edited
13th Aug 2021
Motions - Covid-19 - Unity in COVID response
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 49% attendance
Penny Wong and Scott Ryan have voted the same way 17% of the time
Penny Wong
Australian Labor Party Senator for SA since July 2002
Scott Ryan
Former President Senator for Victoria November 2017 – October 2021
Between July 2008 and October 2021 Penny Wong and Scott Ryan have voted in the same division 942 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 785 times. They have only voted the same 157 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
- A Free Trade Agreement with China
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Equal treatment for all couples
- Funding the national school chaplaincy program
- Getting rid of the Gold Travel Pass
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Mandatory minimum sentences for certain offences
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Strengthening gun control laws
- Targeting foreign interference in Australia
- Temporary Exclusion Orders
- The use of strong encryption technologies
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
- A carbon price
- Australia's timber industry
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Live animal export
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial
- Reducing taxes for high-income earners
- Reducing taxes for middle-income earners
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- Unconventional gas mining
Always voted differently on
- A minerals resource rent tax
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- Banning mobiles and other devices in immigration detention
- Carbon farming
- Charging postgraduate research students fees
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Deregulating undergraduate university fees
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing access to the JobKeeper Payment
- Increasing beef import standards
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing government support for the dairy industry
- Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing parliamentary entitlements for current MPs and Senators
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing the cost of humanities degrees
- Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 15%
- Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 19%
- Increasing the passenger movement charge ('PMC')
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Increasing workplace protections
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Net zero emissions by 2050
- Procedural fairness
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis
- Reducing the corporate tax rate
- Refugee family reunification
- Senate electoral reform
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- The territories being able to legalise euthanasia
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 785 times. They have only voted the same 157 times.
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edited 6th Aug 2021
Documents - Jakarta Centre for Law Enforcement Cooperation - Order for the Production of Documents
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 41% attendance
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edited 26th Aug 2022
Business - Senate Temporary Orders - Restrict motion time
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
-
edited 2nd Jul 2021
Water Legislation Amendment (Inspector-General of Water Compliance and Other Measures) Bill 2021 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Dissent from ruling
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 2nd Jul 2021
Water Legislation Amendment (Inspector-General of Water Compliance and Other Measures) Bill 2021 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Put motion of dissent
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 2nd Sep 2022
Business - Rearrangement - New timetable
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
-
edited 2nd Sep 2022
Business - Rearrangement - Speed things along
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
-
edited 23rd Jul 2021
Online Safety Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Excluded content and privacy
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
-
edited 23rd Jul 2021
Online Safety Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Independent review
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
-
edited 30th Jul 2021
Online Safety Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Greens amendment
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
-
edited 30th Jul 2021
Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment (Age of Dependants) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Review and definition
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
-
edited 28th Jan 2022
Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Amendment (Extension and Other Measures) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Net Zero by 2035
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
-
edited 28th Jan 2022
Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Amendment (Extension and Other Measures) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Equity investments
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
-
edited 21st Jan 2022
Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Amendment (Extension and Other Measures) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 24th Sep 2022
Motions - Bombing of Darwin: 79th Anniversary, Fiji: Cyclone Yasa - Let a vote happen
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 24th Sep 2022
Motions - Jobseeker Payment, Jobkeeper Payment, Environmental Legislation - Let other votes happen
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
edited 2nd Jan 2021
Regulations and Determinations - Industry Research and Development (Forestry Recovery Development Fund Program) Instrument 2020 - Disallow
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 2nd Jan 2021
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Withdrawal from Amalgamations) Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 15th Jan 2021
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Withdrawal from Amalgamations) Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Refer to Committee
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 21st Oct 2022
Business - Rearrangement - Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment (Withdrawal from Amalgamations) Bill 2020
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
-
edited 21st Oct 2022
Business - Rearrangement - Speed things along
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
-
edited 21st Oct 2022
Business - Rearrangement - Let a vote happen
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
-
edited 21st Oct 2022
Business - Rearrangement - Speed things along
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
-
edited 20th Jan 2023
Motions - Climate Change - Let a vote happen
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
-
edited 30th Dec 2021
Australia's Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Bill 2020 and another - Second Reading - Withdraw bill and consult
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
-
edited 6th Nov 2020
Business - Days and Hours of Meeting
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
edited 6th Nov 2020
Business - Days and Hours of Meeting - Speed things along
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
edited 16th Oct 2020
Higher Education Support Amendment (Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students) Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Condemn bill
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
-
edited 24th Jul 2020
Business - Senate Temporary Orders - Let a vote happen
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
edited 24th Jul 2020
Business - Senate Temporary Orders - Speed things along
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
edited 24th Jul 2020
Business - Senate Temporary Orders - Standing Order 66 and 76
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
edited 24th Jul 2020
Business - Senate Temporary Orders - Let a vote happen
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
edited 24th Jul 2020
Business - Senate Temporary Orders - Speed things along
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
edited 24th Jul 2020
Business - Senate Temporary Orders - Let a vote happen
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
-
edited 26th Jun 2020
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sexual Crimes Against Children and Community Protection Measures) Bill 2019 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Mandatory minimum...
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
-
edited 12th Jun 2020
Motions - All Lives Matter - Let a vote happen
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
-
edited 12th Jun 2020
Motions - Juukan Gorge - Protect First Nations heritage
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
-
edited 9th Apr 2020
Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Bill 2020 and related bill - Second Reading - Gaps in response
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 43% attendance
-
edited 13th Mar 2020
Documents - Commonwealth Grants Rules and Guidelines - Order for the Production of Documents
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
-
edited 28th Feb 2020
Motions - Domestic and Family Violence - Ms Bettina Arndt
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
edited 13th Dec 2019
Australian Crime Commission Amendment (Special Operations and Special Investigations) Bill 2019 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
-
edited 1st May 2020
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Australian Crime Commission Amendment (Special Operations and Special Investigations) Bill 2019
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
-
edited 1st May 2020
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Let a vote happen
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
-
edited 1st May 2020
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Speed things along
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
edited 6th Dec 2019
Motions - Murray-Darling Basin Plan - Water for South Australia
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
-
edited 6th Dec 2019
Motions - Trade - Commend entry into FTAs
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
-
edited 1st May 2020
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Speed things along
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
-
edited 17th Jan 2020
Committees - Selection of Bills Committee - Agree with report
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
edited 17th Jan 2020
Committees - Selection of Bills Committee - Amendment to report
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
edited 31st Jan 2020
Documents - Stromlo-1 Exploration Drilling Program - Order for the Production of Documents
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
edited 6th Dec 2019
Motions - Great Barrier Reef - Climate change
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
edited 29th May 2020
Customs Amendment (Growing Australian Export Opportunities Across the Asia-Pacific) Bill 2019 and another - in Committee - Independent inquiry
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
edited 24th Jul 2020
Treasury Laws Amendment (Prohibiting Energy Market Misconduct) Bill 2019 - in Committee - Coal-fired generators
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
-
edited 22nd Aug 2019
Committees - Selection of Bills Committee - Do not refer these bills to committees
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
edited 26th Jul 2019
Counter-Terrorism (Temporary Exclusion Orders) Bill 2019 and another - Second Reading - Agree with the bills' main idea
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
-
edited 12th Jul 2019
Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Relief So Working Australians Keep More of Their Money) Bill 2019 - in Committee - Low income earners
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
-
edited 12th Jul 2019
Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Relief So Working Australians Keep More of Their Money) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Government should increase Newstart & Youth Allowance
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
-
edited 5th Jul 2019
Motions - Newstart and Youth Allowance - Raise by $75 a week
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
-
edited 12th Jul 2019
Committees - Economics Legislation Committee - Refer
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
edited 5th Jul 2019
Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Relief So Working Australians Keep More of Their Money) Bill 2019 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
-
edited 5th Jul 2019
Motions - Energy - Affordable, clean, renewable energy
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
-
edited 11th Apr 2019
Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management and Cashless Welfare) Bill 2019 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
-
edited 21st Aug 2020
Business - Rearrangement - Parliamentary business
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
-
edited 4th Oct 2019
Treasury Laws Amendment (Improving Accountability and Member Outcomes in Superannuation Measures No. 1) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Retail funds
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
edited 22nd Feb 2019
Motions - National Security - Trump-style travel ban
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
-
edited 14th Dec 2018
Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
-
edited 14th Dec 2018
Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018 - Third Reading - Speeding things along
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
-
edited 14th Dec 2018
Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
edited 14th Dec 2018
Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Review operation of amendments
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
edited 19th May 2023
Business - Rearrangement - Let another vote happen
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
-
edited 19th May 2023
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Let Senator Di Natale make a statement
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
-
edited 14th Feb 2019
Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Recovering legal aid
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
edited 14th Feb 2019
Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Limiting access to Legal Aid
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
edited 14th Feb 2019
Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Release statutory review
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
edited 10th Jan 2019
Documents - Menindee Lakes; Order for the Production of Documents - Suspend Senator Di Natale
