edited
7th Dec 2018
Documents - Queensland: Abortion - Let a vote happen
Ian Macdonald voted Yes in this free vote
Simon Birmingham voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
Ian Macdonald and Simon Birmingham have voted the same way 99% of the time
Ian Macdonald
Former Liberal Party Senator for Queensland July 1990 – July 2019
Simon Birmingham
Liberal Party Senator for SA since May 2007
Between May 2007 and July 2019 Ian Macdonald and Simon Birmingham have voted in the same division 1679 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 1659 times. They have only voted differently 20 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 character test for Australian visas
- A declared area offence
- A federal inquiry into Queensland government administration
- A Free Trade Agreement with China
- 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 same-sex marriage plebiscite
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- An emissions reduction fund
- An NBN (using fibre to the premises)
- Australia's timber industry
- Banning mobiles and other devices in immigration detention
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Carbon farming
- Changing the date of Australia Day
- Charging postgraduate research students fees
- Criminalising "revenge porn"
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Decreasing subsidisation of fossil fuels
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Deregulating undergraduate university fees
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending illegal logging
- Equal treatment for all couples
- Expanding public funded dental care
- Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
- Federal action on public housing
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- Giving apprentices access to a $20,000 loan
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Greater public scrutiny of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing access to medicinal cannabis products
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing beef import standards
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing federal government support for childcare
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing funding for road infrastructure
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- 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 initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 15%
- Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 19%
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Increasing the passenger movement charge ('PMC')
- Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Landholders' right to say no to mining and gas exploration
- Live animal export
- Local community consultation on infrastructure projects
- Maintaining or increasing CSIRO funding
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- More scrutiny of the Australian Defence Force
- Privatising the ABC
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Public transport
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Recognising local government in the Constitution
- 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
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Senate electoral reform
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Storing all citizens' telecommunications data for access by government agencies
- Targeting foreign interference in Australia
- 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 Intervention in the Northern Territory
- The territories being able to legalise euthanasia
- The use of strong encryption technologies
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Unconventional gas mining
- Uranium export
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 1659 times. They have only voted differently 20 times.
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edited 24th Aug 2018
Motions - Free Speech - Against gender neutral language
Ian Macdonald voted Yes
Simon Birmingham voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a modest majority
3 rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 24th Aug 2018
Motions - Migration - New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants
Ian Macdonald voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Simon Birmingham voted No
Not passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 63% attendance
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edited 13th Jul 2018
Motions - Freedom of Speech - Exclusion zone around abortion clinics
Ian Macdonald voted Yes
Simon Birmingham voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 67% attendance
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edited 23rd Dec 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Religious versus civil marriage celebrants
Ian Macdonald voted No in this free vote
Simon Birmingham voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 23rd Dec 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Authorised marriage celebrant
Ian Macdonald voted Yes in this free vote
Simon Birmingham voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 23rd Dec 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - No obligation to solemnise marriage
Ian Macdonald voted Yes in this free vote
Simon Birmingham voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 24th Dec 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Civil celebrants' right to refuse
Ian Macdonald voted Yes in this free vote
Simon Birmingham voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 24th Dec 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Religious organisations
Ian Macdonald voted Yes in this free vote
Simon Birmingham voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 24th Dec 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Charities
Ian Macdonald voted Yes in this free vote
Simon Birmingham voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 29th Dec 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Defence chaplains
Ian Macdonald voted Yes in this free vote
Simon Birmingham voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 29th Dec 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - "Freedom" amendments
Ian Macdonald voted Yes in this free vote
Simon Birmingham voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 29th Dec 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Religious marriage celebrants
Ian Macdonald voted No in this free vote
Simon Birmingham voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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edited 29th Dec 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Religious and conscientious protection
Ian Macdonald voted Yes in this free vote
Simon Birmingham voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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edited 24th Feb 2017
Parliamentary Entitlements Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - Increase penalty loading
Ian Macdonald voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Simon Birmingham voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 51% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2017
Parliamentary Entitlements Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - Prime ministers
Ian Macdonald voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Simon Birmingham voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 61% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2017
Parliamentary Entitlements Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - Get rid of gold pass
Ian Macdonald voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Simon Birmingham voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 61% attendance
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edited 7th Nov 2014
Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2] and related bills - Second Reading - Review the National Electricity Rules
Ian Macdonald voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Simon Birmingham voted No
Not passed
1 rebellion 97% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Legislation - Defer question of third reading
Ian Macdonald voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Simon Birmingham voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
11 rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2] and related bills - Second Reading - Defer consideration
Ian Macdonald voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Simon Birmingham voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
11 rebellions 92% attendance