edited
27th Oct 2017
Motions - Higher Education - Student Services and Amenities Fee
Nick Xenophon voted No
Brian Burston voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 73% attendance
Nick Xenophon and Brian Burston have voted the same way 63% of the time
Nick Xenophon
Former Nick Xenophon Team Senator for SA July 2013 – October 2017
Brian Burston
Former United Australia Party Senator for NSW June 2018 – July 2019
Between July 2016 and October 2017 Nick Xenophon and Brian Burston have voted in the same division 308 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 193 times. They have only voted differently 115 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
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Getting rid of the Gold Travel Pass
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
- A review of our representatives' eligibility
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Increasing access to medicinal cannabis products
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 15%
- Making sanitary items GST-free
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Voluntary student union fees
Always voted the same way on
- Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Imprisoning immigration detention workers who record or reveal information from their work
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Live animal export
- Pill testing
- Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
- The Coalition's Youth Jobs PaTH
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 193 times. They have only voted differently 115 times.
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edited 10th Oct 2023
Competition and Consumer Amendment (Competition Policy Review) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Secondary boycotts
Nick Xenophon voted No
Brian Burston voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 20th Jan 2018
Motions - Climate Science - Commends and notes research
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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edited 15th Feb 2018
Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Broadcasting Reform) Bill 2017, Commercial Broadcasting (Tax) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Against non-statutory review
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 15th Feb 2018
Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Broadcasting Reform) Bill 2017, Commercial Broadcasting (Tax) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Audio description service
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 20th Jan 2018
Motions - Homelessness - LGBTIQ community
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Not passed
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 10th Oct 2023
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Australian Citizenship Legislation Amendment (Strengthening the Requirements for Australian Citizenship and Other Measures) Bill 2017
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 10th Oct 2023
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Australian Citizenship Legislation Amendment (Strengthening the Requirements for Australian Citizenship and Other Measures) Bill 2017
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 26th Jan 2018
Motions - Renewable Energy - Against target and subsidies
Nick Xenophon voted No
Brian Burston voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 10th Oct 2023
Product Emissions Standards Bill 2017 and three others - in Committee - Motor vehicles
Nick Xenophon voted No
Brian Burston voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 10th Oct 2023
Product Emissions Standards Bill 2017 and three others - in Committee - Don't consider climate change
Nick Xenophon voted No
Brian Burston voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 53% attendance
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edited 20th Oct 2023
Liquid Fuel Emergency Amendment Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Minimise liquid fuel use
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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edited 20th Oct 2023
International Monetary Agreements Amendment (New Arrangements to Borrow) Bill 2017 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 3rd Nov 2023
Committees - Selection of Bills Committee; Report - Competition and Consumer Amendment (Abolition of Limited Merits Review) Bill 2017
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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edited 20th Oct 2023
Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Support for Commonwealth Entities) Bill 2017 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Nick Xenophon voted No
Brian Burston voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 27th Oct 2023
Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Support for Commonwealth Entities) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Transparency
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 24th May 2019
Motions - Energy - Coal not clean
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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edited 31st May 2019
Documents - Asylum Seekers - Order for the Production of Documents
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 81% attendance
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edited 27th Oct 2023
Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Vulnerable Workers) Bill 2017 - in Committee - FWO notices
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 27th Oct 2023
Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Vulnerable Workers) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Reach of penalty provisions
Nick Xenophon voted No
Brian Burston voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 17th Nov 2017
Motions - Parliamentary Representation - Qualifications of Senators
Nick Xenophon voted No
Brian Burston voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 17th Nov 2017
Documents - Deputy Prime Minister - Let a vote happen
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 10th Aug 2018
Motions - Australian Secret Intelligence Service - Appear before Committee
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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edited 27th Oct 2023
Committees - Select Committee into the Political Influence of Donations - Appointment
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 3rd Nov 2023
Committees - Selection of Bills Committee; Report - Social Services Legislation Amendment (Cashless Debit Card) Bill 2017
Nick Xenophon voted No
Brian Burston voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 21st Aug 2017
Motions - Wong, Senator Penny; Censure - Let a vote happen
Nick Xenophon voted No
Brian Burston voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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edited 23rd Aug 2017
Motions - Federal Anti-Corruption Commission - Create immediately
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 3rd Nov 2023
Competition and Consumer Amendment (Misuse of Market Power) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Adverse costs orders
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 3rd Nov 2023
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Let another motion be moved
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 12th Apr 2018
Social Security Amendment (Caring for People on Newstart) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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edited 3rd Nov 2023
Excise Tariff Amendment (Tobacco Duty Harmonisation) Bill 2017, Customs Tariff Amendment (Tobacco Duty Harmonisation) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 3rd Nov 2023
Motions - Suspension of Standing Orders - Let another vote take place
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 17th Nov 2023
Committees - Finance and Public Administration References Committee - Compromised personal Medicare information
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 24th Nov 2023
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Plebiscite (Same-Sex Marriage) Bill 2016
Nick Xenophon voted No
Brian Burston voted Yes
Not passed
No rebellions 85% attendance
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edited 30th Jun 2017
Motions - Asylum Seekers - Withdraw from Refugee Convention
Nick Xenophon voted No
Brian Burston voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 2nd Jul 2017
Motions - Mining - Adani's Carmichael mine
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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Bills — Treasury Laws Amendment (Gst Low Value Goods) Bill 2017; Third Reading
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 23rd Jun 2017
Treasury Laws Amendment (GST Low Value Goods) Bill 2017 - in Committee - No GST on sanitary items
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 31st May 2019
Documents - Live Animal Exports - Order for the Production of Documents
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 24th May 2019
Motions - Communications by Post - Remove extra fee for post
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Committees — Economics References Committee; Reference
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 16th Jun 2017
Native Title Amendment (Indigenous Land Use Agreements) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Disappointment with consultation
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 13th Jul 2017
Regulations and Determinations - Therapeutic Goods and Other Legislation Amendment (Narcotic Drugs) Regulation 2016 - Disallow
Nick Xenophon voted No
Brian Burston voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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edited 13th Jul 2017
Regulations and Determinations - Therapeutic Goods and Other Legislation Amendment (Narcotic Drugs) Regulation 2016 - Vote on disallowance again
Nick Xenophon voted No
Brian Burston voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Nick Xenophon voted No
Brian Burston voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Nick Xenophon voted No
Brian Burston voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 13th May 2017
Motions - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Reduce funding
Nick Xenophon voted No
Brian Burston voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 13th May 2017
Motions - Food Labelling - Review Standard
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 31st May 2019
Documents - Saudi Arabia: Human Rights - Order for the Production of Documents
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 13th May 2017
Motions - Immigration Detention on Nauru - Test for cadmium
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 19th May 2017
Motions - Public Interest Journalism - Create Select Committee on the Future of Public Interest Journalism
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 14th Apr 2017
Motions - Iraq: Mosul - Confirm whether Australia involved
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 12th Apr 2017
Motions - Youth Employment - Minister for Young People
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Motions — Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee: Questions on Notice
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Bills — Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Jobs for Families Child Care Package) Bill 2016; in Committee
Nick Xenophon voted No
Brian Burston voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 6th Apr 2017
Motions - Energy - Transition plan for coal workers
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Committees — Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference
Nick Xenophon voted No
Brian Burston voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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Bills — Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Nick Xenophon voted No
Brian Burston voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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Bills — Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 6th Apr 2017
Motions - Ticket Scalping - New legislation
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Bills — Corporations Amendment (Crowd-Sourced Funding) Bill 2016; in Committee
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Bills — Corporations Amendment (Crowd-Sourced Funding) Bill 2016; in Committee
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 80% attendance
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edited 24th Feb 2017
Parliamentary Entitlements Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - Gold Pass travel entitlement
Nick Xenophon voted No
Brian Burston voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
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edited 24th Feb 2017
Parliamentary Entitlements Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - No benefits until at least 60 years old
Nick Xenophon voted No
Brian Burston voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2017
Parliamentary Entitlements Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - Prime ministers
Nick Xenophon voted No
Brian Burston voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 61% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2017
Parliamentary Entitlements Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - Former PMs and the gold pass
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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edited 18th Feb 2017
Parliamentary Entitlements Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - Get rid of gold pass
Nick Xenophon voted No
Brian Burston voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 61% attendance
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Committees — Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Committees — Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee; Reference
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 24th May 2019
Motions - Leader of the Government in the Senate - Explanations required
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 11th Mar 2017
Motions - Q Society Fundraiser - Hate speech and political parties
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 11th Mar 2017
Motions - Q Society Fundraiser - Condemn racism & homophobia
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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Bills — Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2016; in Committee
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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Bills — Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2016; in Committee
