edited
14th Feb 2019
Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Recovering legal aid
David Bushby voted No
Jordon Steele-John voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
David Bushby and Jordon Steele-John have voted the same way 8% of the time
David Bushby
Former Liberal Party Senator for Tasmania August 2007 – January 2019
Jordon Steele-John
Australian Greens Senator for WA since November 2017
Between November 2017 and January 2019 David Bushby and Jordon Steele-John have voted in the same division 461 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 422 times. They have only voted the same 39 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 declared area offence
- A Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- An inquiry into the Iraq War
- Banning mobiles and other devices in immigration detention
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Changing the date of Australia Day
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)
- Criminalising "revenge porn"
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending illegal logging
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Expanding public funded dental care
- Federal action on public housing
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Increasing transparency of the China-Australia relationship
- Live animal export
- MacMines' proposed China Stone coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- More scrutiny of the Australian Defence Force
- Offshore oil mining
- Political intervention in research funding grants
- Preventative Detention Orders (PDOs)
- Privatising the ABC
- Protecting Australian sovereignty in trade agreements
- Protecting citizens' privacy
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Protecting whales within Australian waters
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial
- Reducing taxes for high-income earners
- Reducing the corporate tax rate
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Reproductive bodily autonomy
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stopping former ministers from taking lobbying positions within five years
- Targeting foreign interference in Australia
- The territories being able to legalise euthanasia
- The use of strong encryption technologies
- Unconventional gas mining
- Universal access to abortion services
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 422 times. They have only voted the same 39 times.
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edited 14th Feb 2019
Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Limiting access to Legal Aid
David Bushby voted No
Jordon Steele-John voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 14th Feb 2019
Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Release statutory review
David Bushby voted No
Jordon Steele-John voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 11th Oct 2019
Road Vehicle Standards Bill 2018 and others - Second Reading - Relax import restrictions
David Bushby voted No
Jordon Steele-John voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 21st Mar 2019
Motions - Suspension of Standing Orders - Let a vote happen
David Bushby voted No
Jordon Steele-John voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 51% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2019
Committees - Select Committee into Fair Dinkum Power - Refer
David Bushby voted Yes
Jordon Steele-John voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2019
Committees - Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee - Bring forward reporting date
David Bushby voted Yes
Jordon Steele-John voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 83% attendance
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edited 23rd Nov 2018
Motions - E-Cigarettes - Legalise liquid nicotine
David Bushby voted No
Jordon Steele-John voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 1st Feb 2019
Customs Amendment (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Implementation) Bill 2018 and another - Second Reading - Postpone consideration
David Bushby voted No
Jordon Steele-John voted No, rebelling against the Australian Greens
Not passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 74% attendance
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edited 29th Sep 2018
Tobacco Plain Packaging Amendment Bill 2018 - in Committee - Require manufacturer consent for plain packaging
David Bushby voted No
Jordon Steele-John voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 53% attendance
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edited 29th Sep 2018
Tobacco Plain Packaging Amendment Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
David Bushby voted Yes
Jordon Steele-John voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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edited 14th Sep 2018
Motions - National Security - Ban facial coverings
David Bushby voted No
Jordon Steele-John voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 14th Sep 2018
Motions - Racial Discrimination Act 1975 - Appointment of new Commissioner
David Bushby voted No
Jordon Steele-John voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 14th Sep 2018
Motions - English Language - Make official language and encourage use
David Bushby voted No
Jordon Steele-John voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 24th Aug 2018
Motions - Migration - New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants
David Bushby voted No
Jordon Steele-John voted No
Not passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 63% attendance
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edited 3rd May 2019
Regulations and Determinations - Product Emissions Standards (Excise) Charges Regulations 2018, Product Emissions Standards (Customs) Charges Regulations 2018 - Disallow
David Bushby voted No
Jordon Steele-John voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 5th Oct 2018
Motions - Multiculturalism - Stop promoting
David Bushby voted No
Jordon Steele-John voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 24th Aug 2018
Motions - Paris Agreement - Withdraw
David Bushby voted No
Jordon Steele-John 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
David Bushby voted No
Jordon Steele-John voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 20th Jul 2018
Motions - Prevention of Violence Against Women - Pepper spray, mace and tasers
David Bushby voted No
Jordon Steele-John voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 20th Jul 2018
Motions - Goods and Services Tax - Distribution
David Bushby voted No
Jordon Steele-John voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 30th Jun 2023
Treasury Laws Amendment (Personal Income Tax Plan) Bill 2018 - in Committee - Tax rates
David Bushby voted Yes
Jordon Steele-John voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 30th Jun 2023
Treasury Laws Amendment (Personal Income Tax Plan) Bill 2018 - in Committee - Low and Middle Income Tax Offset
David Bushby voted No
Jordon Steele-John voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 13th Jul 2018
Motions - Goods and Services Tax - Northern Territory productivity
David Bushby voted No
Jordon Steele-John voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 13th Jul 2018
Motions - Immigration Detention - Labor should clarify position
David Bushby voted Yes
Jordon Steele-John voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 12th Oct 2018
Motions - Minister Representing the Minister for Aged Care - Home care packages
David Bushby voted No
Jordon Steele-John voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 27th Apr 2018
Communications Legislation Amendment (Online Content Services and Other Measures) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Prohibit betting on lottery outcome
David Bushby voted Yes
Jordon Steele-John voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 20th Apr 2018
Motions - South Africa - White farmers
David Bushby voted No
Jordon Steele-John voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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edited 14th Jul 2023
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Declared program participants
David Bushby voted Yes
Jordon Steele-John voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% 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
David Bushby voted No
Jordon Steele-John 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 - in Committee - Burden of proof
David Bushby voted No
Jordon Steele-John 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
David Bushby voted No
Jordon Steele-John voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 65% attendance
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edited 21st Jul 2023
National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits — Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Australian Consumer Pharmacy Authority
David Bushby voted Yes
Jordon Steele-John voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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edited 28th Jul 2023
Treasury Laws Amendment (Banking Executive Accountability and Related Measures) Bill 2018 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
David Bushby voted Yes
Jordon Steele-John voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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edited 28th Jul 2023
Treasury Laws Amendment (Banking Executive Accountability and Related Measures) Bill 2018 - in Committee - Cap executive salaries
David Bushby voted Yes
Jordon Steele-John voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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edited 17th Dec 2017
Motions - Taxation - Automotive Industry
David Bushby voted No
Jordon Steele-John voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 65% attendance
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edited 16th Mar 2018
Motions - Dastyari, Senator Sam - Suspend standing order
David Bushby voted Yes
Jordon Steele-John voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 30th Nov 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
David Bushby voted Yes in this free vote
Jordon Steele-John voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 3rd Dec 2017
Motions - Siege of Vienna (1529) - Have a croissant
David Bushby voted No
Jordon Steele-John voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance