edited
21st Sep 2018
Motions - Superannuation - Gender gap + low income earners
Carol Brown voted No
Steve Martin voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
Carol Brown and Steve Martin have voted the same way 31% of the time
Carol Brown
Australian Labor Party Senator for Tasmania since August 2005
Steve Martin
Former Independent Senator for Tasmania February 2018 – July 2019
Between February 2018 and July 2019 Carol Brown and Steve Martin have voted in the same division 160 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 111 times. They have only voted the same 49 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
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Criminalising "revenge porn"
- Increasing government support for the dairy industry
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Offshore oil mining
- Protecting citizens' privacy
- Stopping former ministers from taking lobbying positions within five years
- Targeting foreign interference in Australia
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
- A Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
Always voted differently on
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Federal action on public housing
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Live animal export
- Privatising the ABC
- Reducing taxes for high-income earners
- Reducing taxes for middle-income earners
- Reducing the corporate tax rate
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- The territories being able to legalise euthanasia
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 111 times. They have only voted the same 49 times.
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edited 21st Sep 2018
Motions - Right to Privacy - Protect
Carol Brown voted No
Steve Martin voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 21st Sep 2018
Motions - Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement - How it's implemented
Carol Brown voted No
Steve Martin voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 21st Sep 2018
Motions - Migrants Convicted of Being a Member of a Terrorist Organisation - Establish criteria
Carol Brown voted No
Steve Martin voted No
Not passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 63% attendance
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edited 21st Sep 2018
Motions - Aged Care - Royal Commission and people with disability
Carol Brown voted No
Steve Martin voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 21st Sep 2018
Motions - Lobbying to Political Parties - Change definition of "lobbyist"
Carol Brown voted No
Steve Martin voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 21st Sep 2018
Motions - Lobbying to Political Parties - Change definition of "lobbyist"
Carol Brown voted No
Steve Martin voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 5th Oct 2018
Motions - Anning, Senator Fraser; Censure - Let vote happen
Carol Brown voted No
Steve Martin voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 5th Oct 2018
Motions - Multiculturalism - Stop promoting
Carol Brown voted No
Steve Martin voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 24th Aug 2018
Motions - Paris Agreement - Withdraw
Carol Brown voted No
Steve Martin voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 5th Oct 2018
Motions - Dairy Industry - Raise price of milk to help farmers
Carol Brown voted No
Steve Martin voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 23rd Jun 2023
Higher Education Support Legislation Amendment (Student Loan Sustainability) Bill 2018 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Carol Brown voted No
Steve Martin voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 13th Jul 2018
Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Bill 2018 and another - Third Reading - Pass the bills
Carol Brown voted Yes
Steve Martin voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 20th Jul 2018
Motions - Prevention of Violence Against Women - Pepper spray, mace and tasers
Carol Brown voted No
Steve Martin voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 23rd Jun 2023
Business - Rearrangement - New timetable
Carol Brown voted Yes
Steve Martin voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 9th May 2019
Water Amendment Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Carol Brown voted Yes
Steve Martin voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 23rd Jun 2023
Water Amendment Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Basin Plan Amendment Instrument 2017 (No. 1)
Carol Brown voted Yes
Steve Martin voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 20th Jul 2018
Motions - Suspension of Standing Orders - Let Senator McKim introduce his motion
Carol Brown voted No
Steve Martin voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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edited 20th Jul 2018
Motions - Great Australian Bight - World Heritage Listing
Carol Brown voted No
Steve Martin voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 13th Jul 2018
Motions - Goods and Services Tax - Northern Territory productivity
Carol Brown voted No
Steve Martin voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 17th May 2019
Treasury Laws Amendment (Personal Income Tax Plan) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Raise minimum wage, Newstart and Youth Allowance
Carol Brown voted No
Steve Martin voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 13th Jul 2018
Committees - Death Penalty - Acknowledge continued opposition to death penalty
Carol Brown voted Yes
Steve Martin voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 13th Jul 2018
Motions – Israel – Embassy in Jerusalem
Carol Brown voted No
Steve Martin voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 11th May 2018
Motions - Pensions and Benefits - Increase single rate of Newstart and Youth Allowance
Carol Brown voted No
Steve Martin voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2019
Committees - Obesity Epidemic in Australia Committee - Appointment and establishment
Carol Brown voted Yes
Steve Martin voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 31st May 2018
Family Assistance and Child Support Legislation Amendment (Protecting Children) Bill 2018 - in Committee - Retroactive changes
Carol Brown voted Yes
Steve Martin voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 31st May 2018
Family Assistance and Child Support Legislation Amendment (Protecting Children) Bill 2018 - in Committee - Retrospective application
Carol Brown voted No
Steve Martin voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 14th Jul 2023
Communications Legislation Amendment (Online Content Services and Other Measures) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Exempt SBS (second)
Carol Brown voted Yes
Steve Martin voted Yes
Not passed
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 14th Jul 2023
Communications Legislation Amendment (Online Content Services and Other Measures) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Exempt SBS (first)
Carol Brown voted Yes
Steve Martin voted Yes
Not passed
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 27th Apr 2018
Communications Legislation Amendment (Online Content Services and Other Measures) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Gambling ads
Carol Brown voted No
Steve Martin voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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edited 14th Jul 2023
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Declared program participants
Carol Brown voted Yes
Steve Martin voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 14th Jul 2023
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Keep schedules unchanged
Carol Brown voted No
Steve Martin voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 21st Jul 2023
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Wife pension
Carol Brown voted Yes
Steve Martin voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 21st Jul 2023
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Keep schedules unchanged
Carol Brown voted No
Steve Martin voted No
Not passed
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 21st Jul 2023
Treasury Laws Amendment (Junior Minerals Exploration Incentive) Bill 2017 - in Committee - No exploration incentive for thermal coal
Carol Brown voted No
Steve Martin voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 21st Jul 2023
Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2017-2018, Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2017-2018 - in Committee - Potential constitutional issue
Carol Brown voted No
Steve Martin voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 65% attendance
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edited 21st Jul 2023
Migration Amendment (Skilling Australians Fund) Bill 2018 and another - in Committee - Labour market testing condition
Carol Brown voted Yes
Steve Martin voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 12th Apr 2018
Motions - Climate Change - Action
Carol Brown voted No
Steve Martin voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 73% attendance
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edited 12th Apr 2018
Motions - Asylum Seekers - End offshore detention
Carol Brown voted No
Steve Martin voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 65% attendance
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edited 12th Apr 2018
Motions - Newstart Allowance - Increase rate
Carol Brown voted No
Steve Martin voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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edited 12th Apr 2018
Motions - Energy - Return to public ownership
Carol Brown voted No
Steve Martin voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 12th Apr 2018
Motions - Iraq War - Independent inquiry
Carol Brown voted No
Steve Martin voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 12th Apr 2018
Motions - Kangaroos - Make data available
Carol Brown voted No
Steve Martin voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 3rd Aug 2018
Enhancing Online Safety (Non-Consensual Sharing of Intimate Images) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Criminal offences
Carol Brown voted Yes
Steve Martin voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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edited 3rd Aug 2018
Enhancing Online Safety (Non-Consensual Sharing of Intimate Images) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Burden of proof
Carol Brown voted No
Steve Martin voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 3rd Aug 2018
Enhancing Online Safety (Non-Consensual Sharing of Intimate Images) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Outdoor places and sketches
Carol Brown voted No
Steve Martin voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 65% attendance
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edited 3rd Aug 2018
Enhancing Online Safety (Non-Consensual Sharing of Intimate Images) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Criminalise
Carol Brown voted Yes
Steve Martin voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 81% attendance
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edited 4th May 2018
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Cashless Debit Card) Bill 2017 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Carol Brown voted No
Steve Martin voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 28th Jul 2023
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Cashless Debit Card) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Extend trial
Carol Brown voted No
Steve Martin voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance