edited
7th Jul 2016
Motions - Election of Senators - Refer to Committee
Larissa Waters voted No
Michael Ronaldson voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
Larissa Waters and Michael Ronaldson have voted the same way 4% of the time
Larissa Waters
Australian Greens Senator for Queensland since September 2018
Michael Ronaldson
Former Liberal Party Senator for Victoria July 2005 – February 2016
Between July 2011 and February 2016 Larissa Waters and Michael Ronaldson have voted in the same division 709 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 680 times. They have only voted the same 29 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.
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Always voted differently on
- A carbon price
- A declared area offence
- A Free Trade Agreement with China
- A minerals resource rent tax
- Australia's timber industry
- Carbon farming
- Charging postgraduate research students fees
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Decreasing subsidisation of fossil fuels
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Deregulating undergraduate university fees
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending illegal logging
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Giving approval for mining in the Liverpool Plains
- Greater public scrutiny of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing funding for road infrastructure
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing political transparency
- 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 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
- Letting environmental groups challenge the legality of certain government decisions
- Making Australians working overseas repay their student debts
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- 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
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Refugee family reunification
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records
- Requiring Parliamentary approval of military deployments
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Unconventional gas mining
- Uranium export
- Using natural resource wealth for the benefit of all Australians
- Withdrawing troops from Afghanistan
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 680 times. They have only voted the same 29 times.
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edited 21st Jan 2016
Motions - Motor Vehicle Theft and Export - Personal Property Securities Register
Larissa Waters voted No
Michael Ronaldson voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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Bills — Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Legislation Amendment Bill 2015; in Committee
Larissa Waters voted No
Michael Ronaldson voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Bills — Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Legislation Amendment Bill 2015; in Committee
Larissa Waters voted No
Michael Ronaldson voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 16th Mar 2018
Motions - Defence - Submarines
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Michael Ronaldson voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 81% attendance
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Bills — Medical Research Future Fund Bill 2015, Medical Research Future Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2015; in Committee
Larissa Waters voted No
Michael Ronaldson voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Bills — Social Services Legislation Amendment (Fair and Sustainable Pensions) Bill 2015; Third Reading
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Michael Ronaldson voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Bills — Social Services Legislation Amendment (Fair and Sustainable Pensions) Bill 2015; Second Reading
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Michael Ronaldson voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Committees — Community Affairs Legislation Committee; Reporting Date
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Michael Ronaldson voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 16th Jun 2015
Motions — Housing Affordability
Larissa Waters voted No
Michael Ronaldson voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 77% attendance
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Business — Days and Hours of Meeting
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Michael Ronaldson voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Land Transport Infrastructure Amendment Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Michael Ronaldson voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Adopt report
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Michael Ronaldson voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Agree to bill as amended
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Michael Ronaldson voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Removing debt limit
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Michael Ronaldson voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Committees — Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference
Larissa Waters voted No
Michael Ronaldson voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment (Reinstatement of Temporary Protection Visas) Bill 2013 [No. 2] - Second Reading - Put the question
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Michael Ronaldson voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Regulations and Determinations — Migration Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 6); Disallowance
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Michael Ronaldson voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Bills — Defence Trade Controls Bill 2011; in Committee
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Michael Ronaldson voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 21st Jul 2016
Motions - Cubbie Station - Foreign investment
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Michael Ronaldson voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development) Bill 2012 - In Commit...
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Michael Ronaldson voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Coalition policies (a)
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Michael Ronaldson voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 20th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (The Bali Process) Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Larissa Waters voted No
Michael Ronaldson voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Bills - Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills; Second Reading
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Michael Ronaldson voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Wind Farms - Act on the Community Affairs References Committee's recommendations
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Michael Ronaldson voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% 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...
Larissa Waters voted No
Michael Ronaldson 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...
Larissa Waters voted No
Michael Ronaldson voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Motions — Asylum Seekers
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Michael Ronaldson voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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Bills — National Consumer Credit Protection Amendment (Home Loans and Credit Cards) Bill 2011; in Committee
Larissa Waters voted No
Michael Ronaldson voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance