edited
19th Jul 2019
Motions - Solar Energy - NSW Solar Energy eXchange Initiative
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
Ron Boswell and Lisa Singh have voted the same way 25% of the time
Ron Boswell
Former National Party Senator for Queensland March 1983 – June 2014
Lisa Singh
Former Australian Labor Party Senator for Tasmania July 2011 – July 2019
Between July 2011 and June 2014 Ron Boswell and Lisa Singh have voted in the same division 424 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 320 times. They have only voted the same 104 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
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Landholders' right to say no to mining and gas exploration
- Live animal export
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Same-sex marriage equality
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
- A carbon price
- A character test for Australian visas
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Unconventional gas mining
- Uranium export
Always voted differently on
- A minerals resource rent tax
- Carbon farming
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 320 times. They have only voted the same 104 times.
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Bills — Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency Repeal Bill 2014; Second Reading
Ron Boswell voted Yes
Lisa Singh voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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Committees — Tobacco Plain Packaging
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 27th Sep 2017
Committees - World Refugee Day - Transparency
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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Committees — Education and Employment References Committee; Reference
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Documents - World Heritage Committee - Protect the Fitzroy Delta, Keppel Bay, north Curtis Island and northern section of the reef
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
National Integrity Commission Bill 2013 - Second Reading - Put the question
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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Documents — Note Printing Australia; Order for the Production of Documents
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 and related bills - Second Reading - Read a second time
Ron Boswell voted Yes
Lisa Singh voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 and related bills - Second Reading - Protect Australia from climate change
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Regulations and Determinations — Clean Energy Auction Revocation Determination 2014; Disallowance
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Regulations and Determinations — Civil Aviation Order 48.1 Instrument 2013; Disallowance
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 27th Dec 2014
Motions - Lock the Gate Alliance - Act on concerns of the Alliance
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 27th Dec 2014
Motions - Biennale of Sydney - Commend protest against Transfield sponsorship
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Coal Seam Gas - Landholders' right to refuse
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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Committees — Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee; Reference
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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Committees — Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Kangaroo Island - Reject seismic testing proposal
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Asylum Seekers - UNHCR reports into Nauru and Manus Island
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Ron Boswell voted Yes
Lisa Singh voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Regulations and Determinations — Social Security (Administration) (Vulnerable Welfare Payment Recipient) Principles 2013; Disallowance
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Bills - Australian Education Bill 2013, Australian Education (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013; Second Reading
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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Documents — Pollution Reduction Program; Order for the Production of Documents
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment Bill 2013 - In Committee - Extend protection
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment Bill 2013 - In Committee - Owner consent
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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Motions — Poultry Industry
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Ron Boswell voted Yes
Lisa Singh voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Ron Boswell voted Yes
Lisa Singh voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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edited 17th Aug 2018
Motions - Parenting Payments - Reverse transfer to Newstart
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 16th Jun 2016
Motions - International Development Assistance - Increase foreign aid budget to 0.7% of GNI
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 16th Jan 2015
Motions - Seismic Survey - Harm to marine wildlife
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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Committees — Community Affairs References Committee; Reference
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Water Amendment (Long-term Average Sustainable Diversion Limit Adjustment) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Modelling
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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Motions — Middle East
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - University of Western Sydney - Retain current courses and academic staffing resources
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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Bills — Appropriation (Implementation of the Report of the Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers) Bill (No. 1) 2012-2013, Appropriation (Implementation of the Report of the Expert Pane...
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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Bills — Cybercrime Legislation Amendment Bill 2011; Second Reading
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 47% attendance
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edited 20th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Ron Boswell voted Yes
Lisa Singh voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Sunset clause
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Independent annual review
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Protection and welfare arrangements
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 65% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Transfer to Australia after 12 months
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Ron Boswell voted Yes
Lisa Singh voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions — Australian Small Pelagic Fishery - Reverse decision to lift quota
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 22nd Nov 2014
Stronger Futures Bills - Agree to Senator Ludlam's amendments
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 22nd Nov 2014
Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Ron Boswell voted Yes
Lisa Singh voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 22nd Nov 2014
Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011 - Agree to Australian Greens amendment
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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edited 24th Feb 2023
Motions - Rio+20 Summit 2012 - Government explanation called for
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
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edited 22nd Sep 2016
Motions - Gun Control - Stregthen uniformity
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
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Motions — Palmer, Mr Clive
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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Personal Explanations
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Bills - Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills; Second Reading
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Bills - Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills; Second Reading
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Bills — National Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2010; in Committee
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
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Bills — Members of Parliament (Life Gold Pass) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012; in Committee
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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Motions — Dissent from Ruling
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Motions — Sovereign Wealth Fund
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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Motions — Middle East
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Deterring People Smuggling Bill 2011 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Ron Boswell voted Yes
Lisa Singh voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Motions — Suspension of Standing Orders
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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Motions — Gillard Government; Censure
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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Bills — Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2011, Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Air Cargo) Bill 2011, Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Participants in Bri...
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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Bills — Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2011, Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Air Cargo) Bill 2011, Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Participants in Bri...
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Bills — Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2011, Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Air Cargo) Bill 2011, Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Participants in Bri...
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Business — Consideration of Legislation
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Matters of Urgency - Same-Sex Relationships - Recognise same sex marriage
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Coral Sea - Declare marine national park
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Great Barrier Reef - Suspend applications and approvals until after UNESCO assessment
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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Motions — Recycling
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Vocational Education and Training - Support TAFE
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Committees — Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Membership
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Motions — Forestry
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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Motions — Hungary
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Education Funding - PrimaryConnections and Science By Doing
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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Motions — James Price Point
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions — Nuclear Nonproliferation - Identify countries that won't sell to
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 28th Jan 2017
Motions - Nuclear Weapons - International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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Motions — Taxation
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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Motions — Tibet
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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Committees — Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Asylum Seekers - Siev X
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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Motions — Olympic Dam
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Asylum Seekers - International refugee obligations
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 56% attendance
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Motions — Container Deposit Scheme
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 56% attendance
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Motions — Palestine
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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Motions — Private Senators' Bills
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 53% attendance
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Motions — Sri Lanka
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
-
edited 21st Jan 2018
Motions - National Threatened Species Day - Reverse biodiversity decline
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Motions — Wilders, Mr Geert
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Coal Seam Gas - Moratorium on new coal seam gas approvals
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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Motions — Israel
Ron Boswell voted Yes
Lisa Singh voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 65% attendance
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Motions — Nystrom, Mr Stefan
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 65% attendance
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Motions — Convoy of No Confidence
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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Motions — Eden Biomass Power Plant
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Immigration: MV Tampa - End offshore processing
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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Motions — Amendment to Standing Orders
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
-
Motions — James Price Point
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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Motions — Question Time
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Live Animal Exports - End live animal export
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
Motions — Israel
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
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Motions — Israel
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
-
Motions — Israel
Ron Boswell voted Yes
Lisa Singh voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Same-Sex Relationships - Support marriage equality
Ron Boswell voted No
Lisa Singh voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 53% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test and Other Provisions) Bill 2011 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Ron Boswell voted Yes
Lisa Singh voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance