edited
4th Jan 2015
Motions - Youth Mental Health - Redirect chaplaincy funding to qualified mental health workers
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
Cory Bernardi and Lin Thorp have voted the same way 32% of the time
Cory Bernardi
Former Australian Conservatives Senator for SA February 2017 – January 2020
Lin Thorp
Former Australian Labor Party Senator for Tasmania June 2012 – June 2014
Between June 2012 and June 2014 Cory Bernardi and Lin Thorp have voted in the same division 320 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 219 times. They have only voted the same 101 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
- Banning all investment in cluster munitions
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Funding the national school chaplaincy program
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Landholders' right to say no to mining and gas exploration
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Protecting whales within Australian waters
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Ending illegal logging
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Unconventional gas mining
Always voted differently on
- A carbon price
- A minerals resource rent tax
- Australia's timber industry
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- 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
- Recognising local government in the Constitution
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 219 times. They have only voted the same 101 times.
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edited 19th Jul 2019
Motions - Solar Energy - NSW Solar Energy eXchange Initiative
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Removing Re-approval and Re-registration) Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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Bills — Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency Repeal Bill 2014; Second Reading
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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Bills — Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Cost Recovery) Bill 2014; Third Reading
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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Motions — Iraq
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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edited 10th Oct 2014
Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Measures) Bill 2014 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Measures) Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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edited 10th Oct 2014
Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Measures) Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Find other means to raise revenue
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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Committees — Education and Employment References Committee; Reference
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Regulations and Determinations — Australian Meat and Live—stock Industry (Export of Live—stock to Egypt) Repeal Order 2014 - Put the motion (for disallowance)
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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Regulations and Determinations — Export Market Development Grants (Extended Lodgement and Consultant Quality Incentive) Determination 2012; Disallowance
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% 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
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 27th Dec 2014
Motions - Coal Seam Gas - Bentley blockade
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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Motions — Family Payments
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
National Integrity Commission Bill 2013 - Second Reading - Put the question
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp 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
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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Documents — Commonwealth Land: Sydney Harbour
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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Documents — Asylum Seekers; Order for the Production of Documents
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Minerals Resource Rent Tax Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2013 - Second Reading - Share mining boom benefits
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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Regulations and Determinations — Clean Energy Auction Revocation Determination 2014; Disallowance
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp 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
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp 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
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 27th Dec 2014
Landholders' Right to Refuse (Gas and Coal) Bill 2013 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013 — In Committee — Keep schedule 1 (on gambling) unchanged
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 27th Dec 2014
Motions - Biennale of Sydney - Commend protest against Transfield sponsorship
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Live Animal Exports - Stop export until investigations completed
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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Committees — Select Committee on Electronic Surveillance; Appointment
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Committees — Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp 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
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp 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
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 25th Feb 2016
Motions - Political Donations - Disclosure and ban on overseas donations
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Agriculture - Foreign ownership
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 27th Dec 2014
Motions - Agriculture - Coal seam gas wells
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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Motions — Japan Natural Disasters
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Great Barrier Reef - Reject the Abbot Point coal port expansion proposal
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Wheat Exports - Reject takeover of GrainCorp by Archer Daniels Midland
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Social Security Amendment (Supporting More Australians into Work) Bill 2013 - Second Reading - Increase Newstart and support single parents
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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Regulations and Determinations — Social Security (Administration) (Vulnerable Welfare Payment Recipient) Principles 2013; Disallowance
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp 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
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp 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
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp 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
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 30th Jun 2016
Motions - PRISM - Australia's vulnerability
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area - Maintain heritage status
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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edited 31st Jan 2023
Motions — International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
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edited 15th Apr 2022
Motions - Gender Biased Sex Selection - Condemn
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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edited 3rd Dec 2016
Motions - Iraq - Independent inquiry
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 16th Jun 2016
Motions - International Development Assistance - Increase foreign aid budget to 0.7% of GNI
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Water Amendment (Water for the Environment Special Account) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Auditing
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Immigration Detention Facilities - Media access
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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Regulations and Determinations — Murray-Darling Basin Plan; Disallowance
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Asylum Seekers - Right to work
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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Committees — Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Bills — Fair Work Amendment Bill 2012; in Committee
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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edited 16th Jan 2015
Motions - Seismic Survey - Harm to marine wildlife
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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Committees — Community Affairs References Committee; Reference
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp 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 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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Motions — Middle East
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp 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
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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Motions — Hicks, Mr David
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 12th Apr 2018
Motions - Newstart - Increase
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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Motions — Hicks, Mr David
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 53% attendance
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edited 22nd Aug 2016
Motions - Nationally Threatened Species and Wilderness Areas - Federal responsibility
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 47% attendance
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Committees — Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee; Reference
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 51% attendance
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edited 13th Feb 2015
Documents — Public Interest Disclosure Bill, Order for the Production of Documents
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
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edited 13th Feb 2015
Documents — National Data Retention Scheme; Order for the Production of Documents
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
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edited 13th Feb 2015
Documents — Data Retention Advice; Order for the Production of Documents
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 24th Oct 2014
Motions – State-based Marriage Equality Legislation – No Commonwealth challenge
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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Notices — Presentation
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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Bills — Social Security Legislation Amendment (Fair Incentives to Work) Bill 2012; in Committee
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 50% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Business - Vocational Education and Training: State Funding - Against demand driven VET funding
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 50% attendance
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Bills — Social Security Legislation Amendment (Fair Incentives to Work) Bill 2012; Second Reading
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Motions — Hicks, Mr David
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
-
edited 25th Jan 2018
Motions - Environmental Conservation - Keep responsibility in federal hands
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 25th Jan 2018
Motions - Threatened Species and Wilderness - Keep responsibility in federal hands
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 25th Jan 2018
Motions - Endangered Species - Keep responsibility in federal hands
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 24th Feb 2023
Environment Protection (Beverage Container Deposit and Recovery Scheme) Bill 2010 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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edited 27th Sep 2017
Motions - Riley, Ms Vikki - Condolences
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 25th Jan 2018
Motions - Environment - Keep responsibility in federal hands
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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Motions — Search and Rescue
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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Committees — Economics References Committee; Reference
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Republic of Nauru - Designate Nauru as regional processing country
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Republic of Nauru - 12 month limit on detention
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions — Republic of Nauru - Coalition policies
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes, rebelling against the Australian Labor Party
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 84% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% 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...
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 25th Jan 2018
Motions - Tripa Forest - Clearing
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
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Documents — Reserve Bank of Australia; Order for the Production of Documents
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 65% attendance
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edited 30th Jan 2015
Motions - Inequality - Introduce a Federal Equality Act
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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Motions — James Price Point Gas Hub Precinct
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 56% attendance
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edited 27th Jan 2017
Criminal Code Amendment (Cluster Munitions Prohibition) Bill 2010 - In Committee - Ban investment
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 56% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Murray-Darling Basin - 4000 gigalitres required
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% 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
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 14th Apr 2016
Motions - Forestry - Westpac and logging on the Solomon Islands
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 22nd Nov 2014
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 - Leave schedule 1 as it is
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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Bills — Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 3) 2012; in Committee
Cory Bernardi voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance