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Motions - Mr David Hicks - Call for independent health professional assessment
Ron Boswell voted No
Barnaby Joyce voted Yes, rebelling against the National Party
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 87% attendance
Ron Boswell and Barnaby Joyce have voted the same way 99% of the time
Ron Boswell
Former National Party Senator for Queensland March 1983 – June 2014
Barnaby Joyce
National Party Representative for New England since December 2017
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and August 2013 Ron Boswell and Barnaby Joyce have voted in the same division 707 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 697 times. They have only voted differently 10 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 the same way on
- A carbon price
- A character test for Australian visas
- A minerals resource rent tax
- Carbon farming
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Equal treatment for all couples
- Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing availability of abortion drugs
- Increasing beef import standards
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing parliamentary entitlements for current MPs and Senators
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Live animal export
- Local community consultation on infrastructure projects
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Privatising government-owned assets
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Public transport
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Reproductive bodily autonomy
- Requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stem cell research
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Unconventional gas mining
- Uranium export
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 697 times. They have only voted differently 10 times.
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Tax Laws Amendment (2006 Measures No. 4) Bill 2006 - In Committee - Schedule 4
Ron Boswell voted Yes
Barnaby Joyce voted No, rebelling against the National Party
Passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 72% attendance
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Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2005 — Consideration of House of Representatives Message — Adopt committee report (DUPLICATE)
Ron Boswell voted Yes
Barnaby Joyce voted No, rebelling against the National Party
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 82% attendance
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Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2005 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Adopt committee report
Ron Boswell voted Yes
Barnaby Joyce voted No, rebelling against the National Party
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 82% attendance
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Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2005 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Constitution of Tribunal
Ron Boswell voted No
Barnaby Joyce voted Yes, rebelling against the National Party
Not passed
1 rebellion 82% attendance
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Petroleum Retail Legislation Repeal Bill 2006 - In Committee - Definition of goods
Ron Boswell voted No
Barnaby Joyce voted Yes, rebelling against the National Party
Not passed
1 rebellion 92% attendance
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Petroleum Retail Legislation Repeal Bill 2006 - In Committee - Disclosing product discount
Ron Boswell voted No
Barnaby Joyce voted Yes, rebelling against the National Party
Not passed
1 rebellion 89% attendance
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Petroleum Retail Legislation Repeal Bill 2006 - In Committee - Prevention of abuse of market power
Ron Boswell voted No
Barnaby Joyce voted Yes, rebelling against the National Party
Not passed
1 rebellion 87% attendance
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Petroleum Retail Marketing Sites Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 1) - Motion for Disallowance - Disallow the Regulations
Ron Boswell voted No
Barnaby Joyce voted Yes, rebelling against the National Party
Not passed
1 rebellion 82% attendance
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Petroleum Retail Marketing Sites Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 1) - Motion for Disallowance - Disallow the Regulations
Ron Boswell voted No
Barnaby Joyce voted Yes, rebelling against the National Party
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 79% attendance