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Motions - Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Legislation - Defer question of third reading
Simon Birmingham voted No
Alan Ferguson voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
11 rebellions 86% attendance
Simon Birmingham and Alan Ferguson have voted the same way 99% of the time
Simon Birmingham
Liberal Party Senator for SA since May 2007
Alan Ferguson
Former Deputy President Senator for SA August 2008 – June 2011
Between May 2007 and June 2011 Simon Birmingham and Alan Ferguson have voted in the same division 444 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 441 times. They have only voted differently 3 times.
How do their votes on policies compare?
Policies are groups of votes related to an issue. We only show policies where we have enough information on both people.
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Always voted the same way on
- A citizenship test
- An NBN (using fibre to the premises)
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Equal treatment for all couples
- Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing federal government support for childcare
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing the age pension
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Local community consultation on infrastructure projects
- Maintaining or increasing CSIRO funding
- Public transport
- Requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Uranium export
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 441 times. They have only voted differently 3 times.
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Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2] and related bills - Second Reading - Defer consideration
Simon Birmingham voted No
Alan Ferguson voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
11 rebellions 92% attendance
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Business - Rearrangement - Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme legislation
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Alan Ferguson voted No
Passed by a modest majority
7 rebellions 83% attendance