Committees — Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee; Reference
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
Sean Edwards and John Faulkner have voted the same way 25% of the time
Sean Edwards
Former Liberal Party Senator for SA July 2011 – May 2016
John Faulkner
Former Australian Labor Party Senator for NSW April 1989 – February 2015
Between July 2011 and February 2015 Sean Edwards and John Faulkner have voted in the same division 611 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 458 times. They have only voted the same 153 times.
How do their votes on policies compare?
Policies are groups of votes related to an issue. We only show policies where we have enough information on both people.
Always voted the same way on
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Giving apprentices access to a $20,000 loan
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Landholders' right to say no to mining and gas exploration
- Live animal export
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Net zero emissions by 2050
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Public transport
- Requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records
- Requiring Parliamentary approval of military deployments
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Withdrawing troops from Afghanistan
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
- A carbon price
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- 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 marine conservation
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Unconventional gas mining
- Uranium export
Always voted differently on
- A character test for Australian visas
- A minerals resource rent tax
- An emissions reduction fund
- Carbon farming
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Ending illegal logging
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Refugee family reunification
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 458 times. They have only voted the same 153 times.
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Bills — Social Security Legislation Amendment (Strengthening the Job Seeker Compliance Framework) Bill 2014; Third Reading
Sean Edwards voted Yes
John Faulkner voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 22nd Aug 2016
Motions - Mining - Galilee Basin
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
-
edited 21st Jul 2016
Motions - Foreign Investment - Limit foreign investment
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
edited 27th Nov 2014
Motions - Westconnex - Don't construct WestConnex
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 30th Oct 2014
National Security Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2014 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Sean Edwards voted Yes
John Faulkner voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 14th Nov 2014
National Security Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2014 - In Committee - Limit number of devices ASIO can access
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 14th Nov 2014
National Security Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2014 - Second Reading - Independent oversight of Australia's intelligence services
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 6th Mar 2015
Defence Legislation Amendment (Parliamentary Approval of Overseas Service) Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Bills — Qantas Sale Amendment Bill 2014; in Committee
Sean Edwards voted Yes
John Faulkner voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
-
edited 4th Dec 2014
Qantas Sale Amendment Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Agree the main idea of the bill
Sean Edwards voted Yes
John Faulkner voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2014 - In Committee - Definition of 'electricity retailer'
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
-
edited 9th Oct 2014
Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2014 and related bills - Second Reading - Read a second time
Sean Edwards voted Yes
John Faulkner voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 10th Oct 2014
Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2014 and related bills - Second Reading - Protect from climate change
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 16th Jan 2015
Trade Support Loans Bill 2014, Trade Support Loans (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Agree to the main idea (with two provisos)
Sean Edwards voted Yes
John Faulkner voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Coal Seam Gas - Right to say no
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2] and related bills - Second Reading - Read a second time
Sean Edwards voted Yes
John Faulkner voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 96% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [No. 2] and related bills - Second Reading - Reject the bills
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 96% attendance
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Motions — Suspension of Standing Orders
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
edited 19th Jul 2019
Motions - Solar Energy - NSW Solar Energy eXchange Initiative
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Bills — Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency Repeal Bill 2014; Second Reading
Sean Edwards voted Yes
John Faulkner voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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Bills — Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Cost Recovery) Bill 2014; Third Reading
Sean Edwards voted Yes
John Faulkner voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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Motions — Iraq
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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Committees — Education and Employment References Committee; Reference
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Regulations and Determinations — Australian Meat and Live—stock Industry (Export of Live—stock to Egypt) Repeal Order 2014 - Put the motion (for disallowance)
Sean Edwards voted Yes
John Faulkner voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Regulations and Determinations — Australian Meat and Live—stock Industry (Export of Live—stock to Egypt) Repeal Order 2014 — Disallow motion
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Documents - World Heritage Committee - Protect the Fitzroy Delta, Keppel Bay, north Curtis Island and northern section of the reef
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Tax Laws Amendment (Temporary Budget Repair Levy) Bill 2014 and related bills - Second Reading
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
-
edited 27th Dec 2014
Motions - Coal Seam Gas - Bentley blockade
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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Motions — Family Payments
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
National Integrity Commission Bill 2013 - Second Reading - Put the question
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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Documents — Commonwealth Land: Sydney Harbour
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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Documents — Asylum Seekers; Order for the Production of Documents
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
-
edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Coal Seam Gas - Stop further approvals
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
-
edited 9th Oct 2014
Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 and related bills - Second Reading - Protect Australia from climate change
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Regulations and Determinations — Clean Energy Auction Revocation Determination 2014; Disallowance
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
-
edited 27th Dec 2014
Motions - Lock the Gate Alliance - Act on concerns of the Alliance
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
edited 27th Dec 2014
Landholders' Right to Refuse (Gas and Coal) Bill 2013 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
-
edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Live Animal Exports - Stop export until investigations completed
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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Committees — University Funding
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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Committees — Select Committee on Electronic Surveillance; Appointment
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
Committees — Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
-
edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Kangaroo Island - Reject seismic testing proposal
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
-
edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Asylum Seekers - UNHCR reports into Nauru and Manus Island
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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Committees — Electoral Matters Committee; Reference
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
edited 25th Feb 2016
Motions - Political Donations - Disclosure and ban on overseas donations
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Agriculture - Foreign ownership
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
edited 27th Dec 2014
Motions - Agriculture - Coal seam gas wells
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
-
Motions — Japan Natural Disasters
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Great Barrier Reef - Reject the Abbot Point coal port expansion proposal
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Wheat Exports - Reject takeover of GrainCorp by Archer Daniels Midland
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Social Security Amendment (Supporting More Australians into Work) Bill 2013 - Second Reading - Increase Newstart and support single parents
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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Regulations and Determinations — Social Security (Administration) (Vulnerable Welfare Payment Recipient) Principles 2013; Disallowance
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Bills - Australian Education Bill 2013, Australian Education (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013; Second Reading
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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Bills — Customs Amendment (Anti-Dumping Measures) Bill 2013, Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Amendment Bill 2013; Second Reading
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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Bills — Customs Amendment (Anti-Dumping Measures) Bill 2013, Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Amendment Bill 2013; Second Reading
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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Documents — Pollution Reduction Program; Order for the Production of Documents
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment Bill 2013 - In Committee - Extend protection
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment Bill 2013 - In Committee - Owner consent
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Parliamentary Service Amendment (Freedom of Information) Bill 2013 — In Committee — Freedom of certain information
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment Bill 2013 - In Committee - Amend to include shale gas, tight gas and underground coal gasification
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 46% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment (Unauthorised Maritime Arrivals and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Media access
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment (Unauthorised Maritime Arrivals and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - In Committee - AHRC access
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 49% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Live Animal Exports - Establish Office of Animal Welfare
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
-
Documents — Environment
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
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Motions — International Energy Agency
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
-
edited 25th Jan 2018
Motions - Endangered Species - Giant Australian cuttlefish
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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Committees — Community Affairs References Committee; Reference
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Water Amendment (Long-term Average Sustainable Diversion Limit Adjustment) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Adjustments
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
-
edited 10th Oct 2014
Water Amendment (Long-term Average Sustainable Diversion Limit Adjustment) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Water efficiency
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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Bills — Illegal Logging Prohibition Bill 2012; in Committee
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
-
Motions — Hicks, Mr David
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
-
edited 22nd Aug 2016
Documents - Reef Rescue Program - Great Barrier Reef
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
-
edited 25th Jan 2018
Motions - Environmental Conservation - Keep responsibility in federal hands
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Declared Commercial Fishing Activities) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Greens amendment
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
-
Motions — Hicks, Mr David
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
-
edited 25th Jan 2018
Motions - Environmental Conservation - Keep responsibility in federal hands
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
-
edited 25th Jan 2018
Motions - Threatened Species and Wilderness - Keep responsibility in federal hands
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
-
edited 24th Feb 2023
Environment Protection (Beverage Container Deposit and Recovery Scheme) Bill 2010 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Republic of Nauru - Designate Nauru as regional processing country
Sean Edwards voted Yes
John Faulkner voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Republic of Nauru - 12 month limit on detention
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
-
Regulations and Determinations — Small Pelagic Fishery Total Allowable Catch (Quota Species) Determination 2012; Disallowance
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 53% attendance
-
edited 25th Jan 2018
Motions - Tripa Forest - Clearing
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
-
Motions — James Price Point Gas Hub Precinct
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 56% attendance
-
edited 27th Jan 2017
Criminal Code Amendment (Cluster Munitions Prohibition) Bill 2010 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Sean Edwards voted Yes
John Faulkner voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 52% attendance
-
edited 27th Jan 2017
Criminal Code Amendment (Cluster Munitions Prohibition) Bill 2010 - In Committee - Acts by non-party country
Sean Edwards voted Yes
John Faulkner voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 51% attendance
-
edited 20th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Sean Edwards voted Yes
John Faulkner voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Sunset clause
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Independent annual review
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Protection and welfare arrangements
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 65% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Sean Edwards voted Yes
John Faulkner voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
-
