecommunications data for access by government agencies
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
- A carbon price
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Refugee family reunification
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Unconventional gas mining
- Uranium export
Always voted differently on
- A character test for Australian visas
- A minerals resource rent tax
- An emissions reduction fund
- Carbon farming
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Deregulating undergraduate university fees
- Ending illegal logging
- Greater public scrutiny of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Temporary protection visas
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 522 times. They have only voted the same 92 times.
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edited 30th Jun 2016
Motions - Legal Aid- Increase funding
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 27th May 2015
Motions — Coal Seam Gas
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 73% attendance
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edited 27th Mar 2015
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Bill 2015 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Brett Mason voted Yes
Lisa Singh voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 22nd Aug 2016
Business - Great Barrier Reef - Galilee Basin
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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Bills — Migration Amendment (Protection and Other Measures) Bill 2014; in Committee
Brett Mason voted Yes
Lisa Singh voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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Bills — Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Bill 2015; in Committee
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 14th Oct 2017
Migration Amendment (Protection and Other Measures) Bill 2014 - in Committee - Family protection visas
Brett Mason voted Yes
Lisa Singh voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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Bills — Migration Amendment (Protection and Other Measures) Bill 2014; in Committee
Brett Mason voted Yes
Lisa Singh voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
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edited 21st Mar 2015
Motions — Great Barrier Reef
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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Business — Consideration of Legislation
Brett Mason voted Yes
Lisa Singh voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 6th Mar 2015
Motions — Coal Seam Gas
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 60% attendance
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edited 4th Mar 2015
Motions — To suspend standing orders to discuss the Deployment of Australian Troops
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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Bills — Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2014 Measures No. 7) Bill 2014; in Committee
Brett Mason voted Yes
Lisa Singh voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 4th Mar 2015
Motions — Liverpool Plains
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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Bills — Broadcasting and Other Legislation Amendment (Deregulation) Bill 2015; Second Reading
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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Bills — Corporations Legislation Amendment (Deregulatory and Other Measures) Bill 2014; Second Reading
Brett Mason voted Yes
Lisa Singh voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 60% attendance
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edited 23rd Aug 2017
Motions - Mining - Review control of Abbot Point coal terminal
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 15th Feb 2015
Motions — Nuclear Energy
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 53% attendance
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Bills — Crimes Legislation Amendment (Unexplained Wealth and Other Measures) Bill 2014; in Committee
Brett Mason voted Yes
Lisa Singh voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 65% attendance
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edited 29th Oct 2014
Motions — Security in Afghanistan
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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edited 19th Jul 2019
Motions - Agriculture: Animal Rights Activism - Condemn
Brett Mason voted Yes
Lisa Singh voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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Bills — Minerals Resource Rent Tax Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2013 [No. 2]
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 4th Dec 2014
Qantas Sale Amendment Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Agree the main idea of the bill
Brett Mason voted Yes
Lisa Singh voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2014 and related bills - Second Reading - Read a second time
Brett Mason voted Yes
Lisa Singh voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 10th Oct 2014
Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2014 and related bills - Second Reading - Protect from climate change
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 16th Jan 2015
Trade Support Loans Bill 2014, Trade Support Loans (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Agree to the main idea (with two provisos)
Brett Mason voted Yes
Lisa Singh voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 14th Oct 2017
Regulations and Determinations - Migration Amendment (Bridging Visas–Code of Behaviour) Regulation 2013 - Disallow
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2] and related bills - Second Reading - Read a second time
Brett Mason voted Yes
Lisa Singh voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 96% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Regulations and Determinations — Australian Meat and Live—stock Industry (Export of Live—stock to Egypt) Repeal Order 2014 - Put the motion (for disallowance)
Brett Mason voted Yes
Lisa Singh voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Regulations and Determinations — Australian Meat and Live—stock Industry (Export of Live—stock to Egypt) Repeal Order 2014 — Disallow motion
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Documents - World Heritage Committee - Protect the Fitzroy Delta, Keppel Bay, north Curtis Island and northern section of the reef
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Tax Laws Amendment (Temporary Budget Repair Levy) Bill 2014 and related bills - Second Reading
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Documents — Note Printing Australia; Order for the Production of Documents
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment Bill 2013 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Brett Mason voted Yes
Lisa Singh voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment Bill 2013 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Brett Mason voted Yes
Lisa Singh voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 and related bills - Second Reading - Read a second time
Brett Mason voted Yes
Lisa Singh voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 and related bills - Second Reading - Protect Australia from climate change
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Regulations and Determinations — Clean Energy Auction Revocation Determination 2014; Disallowance
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 27th Dec 2014
Motions - Lock the Gate Alliance - Act on concerns of the Alliance
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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Committees — Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Kangaroo Island - Reject seismic testing proposal
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Asylum Seekers - UNHCR reports into Nauru and Manus Island
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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Committees — Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Great Barrier Reef - Reject the Abbot Point coal port expansion proposal
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Wheat Exports - Reject takeover of GrainCorp by Archer Daniels Midland
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Social Security Amendment (Supporting More Australians into Work) Bill 2013 - Second Reading - Increase Newstart and support single parents
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Bills - Australian Education Bill 2013, Australian Education (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013; Second Reading
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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Documents — Pollution Reduction Program; Order for the Production of Documents
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 16th Jun 2016
Motions - International Development Assistance - Increase foreign aid budget to 0.7% of GNI
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Asylum Seekers - Right to work
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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Committees — Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - University of Western Sydney - Retain current courses and academic staffing resources
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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Bills — Illegal Logging Prohibition Bill 2012; in Committee
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
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Motions — Hicks, Mr David
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 53% attendance
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Motions — Parenting Payments
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 47% attendance
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Motions — Kangaroo Island
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 46% attendance
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Committees — Education, Employment and Workplace Relations References Committee; Reference
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 49% attendance
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Motions — Asylum Seekers
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 52% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Brett Mason voted Yes
Lisa Singh voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Bills — Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Screening) Bill 2012, Second Reading; Third Reading
Brett Mason voted Yes
Lisa Singh voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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Bills — Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Screening) Bill 2012, Second Reading; in Committee
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 22nd Nov 2014
Stronger Futures Bills - Agree to Senator Ludlam's amendments
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (The Bali Process) Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Greens Amendment
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Bills — Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 3) 2012; in Committee
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
-
edited 22nd Sep 2016
Motions - Gun Control - Stregthen uniformity
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
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Motions — Overseas Development Assistance
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Bills - Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills; Second Reading
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Bills - Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills; Second Reading
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Bills — National Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2010; Third Reading
Brett Mason voted Yes
Lisa Singh voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Bills — Education Services for Overseas Students Legislation Amendment (Tuition Protection Service and Other Measures) Bill 2011, Education Services for Overseas Students (Regis...
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Bills — National Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2010; In Committee
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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Motions — Register of the National Estate
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
-
Motions — Competition Policy
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
Motions — Dissent from Ruling
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
-
Motions — Sovereign Wealth Fund
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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Motions — Middle East
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Deterring People Smuggling Bill 2011 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Brett Mason voted Yes
Lisa Singh voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Motions — Gillard Government; Censure
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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Bills — Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2011, Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Air Cargo) Bill 2011, Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Participants in Bri...
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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Bills — Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2011, Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Air Cargo) Bill 2011, Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Participants in Bri...
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Bills — Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2011, Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Air Cargo) Bill 2011, Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Participants in Bri...
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
-
Committees — Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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Motions — International Day of Peace
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
edited 21st Jan 2018
Motions - National Threatened Species Day - Reverse biodiversity decline
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Motions — Wilders, Mr Geert
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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Bills — Veterans' Entitlements Amendment Bill 2011; in Committee
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 60% attendance
-
Bills — Veterans' Entitlements Amendment Bill 2011; in Committee
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 60% attendance
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Motions — Amendment to Standing Orders
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Live Animal Exports - End live animal export
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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Bills — National Consumer Credit Protection Amendment (Home Loans and Credit Cards) Bill 2011; in Committee
Brett Mason voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance