Motions — Palmer, Mr Clive
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Nick Sherry voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
Sue Boyce and Nick Sherry have voted the same way 25% of the time
Sue Boyce
Former Liberal Party Senator for Queensland April 2007 – June 2014
Nick Sherry
Former Australian Labor Party Senator for Tasmania July 1990 – June 2012
Between April 2007 and June 2012 Sue Boyce and Nick Sherry have voted in the same division 428 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 321 times. They have only voted the same 107 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
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing marine conservation
- Live animal export
- Restricting donations to political parties
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Uranium export
- Voluntary student union fees
Always voted differently on
- A carbon price
- A minerals resource rent tax
- An NBN (using fibre to the premises)
- Carbon farming
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Equal treatment for all couples
- Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 321 times. They have only voted the same 107 times.
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Bills - Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills; Second Reading
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 10th Dec 2016
Motions - Coal - From coal to clean energy market
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry 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
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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Motions — University Fees
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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Bills — National Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2010; Third Reading
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Nick Sherry voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Live Animal Exports - Against live animal export
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 50% attendance
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Motions — Register of the National Estate
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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Motions — Competition Policy
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Motions — Forestry
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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Motions — Dissent from Ruling
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Bills — Competition and Consumer Legislation Amendment Bill 2011; in Committee
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 51% attendance
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edited 20th Oct 2014
Deterring People Smuggling Bill 2011 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Nick Sherry voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Deterring People Smuggling Bill 2011 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Nick Sherry voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Motions — Suspension of Standing Orders
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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Motions — Gillard Government; Censure
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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Bills — Steel Transformation Plan Bill 2011; Second Reading
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Committees — Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Membership
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Education Funding - PrimaryConnections and Science By Doing
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 28th Jan 2017
Motions - Nuclear Weapons - International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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Motions — Taxation
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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Motions — International Day of Peace
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Live Animal Exports - End live animal export
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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Bills — Intelligence Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2011; in Committee
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Nick Sherry voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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Bills — National Consumer Credit Protection Amendment (Home Loans and Credit Cards) Bill 2011; in Committee
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 25th Jan 2018
Motions - DeforestACTION Program - Support + include palm oil as declared ingredient
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 50% attendance
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Motions — Tarkine Wilderness
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 51% attendance
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Coal Seam Gas Projects
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Nick Sherry voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Coal Seam Gas Projects
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Nick Sherry voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Kimberley Liquefied Natural Gas Precinct
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Committees — Economics References Committee; Reference
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 53% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives (Medicare Levy Surcharge) Bill 2009 [No. 2] and Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives (Medicare Levy Surcharge - Fringe Benefits)...
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2] and related bills - In Committee - Free permits for coal fired electricity generators
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2] and related bills - Third Reading - Read a third time
Sue Boyce voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Nick Sherry voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
2 rebellions 97% attendance
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edited 7th Apr 2016
Motions - Overseas Tax Havens - Deplorable
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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Commonwealth Dialysis Resources
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Legislation - Defer question of third reading
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
11 rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Asylum Seekers - Stop excising territory
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2] and related bills - Second Reading - Read a second time
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Nick Sherry voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2] and related bills - Second Reading - Defer consideration
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
11 rebellions 92% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2] and related bills - Second Reading - Commit to reducing emissions
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Business - Rearrangement - Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme legislation
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Nick Sherry voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
7 rebellions 83% attendance
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Rwanda
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Income Support for Students) Bill 2009 — In Committee
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 47% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 and related acts - Second Reading - Commit to reducing emissions
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 95% attendance
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Committees — Privileges Committee; Resolution of Appointment
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2009-2010; Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2009-2010; Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2009-2010 — Second Reading
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Budget Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 — Second Reading
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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Protecting Children from Junk Food Advertising Bill 2006 [2008] — Second Reading
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 11th Jul 2015
Motions — Cease Liverpool Plains Mining Exploration Before Hydrological Review
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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Nation Building Program (National Land Transport) Amendment Bill 2009 — In Committee
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
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Committees — Agricultural and Related Industries Committee; Reference
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 21st Jan 2018
Motions - Child Care - Not-for-profit government-supported childcare
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 51% attendance
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Committees — Economics Committee; Reference
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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Swift Parrot
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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Fair Work Bill 2008 — Second Reading
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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Climate Change — Order
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 20th Oct 2014
Motions - Immigration Detention - Labor's 'New Directions'
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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Corporations Amendment (No. 1) Bill 2008 [2009] — In Committee
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 56% attendance
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Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 5) Bill 2008 — In Committee
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry 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
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Emergency Response Consolidation) Bill 2008 - In Committee - Exempts from discrimin...
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Nick Sherry voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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Guarantee Scheme for Large Deposits and Wholesale Funding Appropriation Bill 2008 — In Committee
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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International Aid
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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Grocerychoice
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Economic Security Strategy) Bill 2008; Appropriation (Economic Security Strategy) Bill (No. 1) 2008-2009; Appropriation (Economi...
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Voluntary Student Unionism - Agree to motion
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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World Day Against the Death Penalty
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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Executive Salaries
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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First Home Saver Accounts (Further Provisions) Amendment Bill 2008; First Home Saver Account Providers Supervisory Levy Imposition Bill 2008 — In Committee
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - MV Tampa: Seventh Anniversary - Inquiry into immigration detention
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Gunns Pulp Mill - Provide the report on potential marine impact
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 1) Bill 2008 — In Committee
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Gt Leste Biotech
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% 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
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Nick Sherry voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 84% attendance
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Iraq
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% 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
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Nick Sherry voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 84% attendance
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Tax Laws Amendment (Personal Income Tax Reduction) Bill 2008 — In Committee
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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China — Suspension of Standing Orders
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
-
Tarkine Wilderness
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 25th Feb 2016
Motions - Donations to Political Parties - Developers
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 22nd Jul 2017
Motions - Apology to Australia’s Indigenous Peoples - Compensation
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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Cluster Munitions
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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Treatment of Prisoners
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) Bill 2007 - In Committee - Keep clauses 4 to 7 unchanged
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Nick Sherry voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Northern Territory National Emergency Response and Other Measures) Bill 2007 - In Committee ...
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Nick Sherry voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Northern Territory National Emergency Response Bill 2007 - In Committee - Keep part 8 unchanged
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Nick Sherry voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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Water Bill 2007; Water (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2007 — In Committee
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) Bill 2007 and related bills - Third Reading - Read a third time
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Nick Sherry voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) Bill 2007 - In Committee - Leave schedules unchanged
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Nick Sherry voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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Forests of High Conservation Value
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) Bill 2007 and related bills - In Committee - Acquisition of rights, titles and interests in land
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Nick Sherry voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) Bill 2007 and related bills - Second Reading - Delay passage of bill
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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Russia
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 28th Jul 2016
Motions - Alcohol Abuse - Australian-wide approach
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 14th Oct 2017
Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Testing) Bill 2007 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Nick Sherry voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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Tasmanian Pulp Mill
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Workplace Relations Amendment (A Stronger Safety Net) Bill 2007 — In Committee
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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In-Vitro Fertilisation
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Uranium Exports - No export to Russia
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Evidence Amendment (Journalists’ Privilege) Bill 2007 — In Committee
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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edited 10th Jun 2017
Motions - Renewable Energy - Energy targets
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Paid Maternity Leave - Government funded paid maternity leave
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Old-Growth Forests
Sue Boyce voted No
Nick Sherry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance