Bills — Medical Research Future Fund Bill 2015, Medical Research Future Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2015; in Committee
Anne Ruston voted No
Penny Wright voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
Anne Ruston and Penny Wright have voted the same way 3% of the time
Anne Ruston
Liberal Party Senator for SA since September 2012
Penny Wright
Former Australian Greens Senator for SA July 2011 – September 2015
Between September 2012 and September 2015 Anne Ruston and Penny Wright have voted in the same division 798 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 771 times. They have only voted the same 27 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
Always voted differently on
- A carbon price
- A declared area offence
- A federal inquiry into Queensland government administration
- A minerals resource rent tax
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- An emissions reduction fund
- Australia's timber industry
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Charging postgraduate research students fees
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Deregulating undergraduate university fees
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending illegal logging
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Federal action on public housing
- Giving apprentices access to a $20,000 loan
- Greater public scrutiny of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Imprisoning immigration detention workers who record or reveal information from their work
- Increasing access under Freedom of Information law
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing funding for road infrastructure
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Landholders' right to say no to mining and gas exploration
- 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
- Net zero emissions by 2050
- Preventative Detention Orders (PDOs)
- Protecting citizens' privacy
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Protecting whales within Australian waters
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Public transport
- Putting a time limit on immigration detention
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Refugee family reunification
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records
- Requiring Parliamentary approval of military deployments
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Storing all citizens' telecommunications data for access by government agencies
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Unconventional gas mining
- Uranium export
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 771 times. They have only voted the same 27 times.
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Bills — National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2015; in Committee
Anne Ruston voted No
Penny Wright voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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Bills — Social Services Legislation Amendment (Fair and Sustainable Pensions) Bill 2015; Third Reading
Anne Ruston voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Bills — Social Services Legislation Amendment (Fair and Sustainable Pensions) Bill 2015; Second Reading
Anne Ruston voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Committees — Community Affairs Legislation Committee; Reporting Date
Anne Ruston voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Motions — Budget
Anne Ruston voted No
Penny Wright voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 16th Jun 2015
Motions — Housing Affordability
Anne Ruston voted No
Penny Wright voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 77% attendance
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Regulations and Determinations — Competition and Consumer (Industry Code — Port Terminal Access (Bulk Wheat)) Regulation 2014; Disallowance
Anne Ruston voted No
Penny Wright voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 30th Jan 2015
Family Tax Benefit (Tighter Income Test) Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Anne Ruston voted No
Penny Wright voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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Business — Days and Hours of Meeting
Anne Ruston voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 14th Nov 2014
Committees - Certain Aspects of Queensland Government Administration - Include Bligh Government in inquiry
Anne Ruston voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Land Transport Infrastructure Amendment Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Anne Ruston voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Adopt report
Anne Ruston voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Agree to bill as amended
Anne Ruston voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Removing debt limit
Anne Ruston voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Anne Ruston voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Anne Ruston voted No
Penny Wright voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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Committees — Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference
Anne Ruston voted No
Penny Wright voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment (Reinstatement of Temporary Protection Visas) Bill 2013 [No. 2] - Second Reading - Put the question
Anne Ruston voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Bills — Marine Engineers Qualifications Bill 2013; Second Reading
Anne Ruston voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Bills — Marine Engineers Qualifications Bill 2013; Second Reading
Anne Ruston voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 7th Nov 2014
Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Anne Ruston voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
7 rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 7th Nov 2014
Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Anne Ruston voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
7 rebellions 71% attendance
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Regulations and Determinations — Migration Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 6); Disallowance
Anne Ruston voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Bills — Defence Trade Controls Bill 2011; in Committee
Anne Ruston voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 21st Jul 2016
Motions - Cubbie Station - Foreign investment
Anne Ruston voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development) Bill 2012 - In Commit...
Anne Ruston voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance