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Motions - Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Legislation - Defer question of third reading
Alan Ferguson voted Yes
Russell Trood voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
11 rebellions 86% attendance
Alan Ferguson and Russell Trood have voted the same way 99% of the time
Alan Ferguson
Former Deputy President Senator for SA August 2008 – June 2011
Russell Trood
Former Liberal Party Senator for Queensland July 2005 – June 2011
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and June 2011 Alan Ferguson and Russell Trood have voted in the same division 733 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 725 times. They have only voted differently 8 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
- An NBN (using fibre to the premises)
- 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 competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing federal government support for childcare
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- 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
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Public transport
- Requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Same-sex marriage equality
- 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 725 times. They have only voted differently 8 times.
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Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2] and related bills - Second Reading - Defer consideration
Alan Ferguson voted Yes
Russell Trood voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
11 rebellions 92% attendance
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Business - Rearrangement - Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme legislation
Alan Ferguson voted No
Russell Trood voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
7 rebellions 83% attendance
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Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - In Committee - National Stem Cell Bank
Alan Ferguson voted No in this free vote
Russell Trood voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 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
Alan Ferguson voted No in this free vote
Russell Trood 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
Alan Ferguson voted Yes in this free vote
Russell Trood voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 97% attendance
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Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - In Committee - Amend the current process
Alan Ferguson voted Yes in this free vote
Russell Trood 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
Alan Ferguson voted No in this free vote
Russell Trood voted Yes in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 93% attendance