Ron Boswell and Sandy Macdonald have voted the same way 100% of the time
Ron Boswell
Former National Party Senator for Queensland March 1983 – June 2014
Sandy Macdonald
Former National Party Senator for NSW May 2000 – June 2008
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and June 2008 Ron Boswell and Sandy Macdonald have voted in the same division 288 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 288 times. They have never voted differently.
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
- Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing availability of abortion drugs
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Local community consultation on infrastructure projects
- Maintaining or increasing CSIRO funding
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Privatising government-owned assets
- Requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Stem cell research
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Uranium export