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
-
edited 11th Oct 2019
Road Vehicle Standards Bill 2018 and others - Second Reading - Relax import restrictions
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
-
edited 26th Apr 2019
Government Procurement (Judicial Review) Bill 2017 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
-
edited 9th Jun 2023
Government Procurement (Judicial Review) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Sunsetting
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
-
edited 11th Nov 2018
Motions - Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse - Governors-General Pension Scheme
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
-
edited 11th Nov 2018
Motions - Climate Change - Direct Environment and Communications Legislation Committee
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
-
edited 11th Nov 2018
Motions - Schools - Fund public schools
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
-
edited 11th Nov 2018
Motions - Warragamba Dam Wall - Do not raise
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
-
edited 14th Sep 2018
Motions - English Language - Make official language and encourage use
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
-
edited 23rd Jun 2023
Business - Rearrangement - New timetable
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
-
edited 20th Jul 2018
National Security Legislation Amendment (Espionage and Foreign Interference) Bill 2018 and another - Second Reading - Agree with bills' main idea
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
-
edited 20th Jul 2018
National Security Legislation Amendment (Espionage and Foreign Interference) Bill 2018 and another - Second Reading - Oversight
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
-
edited 20th Jul 2018
National Security Legislation Amendment (Espionage and Foreign Interference) Bill 2018 and another - Second Reading - Refer to Committee
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
-
edited 20th Jul 2018
National Security Legislation Amendment (Espionage and Foreign Interference) Bill 2018 and another - Second Reading - Refer to Committee
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
-
edited 20th Jul 2018
National Security Legislation Amendment (Espionage and Foreign Interference) Bill 2017 and another - First Reading - Speed things along
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
edited 20th Jul 2018
National Security Legislation Amendment (Espionage and Foreign Interference) Bill 2017 and another - First Reading - Consider bills together
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
edited 17th May 2019
Treasury Laws Amendment (Personal Income Tax Plan) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Raise minimum wage, Newstart and Youth Allowance
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
-
edited 11th May 2018
Criminal Code Amendment (Impersonating a Commonwealth Body) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
-
edited 30th Nov 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Penny Wong voted Yes in this free vote
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
edited 23rd Dec 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Discrimination based on religious beliefs
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 81% attendance
-
edited 25th Nov 2017
Australian Border Force Amendment (Protected Information) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Section 42
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
-
edited 24th Nov 2023
Australian Education Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - Funds for students with disability
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
-
edited 2nd Jul 2017
Motions - Cashless Welfare Card Trial Sites - Do not expand
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
-
edited 18th Feb 2017
Parliamentary Entitlements Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - Former PMs and the gold pass
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
-
edited 18th Feb 2017
Parliamentary Entitlements Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - Get rid of gold pass
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 61% attendance
-
Bills — Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2016; in Committee
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
Parliamentary Zone — Approval of Works
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
-
edited 25th Nov 2016
Regulations and Determinations - Customs (Prohibited Imports) Amendment (Shotguns and Shotgun Magazines) Regulation 2016 - Disallowance
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
-
edited 22nd Oct 2016
Treasury Laws Amendment (Income Tax Relief) Bill 2016 - Second Reading - Agree with the main idea of the bill
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
-
edited 28th Sep 2017
Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2013 - Second Reading - Speed things along
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
-
edited 16th Mar 2018
Motions - Canberra Airport - Weapons advertisements
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
-
Bills — Veterans' Entitlements Amendment (Expanded Gold Card Access) Bill 2015; Second Reading
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
-
Bills — Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2015; in Committee
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
-
Bills — Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Legislation Amendment Bill 2015; in Committee
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
-
edited 21st Jan 2017
Customs Amendment (China-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2015 and related bill - Second Reading - Agree with bills' main idea
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
-
edited 10th Sep 2015
Motions — Debate parliamentary approval to send Australian Defence Forces to Syria
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
-
edited 24th Mar 2016
Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2015 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
-
edited 30th Mar 2015
Bills — Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Bill 2015; in Committee
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
Motions — Suspension of Standing Orders
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
-
Bills — Minerals Resource Rent Tax Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2013 [No. 2]
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
-
edited 4th Dec 2014
Qantas Sale Amendment Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Agree the main idea of the bill
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
-
edited 9th Oct 2014
Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2] and related bills - Second Reading - Reject the bills
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 96% attendance
-
edited 4th Jan 2015
Motions - Youth Mental Health - Redirect chaplaincy funding to qualified mental health workers
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
-
edited 19th Jul 2019
Motions - Solar Energy - NSW Solar Energy eXchange Initiative
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
Bills — Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency Repeal Bill 2014; Second Reading
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
-
edited 4th Nov 2016
Motions - Regulation of Lobbyists - Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 and related bills - Second Reading - Read a second time
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Committees — Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment Bill 2013 - In Committee - Extend protection
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% 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
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan 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; Second Reading
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% 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
Penny Wong voted Yes
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Bills - Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills; Second Reading
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Bills - Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills; Second Reading
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Bills — National Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2010; In Committee
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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Motions — Competition Policy
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Motions — Dissent from Ruling
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
-
Motions — Gillard Government; Censure
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Live Animal Exports - End live animal export
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Amendment (Fair Indexation) Bill 2010 — Second Reading
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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Global Carbon Budget
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
-
Kimberley Liquefied Natural Gas Precinct
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2010; Renewable Energy (Electricity) (Charge) Amendment Bill 2010; Renewable Energy (Electricity) (Small-Scale Technology Shortfall...
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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Business — Consideration of Legislation
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 53% attendance
-
Captain Peter Bethune
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
-
Mr Liu Xiaobo
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives (Medicare Levy Surcharge) Bill 2009 [No. 2] and Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives (Medicare Levy Surcharge - Fringe Benefits)...
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2] and related bills - In Committee - Free allocation of permits
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 10th Oct 2014
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2] and related bills - In Committee - Reforestation aspects
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2] and related bills - Second Reading - Commit to reducing emissions
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
-
Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Termination Payments) Bill 2009 — In Committee
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Measures No. 4) Bill 2009 — In Committee
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Measures No. 4) Bill 2009 - In Committee - Carbon sink tax deductions
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 78% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 and related acts - Second Reading - Commit to reducing emissions
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 95% attendance
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Snowy Hydro Ltd
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
-
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Legislation
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
-
Nation Building Program (National Land Transport) Amendment Bill 2009 — In Committee
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
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Tasmanian Department of Environment, Parks, Heritage and the Arts
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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Appropriation (Nation Building and Jobs) Bill (No. 1) 2008-2009; Appropriation (Nation Building and Jobs) Bill (No. 2) 2008-2009; Household Stimulus Package Bill 2009; Tax Bonus...
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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Social Security and Veterans’ Entitlements Legislation Amendment (Schooling Requirements) Bill 2008 — In Committee
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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Environmental and Natural Resource Management Guidelines — Motion for Disallowance
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 8th Oct 2017
Water Amendment Bill 2008 - In Committee - When licences shouldn't be granted
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 28th Sep 2017
Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws - Superannuation) Bill 2008 - In Committee - Private sector
Penny Wong voted No
Scott Ryan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 51% attendance