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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Bills — Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Bill 2016; Second Reading
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2017
Motions - Federal Anti-Corruption Commission - Establish
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 27th Sep 2017
Documents - Resettlement of Refugees - Order for the Production of Documents
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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Motions — Suspension of Standing Orders
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 3rd Dec 2016
Superannuation (Departing Australia Superannuation Payments Tax) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2016 - Third Reading - Speed things along
Nick Xenophon voted No
Brian Burston voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 3rd Dec 2016
Superannuation (Departing Australia Superannuation Payments Tax) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2016 - Second Reading - Speed things along
Nick Xenophon voted No
Brian Burston voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 3rd Dec 2016
Income Tax Rates Amendment (Working Holiday Maker Reform) Bill 2016 (No. 2) - Third Reading - Speeding things along
Nick Xenophon voted No
Brian Burston voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 9th Dec 2016
Income Tax Rates Amendment (Working Holiday Maker Reform) Bill 2016 (No. 2) - in Committee - Don't insist on amendments
Nick Xenophon voted No
Brian Burston voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 3rd Dec 2016
Motions - Attorney-General - Rod Culleton
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 84% attendance
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edited 6th Jun 2019
Motions - Disability Support Pension - Support people with disability
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 81% attendance
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Bills — Vet Student Loans Bill 2016, Vet Student Loans (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2016, Vet Student Loans (Charges) Bill 2016; in Committee
Nick Xenophon voted No
Brian Burston voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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Bills — Vet Student Loans Bill 2016, Vet Student Loans (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2016, Vet Student Loans (Charges) Bill 2016; in Committee
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Documents — Attorney-General; Order for the Production of Documents
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 84% attendance
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Bills — Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill 2013, Building and Construction Industry (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013; in Commi...
Nick Xenophon voted No
Brian Burston voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Documents — Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicine Authority; Order for the Production of Documents
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No, rebelling against the Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 6th Jun 2019
Motions - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Opposes cuts
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 85% attendance
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Committees — Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Reference
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 87% attendance
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edited 25th Nov 2016
Income Tax Rates Amendment (Working Holiday Maker Reform) Bill 2016 and related bills - in Committee - Reduce tax rate from 19% to 10.5%
Nick Xenophon voted No
Brian Burston voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 25th Nov 2016
Motions - Disaster Risk Reduction - Acknowledge importance
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Documents — Ministerial Conduct; Order for the Production of Documents
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 25th Nov 2016
Regulations and Determinations - Customs (Prohibited Imports) Amendment (Shotguns and Shotgun Magazines) Regulation 2016 - Disallowance
Nick Xenophon voted No
Brian Burston voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Nick Xenophon voted No
Brian Burston voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
-
Committees — Finance and Public Administration References Committee; Reference
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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edited 19th Nov 2016
Motions - Day, Mr Bob, AO
Nick Xenophon voted No
Brian Burston voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 65% attendance
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edited 19th Nov 2016
Documents - Day, Mr Bob, AO - Order for the Production of Documents
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 19th Nov 2016
Motions - Political Donations - Family First
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 73% attendance
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edited 19th Nov 2016
Plebiscite (Same-Sex Marriage) Bill 2016 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Nick Xenophon voted No
Brian Burston voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 22nd Oct 2016
National Cancer Screening Register Bill 2016 and another - Second Reading - Condemn Government
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 81% attendance
-
edited 14th Oct 2016
Motions - Oil Exploration - Great Australian Bight
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 13th Oct 2016
Motions - Ministerial Standards - Former MP Ian Macfarlane
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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edited 22nd Sep 2016
Motions - National Redress Scheme for Survivors of Institutional Sexual Abuse - Create and consult
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 22nd Sep 2016
Motions - Gun Control - Strengthen laws
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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Committees — Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Reference
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 17th Sep 2016
Excise Tariff Amendment (Tobacco) Bill 2016, Customs Tariff Amendment (Tobacco) Bill 2016 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No, rebelling against the Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 17th Sep 2016
Motions - Child Sexual Abuse - National redress scheme
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 18th Sep 2016
Committees - Environment and Communications References Committee - Refer to Committee
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Business — Consideration of Legislation
Nick Xenophon voted No
Brian Burston voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
edited 17th Sep 2016
Committees - Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee - Nauru & Manus Island centres
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 17th Sep 2016
Motions - Immigration Detention - Nauru documents
Nick Xenophon voted Yes
Brian Burston voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 1st Sep 2016
Parliamentary Representation — Rotation of Senators
Nick Xenophon voted No
Brian Burston voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 86% attendance