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24th Aug 2018
Motions - Migration - New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants
Ian Macdonald voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
James Paterson voted No
Not passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 63% attendance
Ian Macdonald and James Paterson have voted the same way 99% of the time
Ian Macdonald
Former Liberal Party Senator for Queensland July 1990 – July 2019
James Paterson
Liberal Party Senator for Victoria since March 2016
Between March 2016 and July 2019 Ian Macdonald and James Paterson have voted in the same division 609 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 604 times. They have only voted differently 5 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 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
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Changing the date of Australia Day
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Criminalising "revenge porn"
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending illegal logging
- 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
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing access to medicinal cannabis products
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing federal government support for childcare
- 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 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 scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- 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 price of tobacco
- Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Live animal export
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Preventative Detention Orders (PDOs)
- Privatising the ABC
- Promoting multiculturalism
- Protecting citizens' privacy
- 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
- Reproductive bodily autonomy
- Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Senate electoral reform
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Targeting foreign interference in Australia
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- The Coalition's Youth Jobs PaTH
- Unconventional gas mining
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 604 times. They have only voted differently 5 times.
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edited 14th Sep 2018
Restoring Territory Rights (Assisted Suicide Legislation) Bill 2015 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Ian Macdonald voted Yes in this free vote
James Paterson 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
James Paterson 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
James Paterson 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
James Paterson voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 61% attendance