edited 22nd Nov 2014
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 - Leave schedule 1 as it is
Sean Edwards voted Yes
John Faulkner voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
-
edited 22nd Nov 2014
Stronger Futures Bills - Agree to Senator Ludlam's amendments
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (The Bali Process) Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Greens Amendment
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
edited 22nd Nov 2014
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 - Agree to Australian Greens amendments reducing sunset clause periods
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
-
Motions — International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
-
Bills — National Broadcasting Legislation Amendment Bill 2010; Second Reading
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
Motions — Overseas Development Assistance
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
-
edited 16th Mar 2016
Motions - Mining - Use Queensland mining wealth to benefit all Queenslanders
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
-
Motions — Privileges Committee
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
-
edited 10th Dec 2014
Motions - Coal Seam Gas - Address uncertainty about coal seam gas emissions
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 50% attendance
-
Personal Explanations
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Bills - Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills; Second Reading
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Bills - Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills; Second Reading
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions — Western Australia Export Fishing Licences - Refuse export licence until observer program established
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
-
edited 13th Feb 2015
Documents — Serco Training Manuals; Order for the Production of Documents
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
-
edited 16th Mar 2018
Motions - Afghanistan - Safe withdrawal + increase in civilian aid
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
-
edited 18th May 2018
Motions - Convention on the Rights of the Child - Sign Third Optional Protocol
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
-
Motions — Parliamentary Library
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
-
Motions — Register of the National Estate
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
-
Motions — Competition Policy
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
Motions — Dissent from Ruling
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
-
Motions — Sovereign Wealth Fund
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
-
Motions — Middle East
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
-
Bills — Competition and Consumer Legislation Amendment Bill 2011; in Committee
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 51% attendance
-
edited 20th Oct 2014
Deterring People Smuggling Bill 2011 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Sean Edwards voted Yes
John Faulkner voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Deterring People Smuggling Bill 2011 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Sean Edwards voted Yes
John Faulkner voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
-
Motions — Suspension of Standing Orders
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Education Funding - Increase public higher education funding
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
-
edited 17th Feb 2015
Motions — Trans-Pacific Partnership
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
-
Bills — Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2011, Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Air Cargo) Bill 2011, Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Participants in Bri...
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
-
Bills — Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2011, Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Air Cargo) Bill 2011, Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Participants in Bri...
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
-
Bills — Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2011, Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Air Cargo) Bill 2011, Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Participants in Bri...
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
-
Committees — Economics References Committee; Reference
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
-
Motions — Standing Orders
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
-
edited 25th Jan 2018
Motions - Tarkine Wilderness - Failure to list
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
-
Bills — National Health Reform Amendment (Independent Hospital Pricing Authority) Bill 2011; in Committee
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Matters of Urgency - Same-Sex Relationships - Recognise same sex marriage
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Great Barrier Reef - Suspend applications and approvals until after UNESCO assessment
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
-
Bills — Steel Transformation Plan Bill 2011; Second Reading
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Committees — Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Membership
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Motions — Forestry
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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Motions — Hungary
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 16th Mar 2018
Matters of Urgency - Afghanistan - Confirm withdrawal date
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Education Funding - PrimaryConnections and Science By Doing
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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Motions — James Price Point
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions — Nuclear Nonproliferation - Identify countries that won't sell to
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 28th Jan 2017
Motions - Nuclear Weapons - International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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Motions — Taxation
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
-
Motions — Tibet
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Asylum Seekers - International refugee obligations
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 56% attendance
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Motions — Container Deposit Scheme
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 56% attendance
-
Motions — Palestine
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
-
Motions — Private Senators' Bills
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 53% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Same-Sex Relationships - Marriage
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 51% attendance
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Motions — Sri Lanka
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
-
Motions — Suspension of Standing Orders
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 60% attendance
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Motions — International Day of Peace
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
Motions — Microbreweries
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 53% attendance
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edited 21st Jan 2018
Motions - National Threatened Species Day - Reverse biodiversity decline
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Motions — Wilders, Mr Geert
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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Motions — James Price Point
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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Motions — Question Time
Sean Edwards voted No
John Faulkner voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance