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Committees - Fuel and Energy Committee - Resolution of Appointment
Ron Boswell voted Yes
Helen Coonan voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 88% attendance
Ron Boswell and Helen Coonan have voted the same way 97% of the time
Ron Boswell
Former National Party Senator for Queensland March 1983 – June 2014
Helen Coonan
Former Liberal Party Senator for NSW July 1996 – August 2011
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and August 2011 Ron Boswell and Helen Coonan have voted in the same division 404 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 392 times. They have only voted differently 12 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
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Always voted the same way on
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- 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 beef import standards
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Uranium export
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 392 times. They have only voted differently 12 times.
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Motions - Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Legislation - Defer question of third reading
Ron Boswell voted Yes
Helen Coonan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
11 rebellions 86% attendance
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Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2] and related bills - Second Reading - Defer consideration
Ron Boswell voted Yes
Helen Coonan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
11 rebellions 92% attendance
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Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Measures No. 4) Bill 2009 - In Committee - Carbon sink tax deductions
Ron Boswell voted Yes
Helen Coonan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 78% attendance
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Nation-Building Funds Bill 2008 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Communications Fund
Ron Boswell voted No
Helen Coonan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 57% attendance
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Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 5) Bill 2008 — In Committee
Ron Boswell voted Yes
Helen Coonan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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Environmental and Natural Resource Management Guidelines — Motion for Disallowance
Ron Boswell voted Yes
Helen Coonan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 and Wheat Export Marketing (Repeal and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Ron Boswell voted No
Helen Coonan voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 84% attendance
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Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 and Wheat Export Marketing (Repeal and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 — Second Reading — Read a second time
Ron Boswell voted No
Helen Coonan voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 84% attendance
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Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Ron Boswell voted No in this free vote
Helen Coonan voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 96% attendance
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Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - In Committee - Amend the current process
Ron Boswell voted Yes in this free vote
Helen Coonan voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 95% attendance
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Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Ron Boswell voted No in this free vote
Helen Coonan voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 93% attendance