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26th Oct 2017
Motions - United Nations Human Rights Council - Re-focus
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
Malcolm Roberts and Nigel Scullion have voted the same way 80% of the time
Malcolm Roberts
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party Senator for Queensland since July 2019
Nigel Scullion
Former Country Liberal Party Senator for NT November 2001 – July 2019
Between July 2016 and October 2017 Malcolm Roberts and Nigel Scullion have voted in the same division 285 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 228 times. They have only voted differently 57 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
- A review of our representatives' eligibility
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Increasing access to medicinal cannabis products
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 19%
- Increasing transparency of the China-Australia relationship
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
- Changing the wording of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Voluntary student union fees
Always voted the same way on
- A national redress scheme for institutional abuse survivors
- A transition plan for coal workers
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- Changing the date of Australia Day
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Federal action on public housing
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing penalties for breach of data
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income
- Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 15%
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Increasing the passenger movement charge ('PMC')
- Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Live animal export
- Maintaining or increasing defence spending
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Preventative Detention Orders (PDOs)
- Privatising certain government services
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- The Coalition's Youth Jobs PaTH
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 228 times. They have only voted differently 57 times.
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edited 27th Oct 2017
Motions - Higher Education: Australian History - Review curriculum
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 27th Oct 2017
Motions - United Nations: Membership - UNESCO & anti-Israeli bias
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 27th Oct 2017
Motions - Higher Education - Student Services and Amenities Fee
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 73% attendance
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edited 26th Jan 2018
Motions - Renewable Energy - Against target and subsidies
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 26th Jan 2018
Motions - Energy - Reregulate to control increase in electricity prices
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 31st May 2019
Documents - Defence Procurement - Order for the Production of Documents
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 10th Oct 2023
Product Emissions Standards Bill 2017 and three others - in Committee - Motor vehicles
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 10th Oct 2023
Product Emissions Standards Bill 2017 and three others - in Committee - Don't consider climate change
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 53% attendance
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edited 21st Jan 2018
Motions - National Threatened Species Day - Government support for research & conservation
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 20th Oct 2023
A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Amendment (Make Electricity Gst Free) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 17th Nov 2017
Committees - Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee - Reference
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 81% attendance
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edited 24th May 2019
Motions - Defence Facilities: Chemical Contamination - Williamtown Investigation Area
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 81% attendance
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edited 3rd Sep 2017
Documents - Solicitor-General's Advice - Produce the documents
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 17th Nov 2017
Committees - Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee - Reference
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 73% attendance
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edited 13th Aug 2017
Motions - National Security - Consistency in airport mandatory screening
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 3rd Nov 2023
Motions - Suspension of Standing Orders - Public dental care
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 17th Nov 2017
Committees - Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee - Reference
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 17th Nov 2023
Committees - Homelessness - Long term, non-punitive plans
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 13th Aug 2017
Committees - Murray-Darling Basin - Independent national judicial inquiry
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 6th Jul 2017
Motions - Interference by Foreign Powers - Reference to Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Bills — Banking and Financial Services Commission of Inquiry Bill 2017; Second Reading
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 10th Aug 2018
Motions - Influence of Foreign Agents - Royal Commission
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 13th Jul 2017
Regulations and Determinations - Therapeutic Goods and Other Legislation Amendment (Narcotic Drugs) Regulation 2016 - Disallow
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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edited 13th Jul 2017
Regulations and Determinations - Therapeutic Goods and Other Legislation Amendment (Narcotic Drugs) Regulation 2016 - Vote on disallowance again
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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edited 13th Jul 2017
Regulations and Determinations - Therapeutic Goods and Other Legislation Amendment (Narcotic Drugs) Regulation 2016 - Disallow
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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edited 13th May 2017
Motions - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Reduce funding
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 7th Apr 2017
Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - Change 18C wording
Malcolm Roberts voted No
Nigel Scullion voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 20th Apr 2017
Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Take-Home Pay) Bill 2017 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 7th Apr 2017
Motions - Returned and Services League of Australia (New South Wales Branch) - Financial + structural problems
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 7th Apr 2017
Motions - Institutional Care - For a royal commission
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 31st May 2019
Documents - Saudi Arabia - Order for the Production of Documents
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 81% attendance
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edited 7th Apr 2017
Motions - Ministerial Standards - Disclosure of meetings
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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edited 12th Apr 2017
Motions - Legal Services - Commit funding
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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Matters of Urgency — Workplace Relations
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 14th Apr 2017
Motions - Child Sexual Abuse - List of perpetrators
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 73% attendance
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edited 6th Apr 2017
Motions - Parliamentarians' Entitlements - Do not increase remuneration until in surplus
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Committees — Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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Bills — Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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Bills — Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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edited 24th Feb 2017
Motions - Imports - Anti-dumping system
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 24th May 2019
Motions - Parliamentarians' Entitlements - Commit to spending on electorate
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Committees — Senators' Interests Committee; Reference
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Bills — Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2016; in Committee
Malcolm Roberts voted No
Nigel Scullion voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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Bills — Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2016; in Committee
Malcolm Roberts voted No
Nigel Scullion voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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Documents — Defence Procurement; Order for the Production of Documents
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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Committees — Finance and Public Administration References Committee; Reference
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Bills — Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill 2013, Building and Construction Industry (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013; in Commi...
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 6th Jun 2019
Motions - Australian of the Year - Remove General Morrison
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Committees — Economics References Committee; Reference
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 25th Nov 2016
Income Tax Rates Amendment (Working Holiday Maker Reform) Bill 2016 and related bills - in Committee - Reduce tax rate from 19% to 10.5%
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Malcolm Roberts voted No
Nigel Scullion voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 18th Jan 2019
Documents - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation - Order for the Production of Documents
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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Documents — Trade; Order for the Production of Documents
Malcolm Roberts voted Yes
Nigel Scullion voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 8th Oct 2016
Business - Consideration of Legislation - National cancer screening bills
Malcolm Roberts voted No
Nigel Scullion voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 80% attendance