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Bills - Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills; Second Reading
Bob Brown voted Yes
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
Bob Brown and Sue Boyce have voted the same way 7% of the time
Bob Brown
Former Australian Greens Senator for Tasmania July 1996 – June 2012
Sue Boyce
Former Liberal Party Senator for Queensland April 2007 – June 2014
Between April 2007 and June 2012 Bob Brown and Sue Boyce have voted in the same division 696 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 646 times. They have only voted the same 50 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 citizenship test
- A minerals resource rent tax
- An NBN (using fibre to the premises)
- Carbon farming
- 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 consumer protections
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing the age pension
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Live animal export
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Unconventional gas mining
- Uranium export
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 646 times. They have only voted the same 50 times.
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Motions - Wind Farms - Act on the Community Affairs References Committee's recommendations
Bob Brown voted Yes
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Bills — Competition and Consumer Legislation Amendment Bill 2011; in Committee
Bob Brown voted No
Sue Boyce voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 51% attendance
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Motions — Asylum Seekers
Bob Brown voted Yes
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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Bills — National Consumer Credit Protection Amendment (Home Loans and Credit Cards) Bill 2011; in Committee
Bob Brown voted No
Sue Boyce voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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Food Importation (Bovine Meat Standards) Bill 2010 — Third Reading - Read a third time
Bob Brown voted Yes
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Food Importation (Bovine Meat Standards) Bill 2010 — Second Reading - Read a second time
Bob Brown voted Yes
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Food Importation (Bovine Meat Standards) Bill 2010 — Second Reading — Put the question to read a second time
Bob Brown voted Yes
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Rudd Government — Censure Motion
Bob Brown voted Yes
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Re-Registration of Providers and Other Measures) Bill 2009 — In Committee
Bob Brown voted Yes
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Re-Registration of Providers and Other Measures) Bill 2009 — In Committee
Bob Brown voted Yes
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Bob Brown voted Yes
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 99% attendance
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Health Insurance Amendment (Compliance) Bill 2009 — Consideration of House of Representatives Message
Bob Brown voted No
Sue Boyce voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
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Motions - Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Legislation - Defer question of third reading
Bob Brown voted No
Sue Boyce voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
11 rebellions 86% attendance
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Health Insurance (Cataract Surgery) Determination 2009 — Motion for Disallowance
Bob Brown voted Yes
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 95% attendance
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Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2] and related bills - Second Reading - Defer consideration
Bob Brown voted No
Sue Boyce voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
11 rebellions 92% attendance
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Health Insurance Amendment (Compliance) Bill 2009 — In Committee
Bob Brown voted Yes
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Bob Brown voted No
Sue Boyce voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Regulations 2009 — Motion for Disallowance
Bob Brown voted Yes
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Business — Consideration of Legislation
Bob Brown voted Yes
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Termination Payments) Bill 2009 — In Committee
Bob Brown voted Yes
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 and related bills - Second Reading - Read a second time
Bob Brown voted No
Sue Boyce voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 95% attendance
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Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Budget Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 — Second Reading
Bob Brown voted No
Sue Boyce voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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Australian Business Investment Partnership Bill 2009; Australian Business Investment Partnership (Consequential Amendment) Bill 2009 — Third Reading
Bob Brown voted No
Sue Boyce voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Customs Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009; Excise Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 — In Committee
Bob Brown voted Yes
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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Customs Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures; No. 1) Bill 2009; Excise Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures; No. 1) Bill 2009 — In Committee
Bob Brown voted Yes
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Customs Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures; No. 1) Bill 2009; Excise Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures; No. 1) Bill 2009 — Second Reading
Bob Brown voted Yes
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Bob Brown voted No
Sue Boyce voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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Water Amendment Bill 2008 — In Committee
Bob Brown voted Yes
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Water Amendment Bill 2008 — In Committee
Bob Brown voted Yes
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Water Amendment Bill 2008 — In Committee
Bob Brown voted Yes
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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Water Amendment Bill 2008 — In Committee
Bob Brown voted Yes
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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Water Amendment Bill 2008 — In Committee
Bob Brown voted Yes
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Laws Bill 2008 [No. 2] - Second Reading - Read a second time
Bob Brown voted Yes
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws - Superannuation) Bill 2008 - In Committee - Start date
Bob Brown voted Yes
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Business — Consideration of Legislation
Bob Brown voted Yes
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Committees — Economics Committee; Extension of Time
Bob Brown voted No
Sue Boyce voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Safe Work Australia Bill 2008 — Consideration of House of Representatives Message
Bob Brown voted No
Sue Boyce voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Safe Work Australia Bill 2008; Safe Work Australia (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2008 — In Committee
Bob Brown voted No
Sue Boyce voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Safe Work Australia Bill 2008; Safe Work Australia (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2008 — In Committee
Bob Brown voted No
Sue Boyce voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Safe Work Australia Bill 2008; Safe Work Australia (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2008 — In Committee
Bob Brown voted Yes
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Health Insurance (Dental Services) Amendment and Repeal Determination 2008 — Motion for Disallowance; Rescission
Bob Brown voted No
Sue Boyce voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Committees — Fuel and Energy Committee; National Broadband Network Committee; Establishment
Bob Brown voted Yes
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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Committees — Fuel and Energy Committee; National Broadband Network Committee; Establishment
Bob Brown voted Yes
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 and Wheat Export Marketing (Repeal and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Bob Brown voted Yes
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 84% attendance
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National Fuelwatch (Empowering Consumers) Bill 2008 — Referral to Committees — Refer to Economics Committee
Bob Brown voted Yes
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 and Wheat Export Marketing (Repeal and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 — Second Reading — Read a second time
Bob Brown voted Yes
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 84% attendance
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Committees — Community Affairs Committee; Reference
Bob Brown voted Yes
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Committees — Agricultural and Related Industries Committee; State Government Financial Management Committee; Housing Affordability in Australia Committee; Establishment
Bob Brown voted Yes
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Local Government
Bob Brown voted Yes
Sue Boyce voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance