edited
24th Nov 2023
Australian Education Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - Commonwealth share
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
Murray Watt and Scott Ludlam have voted the same way 66% of the time
Murray Watt
Australian Labor Party Senator for Queensland since July 2016
Scott Ludlam
Former Australian Greens Senator for WA July 2008 – July 2017
Between July 2016 and July 2017 Murray Watt and Scott Ludlam have voted in the same division 159 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 105 times. They have only voted differently 54 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
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Making sanitary items GST-free
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial
- Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Strengthening gun control laws
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Always voted the same way on
- A national redress scheme for institutional abuse survivors
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing access to medicinal cannabis products
- Increasing funding for legal aid
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing parliamentary entitlements for current MPs and Senators
- Increasing penalties for breach of data
- Increasing the price of tobacco
- Live animal export
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- The Coalition's Youth Jobs PaTH
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 105 times. They have only voted differently 54 times.
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edited 24th Nov 2023
Australian Education Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - Setting SES
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 24th Nov 2023
Australian Education Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - Setting SES
Murray Watt voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 24th Nov 2023
Australian Education Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - Distribution of funding
Murray Watt voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 8th Jul 2017
Australian Education Amendment Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Criticism of Gonski 2.0
Murray Watt voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 30th Jun 2017
Motions - Asylum Seekers - Close Nauru and Manus Is. detention centres
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 23rd Jun 2017
Treasury Laws Amendment (GST Low Value Goods) Bill 2017 - in Committee - No GST on sanitary items
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 24th May 2019
Motions - Budget - Abandon drug testing income support
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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Bills — Social Services Legislation Amendment (Seasonal Worker Incentives for Jobseekers) Bill 2017; Second Reading
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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Bills — Native Title Amendment (Indigenous Land Use Agreements) Bill 2017; Third Reading
Murray Watt voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted No
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 24th May 2019
Motions - Adani Carmichael Coalmine - Support
Murray Watt voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted No
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 16th Jun 2017
Native Title Amendment (Indigenous Land Use Agreements) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Murray Watt voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted No
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Committees — Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 13th May 2017
Motions - Food Labelling - Review Standard
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 31st May 2019
Documents - Saudi Arabia: Human Rights - Order for the Production of Documents
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Regulations and Determinations — Social Security (Administration) (Trial Area) Amendment Determination 2017; Disallowance
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 7th Apr 2017
Motions - Gambling - Apply the National Consumer Protection Framework
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 7th Apr 2017
Motions - Returned and Services League of Australia (New South Wales Branch) - Financial + structural problems
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
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
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 14th Apr 2017
Motions - Iraq: Mosul - Confirm whether Australia involved
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 12th Apr 2017
Motions - Youth Employment - Minister for Young People
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 20th Apr 2017
Documents - Defence Procurement - F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 14th Apr 2017
Motions - Child Sexual Abuse - List of perpetrators
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 73% attendance
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edited 6th Apr 2017
Motions - Defence Expenditure - Redirect
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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Bills — Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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Bills — Corporations Amendment (Crowd-Sourced Funding) Bill 2016; in Committee
Murray Watt voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 80% attendance
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Committees — Lending to Primary Production Customers Committee; Appointment
Murray Watt voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted No
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 24th May 2019
Motions - Parliamentarians' Entitlements - Commit to spending on electorate
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Committees — Senators' Interests Committee; Reference
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Business — Days and Hours of Meeting
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes, rebelling against the Australian Greens
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 95% attendance
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edited 17th Mar 2017
Motions - Schools - Needs-based funding model
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 17th Feb 2017
Motions - President of the United States of America - Do not invite Trump
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 24th May 2019
Motions - Illicit Drugs - Pill testing
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 81% attendance
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Bills — Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Bill 2016; Second Reading
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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edited 17th Feb 2017
Migration Amendment (Character Cancellation Consequential Provisions) Bill 2016 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Murray Watt voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted No
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 14th Oct 2017
Migration Amendment (Character Cancellation Consequential Provisions) Bill 2016 - Second Reading - Heads of State/Government
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2017
Motions - Australia Day - Change the date
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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Bills — Competition and Consumer Amendment (Country of Origin) Bill 2016; in Committee
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2017
Motions - Federal Anti-Corruption Commission - Establish
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Bills — Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Petroleum Pools and Other Measures) Bill 2016; in Committee
Murray Watt voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted No
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2017
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Petroleum Pools and Other Measures) Bill 2016 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Murray Watt voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted No
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 14th Oct 2016
Motions - Oil Exploration - Great Australian Bight
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 14th Oct 2016
Motions - Donations to Political Parties - Banks and financial institutions
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 22nd Sep 2016
Motions - Gun Control - Strengthen laws
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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Business — Days and Hours of Meeting
Murray Watt voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted No
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 17th Sep 2016
Regulations and Determinations - Social Security (Administration) (Trial Area — East Kimberley) Determination 2016 - Disallow
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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Committees — Community Affairs References Committee; Reference
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Business — Consideration of Legislation
Murray Watt voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted No
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 17th Sep 2016
Motions - Census - Do not fine
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 17th Sep 2016
Motions - Gambling - Against gambling advertising
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 1st Oct 2016
Motions - Roads - Access to information
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Murray Watt voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted No
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 17th Sep 2016
Motions - Immigration Detention - Royal Commission
Murray Watt voted No
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 1st Sep 2016
Parliamentary Representation — Rotation of Senators
Murray Watt voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted No
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 86% attendance