Bills — Medical Research Future Fund Bill 2015, Medical Research Future Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2015; in Committee
Penny Wright voted No
John Williams voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
Penny Wright and John Williams have voted the same way 3% of the time
Penny Wright
Former Australian Greens Senator for SA July 2011 – September 2015
John Williams
Former National Party Senator for NSW July 2008 – July 2019
Between July 2011 and September 2015 Penny Wright and John Williams have voted in the same division 966 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 934 times. They have only voted the same 32 times.
How do their votes on policies compare?
Policies are groups of votes related to an issue. We only show policies where we have enough information on both people.
Always voted the same way on
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Always voted differently on
- A carbon price
- A character test for Australian visas
- A declared area offence
- A minerals resource rent tax
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- An emissions reduction fund
- Australia's timber industry
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Carbon farming
- Charging postgraduate research students fees
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Deregulating undergraduate university fees
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending illegal logging
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Federal action on public housing
- Funding the national school chaplaincy program
- Giving apprentices access to a $20,000 loan
- Greater public scrutiny of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Imprisoning immigration detention workers who record or reveal information from their work
- Increasing access under Freedom of Information law
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing funding for road infrastructure
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Landholders' right to say no to mining and gas exploration
- Live animal export
- Local community consultation on infrastructure projects
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Net zero emissions by 2050
- 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
- Refugee family reunification
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records
- Requiring Parliamentary approval of military deployments
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Storing all citizens' telecommunications data for access by government agencies
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Unconventional gas mining
- Uranium export
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 934 times. They have only voted the same 32 times.
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edited 27th Apr 2016
Committees — Financial Services
Penny Wright voted Yes
John Williams voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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Bills — National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2015; in Committee
Penny Wright voted No
John Williams voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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Bills — Social Services Legislation Amendment (Fair and Sustainable Pensions) Bill 2015; Third Reading
Penny Wright voted Yes
John Williams voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Bills — Social Services Legislation Amendment (Fair and Sustainable Pensions) Bill 2015; Second Reading
Penny Wright voted Yes
John Williams voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Committees — Community Affairs Legislation Committee; Reporting Date
Penny Wright voted Yes
John Williams voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Motions — Budget
Penny Wright voted No
John Williams voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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Regulations and Determinations — Competition and Consumer (Industry Code — Port Terminal Access (Bulk Wheat)) Regulation 2014; Disallowance
Penny Wright voted No
John Williams voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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Business — Days and Hours of Meeting
Penny Wright voted Yes
John Williams voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Land Transport Infrastructure Amendment Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Penny Wright voted Yes
John Williams voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Adopt report
Penny Wright voted Yes
John Williams voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Agree to bill as amended
Penny Wright voted Yes
John Williams voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Removing debt limit
Penny Wright voted Yes
John Williams voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Penny Wright voted Yes
John Williams voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Penny Wright voted No
John Williams voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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Committees — Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference
Penny Wright voted No
John Williams voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Bills — Marine Engineers Qualifications Bill 2013; Second Reading
Penny Wright voted Yes
John Williams voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Bills — Marine Engineers Qualifications Bill 2013; Second Reading
Penny Wright voted Yes
John Williams voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 7th Nov 2014
Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Penny Wright voted Yes
John Williams voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
7 rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 7th Nov 2014
Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Penny Wright voted Yes
John Williams voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
7 rebellions 71% attendance
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Regulations and Determinations — Migration Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 6); Disallowance
Penny Wright voted Yes
John Williams voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Bills — Defence Trade Controls Bill 2011; in Committee
Penny Wright voted Yes
John Williams voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 21st Jul 2016
Motions - Cubbie Station - Foreign investment
Penny Wright voted Yes
John Williams voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development) Bill 2012 - In Commit...
Penny Wright voted Yes
John Williams voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Coalition policies (a)
Penny Wright voted Yes
John Williams voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 20th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (The Bali Process) Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Penny Wright voted No
John Williams voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Bills - Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills; Second Reading
Penny Wright voted Yes
John Williams voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Wind Farms - Act on the Community Affairs References Committee's recommendations
Penny Wright voted Yes
John Williams voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Bills — Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2011, Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Air Cargo) Bill 2011, Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Participants in Bri...
Penny Wright voted No
John Williams voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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Bills — Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2011, Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Air Cargo) Bill 2011, Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Participants in Bri...
Penny Wright voted No
John Williams voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Bills — National Health Reform Amendment (Independent Hospital Pricing Authority) Bill 2011; in Committee
Penny Wright voted No
John Williams voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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Motions — Asylum Seekers
Penny Wright voted Yes
John Williams voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance