Motions — Overseas Development Assistance
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
Bob Brown and Matt Thistlethwaite have voted the same way 56% of the time
Bob Brown
Former Australian Greens Senator for Tasmania July 1996 – June 2012
Matt Thistlethwaite
Australian Labor Party Representative for Kingsford Smith since September 2013
Between July 2011 and June 2012 Bob Brown and Matt Thistlethwaite have voted in the same division 275 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 154 times. They have only voted differently 121 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
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Live animal export
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Unconventional gas mining
- Withdrawing troops from Afghanistan
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Always voted the same way on
- A carbon price
- A minerals resource rent tax
- Carbon farming
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 154 times. They have only voted differently 121 times.
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Great Barrier Reef - Oppose offshore dumping
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 50% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Mining - Moratorium on coal seam gas
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 45% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Marine Conservation - Moratorium on issuing oil and gas leases
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 51% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions — Nuclear Energy - India and other countries standing outside the NPT
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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Motions — Acknowledgement of Country
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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Motions — Privileges Committee
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 16th Mar 2016
Motions - Mining - Use Queensland mining wealth to benefit all Queenslanders
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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Motions — Privileges Committee
Bob Brown voted No
Matt Thistlethwaite voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Motions — Privileges Committee
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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Motions — Palmer, Mr Clive
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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Motions — Palmer, Mr Clive
Bob Brown voted No
Matt Thistlethwaite voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 10th Dec 2014
Motions - Coal Seam Gas - Address uncertainty about coal seam gas emissions
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 50% attendance
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Personal Explanations
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Bills - Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills; Second Reading
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite 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
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Bills - Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills; Second Reading
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions — Western Australia Export Fishing Licences - Refuse export licence until observer program established
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 13th Feb 2015
Documents — Serco Training Manuals; Order for the Production of Documents
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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edited 10th Dec 2016
Motions - Coal - From coal to clean energy market
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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Committees — Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee; Reference
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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Motions — University Fees
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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Motions — Nuclear Submarines
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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edited 16th Mar 2018
Motions - Afghanistan - Safe withdrawal + increase in civilian aid
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 18th May 2018
Motions - Convention on the Rights of the Child - Sign Third Optional Protocol
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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Motions — Parliamentary Library
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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Bills — National Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2010; Third Reading
Bob Brown voted No
Matt Thistlethwaite voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Committees — Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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Motions — Human Rights
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Commissioner for Children and Young People Bill 2010; Second Reading
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 46% attendance
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Bills — Education Services for Overseas Students Legislation Amendment (Tuition Protection Service and Other Measures) Bill 2011, Education Services for Overseas Students (Regis...
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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Bills — National Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2010; in Committee
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Higher Education - Increase base funding
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
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edited 13th Feb 2015
Documents — Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security; Order for the Production of Documents
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
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Bills — National Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2010; in Committee
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
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Bills — Members of Parliament (Life Gold Pass) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012; in Committee
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Bills — National Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2010; In Committee
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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Documents — Sri Lanka
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
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edited 13th Feb 2015
Documents — Gambling; Order for the Production of Documents
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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Motions — Register of the National Estate
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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Motions — Competition Policy
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Motions — Forestry
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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Motions — Dissent from Ruling
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Wind Farms - Act on the Community Affairs References Committee's recommendations
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Motions — Sovereign Wealth Fund
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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Motions — Middle East
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Deterring People Smuggling Bill 2011 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Bob Brown voted No
Matt Thistlethwaite voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Motions — Suspension of Standing Orders
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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Motions — Gillard Government; Censure
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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edited 8th Oct 2017
Motions - Iraq - Lobby
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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Motions — West Papua
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Education Funding - Increase public higher education funding
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 17th Feb 2015
Motions — Trans-Pacific Partnership
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% 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...
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Committees — Economics References Committee; Reference
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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Motions — Standing Orders
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
-
edited 25th Jan 2018
Motions - Tarkine Wilderness - Failure to list
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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Bills — Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011; in Committee
Bob Brown voted No
Matt Thistlethwaite voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 46% attendance
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Business — Consideration of Legislation
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Matters of Urgency - Same-Sex Relationships - Recognise same sex marriage
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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Motions — Goods and Services Tax
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 47% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Great Barrier Reef - Suspend applications and approvals until after UNESCO assessment
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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Bills — Steel Transformation Plan Bill 2011; Second Reading
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Coal Seam Gas - Protect water systems and the environment
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Coral Sea - Declare marine national park
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Great Barrier Reef - Suspend applications and approvals until after UNESCO assessment
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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Motions — Recycling
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Vocational Education and Training - Support TAFE
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Committees — Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Membership
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Motions — Assange, Mr Julian
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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Motions — Forestry
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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Motions — Hungary
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
-
Motions — Socioeconomic Inequality and Marginal Tax Rates
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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Motions — Cluster Munitions
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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Motions — West Papua
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
-
edited 16th Mar 2018
Matters of Urgency - Afghanistan - Confirm withdrawal date
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Education Funding - PrimaryConnections and Science By Doing
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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Motions — James Price Point
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions — Nuclear Nonproliferation - Identify countries that won't sell to
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
-
edited 28th Jan 2017
Motions - Nuclear Weapons - International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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Motions — Taxation
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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Motions — Tibet
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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Committees — Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
-
Motions — Asylum Seekers
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Asylum Seekers - Siev X
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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Motions — Olympic Dam
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Asylum Seekers - International refugee obligations
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 56% attendance
-
Motions — Container Deposit Scheme
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 56% attendance
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Motions — Palestine
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
-
Motions — Private Senators' Bills
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 53% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Same-Sex Relationships - Marriage
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 51% attendance
-
Motions — Sri Lanka
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
-
Motions — Suspension of Standing Orders
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 60% attendance
-
Motions — International Day of Peace
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
Regulations and Determinations — Disallowance
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 53% attendance
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Motions — Environment
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
-
edited 21st Jan 2018
Motions - National Threatened Species Day - Reverse biodiversity decline
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
Motions — Wilders, Mr Geert
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Coal Seam Gas - Moratorium on new coal seam gas approvals
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
-
Motions — Israel
Bob Brown voted No
Matt Thistlethwaite voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 65% attendance
-
Motions — Nystrom, Mr Stefan
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 65% attendance
-
Bills — Veterans' Entitlements Amendment Bill 2011; in Committee
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 60% attendance
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Bills — Veterans' Entitlements Amendment Bill 2011; in Committee
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 60% attendance
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Motions — Convoy of No Confidence
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
-
Motions — Eden Biomass Power Plant
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Immigration: MV Tampa - End offshore processing
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
-
Motions — Amendment to Standing Orders
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
-
Motions — James Price Point
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
-
Motions — Question Time
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
-
Motions — Gunns Ltd
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Live Animal Exports - End live animal export
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
Committees — Joint Standing Committee on Treaties; Reference
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
-
Motions — Iraq
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
-
Motions — James Price Point
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
-
Motions — Israel
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
-
Motions — Israel
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
-
Motions — Israel
Bob Brown voted No
Matt Thistlethwaite voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Same-Sex Relationships - Support marriage equality
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 53% attendance
-
Bills — Intelligence Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2011; in Committee
Bob Brown voted No
Matt Thistlethwaite voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test and Other Provisions) Bill 2011 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Bob Brown voted No
Matt Thistlethwaite voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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Motions — Student Visas
Bob Brown voted Yes
Matt Thistlethwaite voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 58% attendance