edited
26th Oct 2017
Motions - United Nations Human Rights Council - Re-focus
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
Cory Bernardi and Stephen Parry have voted the same way 98% of the time
Cory Bernardi
Former Australian Conservatives Senator for SA February 2017 – January 2020
Stephen Parry
Former President Senator for Tasmania July 2014 – November 2017
Between May 2006 and November 2017 Cory Bernardi and Stephen Parry have voted in the same division 1882 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 1847 times. They have only voted differently 35 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.
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
- A review of our representatives' eligibility
- Changing the wording of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing parliamentary entitlements for current MPs and Senators
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- Voluntary student union fees
Always voted the same way on
- A carbon price
- A character test for Australian visas
- A declared area offence
- A minerals resource rent tax
- A Royal Commission into banking
- A transition plan for coal workers
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- An emissions reduction fund
- An NBN (using fibre to the premises)
- Australia's timber industry
- Carbon farming
- Charging postgraduate research students fees
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- 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
- Equal treatment for all couples
- Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
- Federal action on public housing
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Funding the national school chaplaincy program
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- Giving apprentices access to a $20,000 loan
- Giving approval for mining in the Liverpool Plains
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Greater public scrutiny of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing access to medicinal cannabis products
- Increasing beef import standards
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing funding for road infrastructure
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Increasing the Youth 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
- Maintaining or increasing CSIRO funding
- Maintaining or increasing defence spending
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Privatising government-owned assets
- Protecting citizens' privacy
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Protecting whales within Australian waters
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Public transport
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Reducing air pollution
- Refugee family reunification
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records
- Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
- Requiring Parliamentary approval of military deployments
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Senate electoral reform
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stem cell research
- Temporary protection visas
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- The Coalition's Youth Jobs PaTH
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- The use of strong encryption technologies
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Unconventional gas mining
- Uranium export
- Using natural resource wealth for the benefit of all Australians
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 1847 times. They have only voted differently 35 times.
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edited 27th Oct 2017
Motions - Higher Education: Australian History - Review curriculum
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 27th Oct 2017
Motions - United Nations: Membership - UNESCO & anti-Israeli bias
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 20th Jan 2018
Regional Investment Corporation Bill 2017 - in Committee - Location of corporation
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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edited 20th Jan 2018
Regional Investment Corporation Bill 2017 - in Committee - Eligibility criteria for loans & financial assistance
Cory Bernardi voted No
Stephen Parry voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 81% attendance
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edited 20th Jan 2018
Regional Investment Corporation Bill 2017 - in Committee - Ministerial discretions & rules
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed
No rebellions 81% attendance
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edited 27th Oct 2017
Motions - Higher Education - Student Services and Amenities Fee
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 73% attendance
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edited 10th Oct 2023
Notices - Postponement - UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 26th Jan 2018
Motions - Renewable Energy - Against target and subsidies
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 31st May 2019
Documents - Defence Procurement - Order for the Production of Documents
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Stephen Parry voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 17th Nov 2017
Committees - Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee - Reference
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 81% attendance
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edited 21st Aug 2017
Motions - Wong, Senator Penny; Censure - Let a vote happen
Cory Bernardi voted No
Stephen Parry voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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edited 17th Nov 2017
Committees - Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee - Reference
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 73% attendance
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edited 3rd Nov 2023
Competition and Consumer Legislation Amendment (Small Business Access to Justice) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Stephen Parry voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 13th Aug 2017
Committees - Murray-Darling Basin - Independent national judicial inquiry
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Stephen Parry voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 9th Mar 2018
Australian Education Amendment Bill 2017 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Cory Bernardi voted No
Stephen Parry voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Cory Bernardi voted No
Stephen Parry voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Cory Bernardi voted No
Stephen Parry voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 8th Jul 2017
Australian Education Amendment Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Cory Bernardi voted No
Stephen Parry voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Cory Bernardi voted No
Stephen Parry voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Cory Bernardi voted No
Stephen Parry voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 30th Jun 2017
Motions - Asylum Seekers - Withdraw from Refugee Convention
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 9th Jul 2017
Enhancing Online Safety for Children Amendment Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Criminalise "revenge porn"
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Stephen Parry voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 10th Aug 2018
Motions - Influence of Foreign Agents - Royal Commission
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 13th May 2017
Motions - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Reduce funding
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 7th Apr 2017
Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - Change 18C wording
Cory Bernardi voted No
Stephen Parry voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 31st May 2019
Documents - Saudi Arabia - Order for the Production of Documents
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Stephen Parry voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 81% attendance
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Bills — Transport Security Amendment (Serious or Organised Crime) Bill 2016; in Committee
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Stephen Parry voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 14th Apr 2017
Motions - Child Sexual Abuse - List of perpetrators
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 73% attendance
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edited 6th Apr 2017
Motions - Parliamentarians' Entitlements - Do not increase remuneration until in surplus
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Committees — Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 24th Dec 2015
Tax Laws Amendment (Combating Multinational Tax Avoidance) Bill 2015 - in Committee - Tax information of companies earning over $200m
Cory Bernardi voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Stephen Parry voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 82% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Legislation - Defer question of third reading
Cory Bernardi voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
11 rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2] and related bills - Second Reading - Defer consideration
Cory Bernardi voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
11 rebellions 92% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Business - Rearrangement - Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme legislation
Cory Bernardi voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Stephen Parry voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
7 rebellions 83% attendance