Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 5) Bill 2008 — In Committee
Ron Boswell voted Yes
David Bushby voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
Ron Boswell and David Bushby have voted the same way 99% of the time
Ron Boswell
Former National Party Senator for Queensland March 1983 – June 2014
David Bushby
Former Liberal Party Senator for Tasmania August 2007 – January 2019
Between August 2007 and June 2014 Ron Boswell and David Bushby have voted in the same division 691 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 687 times. They have only voted differently 4 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
Always voted the same way on
- A carbon price
- A minerals resource rent tax
- Carbon farming
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- 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 Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing beef import standards
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing surveillance powers
- 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
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Public transport
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- 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)
- 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
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 687 times. They have only voted differently 4 times.
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Environmental and Natural Resource Management Guidelines — Motion for Disallowance
Ron Boswell voted Yes
David Bushby voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
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
David Bushby voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
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
David Bushby voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 84% attendance