edited
16th Jun 2015
Motions — Housing Affordability
Matthew Canavan voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal National Party
Brett Mason voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 77% attendance
Matthew Canavan and Brett Mason have voted the same way 99% of the time
Matthew Canavan
Liberal National Party Senator for Queensland since July 2014
Brett Mason
Former Liberal Party Senator for Queensland July 1999 – April 2015
Between July 2014 and April 2015 Matthew Canavan and Brett Mason have voted in the same division 164 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 163 times. They have only voted differently once.
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
- A carbon price
- A federal inquiry into Queensland government administration
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- An emissions reduction fund
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Deregulating undergraduate university fees
- Giving apprentices access to a $20,000 loan
- Greater public scrutiny of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing surveillance powers
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Net zero emissions by 2050
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Public transport
- Refugee family reunification
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Storing all citizens' telecommunications data for access by government agencies
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 163 times. They have only voted differently once.