edited
15th Nov 2019
Motions - Water Infrastructure - Bradfield-type scheme
Eric Abetz voted Yes
Cory Bernardi voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
Eric Abetz and Cory Bernardi have voted the same way 95% of the time
Eric Abetz
Former Liberal Party Senator for Tasmania February 1994 – May 2022
Cory Bernardi
Former Australian Conservatives Senator for SA February 2017 – January 2020
Between May 2006 and January 2020 Eric Abetz and Cory Bernardi have voted in the same division 1711 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 1624 times. They have only voted differently 87 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
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
- Changing the wording of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing funding for road infrastructure
- Increasing parliamentary entitlements for current MPs and Senators
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Protecting citizens' privacy
- Requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- The use of strong encryption technologies
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Voluntary student union fees
Always voted the same way on
- A carbon price
- A character test for Australian visas
- A Free Trade Agreement with China
- A minerals resource rent tax
- A transition plan for coal workers
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- An emissions reduction fund
- An NBN (using fibre to the premises)
- Australia's timber industry
- Banning mobiles and other devices in immigration detention
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Buffer zones around abortion clinics
- Building community climate change resilience
- Carbon farming
- Changing the date of Australia Day
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Criminalising "revenge porn"
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Decreasing subsidisation of fossil fuels
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Deregulating undergraduate university fees
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending illegal logging
- Equal treatment for all couples
- Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
- Federal action on public housing
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- Giving approval for mining in the Liverpool Plains
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Greater public scrutiny of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations
- Implementing the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing access to medicinal cannabis products
- Increasing beef import standards
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing funding for public schools
- Increasing government support for the dairy industry
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- 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 trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees
- Live animal export
- Local community consultation on infrastructure projects
- Maintaining or increasing defence spending
- Making the cashless debit card program voluntary and not mandatory
- Offshore oil mining
- Pill testing
- Political intervention in research funding grants
- Prioritising religious freedom
- Privatising government-owned assets
- Privatising the ABC
- Promoting multiculturalism
- Protecting Australian sovereignty in trade agreements
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Public transport
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial
- Reducing air pollution
- Reducing taxes for high-income earners
- Reducing taxes for middle-income earners
- Reducing the corporate tax rate
- Refugee family reunification
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Reproductive bodily autonomy
- Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
- Requiring Parliamentary approval of military deployments
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Senate electoral reform
- Stem cell research
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Temporary Exclusion Orders
- Temporary protection visas
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- The Coalition's Youth Jobs PaTH
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- The territories being able to legalise euthanasia
- The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement
- Transgender rights
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Unconventional gas mining
- Universal access to abortion services
- Uranium export
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 1624 times. They have only voted differently 87 times.
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edited 15th Nov 2019
Committees - Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee - Reference
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 24th Oct 2019
Motions - Climate Change - Amendment
Eric Abetz voted Yes
Cory Bernardi voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 7th Aug 2020
Committees - Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee - Reference
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 13th Sep 2019
Motions - Murray-Darling Basin - Moratorium
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 26th May 2023
Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2018 - in Committee - Character test
Eric Abetz voted Yes
Cory Bernardi voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 14th Feb 2019
Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Recovering legal aid
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
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 - Limiting access to Legal Aid
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
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
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 7th Dec 2018
Motions - Defence Facilities: Chemical Contamination - Voluntary buybacks
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
-
edited 11th Oct 2019
Road Vehicle Standards Bill 2018 and others - Second Reading - Relax import restrictions
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
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
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 51% attendance
-
edited 10th Jan 2019
Documents - Gretals Australia Pty Ltd - Order for the Production of Documents
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
-
edited 10th Jan 2019
Documents - Centrelink - Order for the Production of Documents
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
edited 18th Jan 2019
Documents - Australian and Children's Screen Content Review - Order for the Production of Documents
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
-
edited 18th Jan 2019
Documents - Australian Research Council - Order for the Production of Documents
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
-
edited 23rd Nov 2018
Motions - My Health Record - Extend opt-out period
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
edited 23rd Nov 2018
Motions - Political Donations - Increase disclosure requirements
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
-
edited 11th Nov 2018
Motions - Fuel - Remove fuel excise
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
-
edited 11th Nov 2018
Motions - Nuclear Energy - Lift ban
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
-
edited 8th Nov 2018
Motions - Infrastructure - Construct the Bradfield Scheme
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2019
Committees - Environment and Communications References Committee - Refer to Committee (ABC + political interference)
Eric Abetz voted Yes
Cory Bernardi voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 29th Sep 2018
Tobacco Plain Packaging Amendment Bill 2018 - in Committee - Require manufacturer consent for plain packaging
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 53% attendance
-
edited 4th Oct 2018
Motions - Great Barrier Reef Foundation - Table due diligence report
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 19th Oct 2018
Treasury Laws Amendment (Black Economy Taskforce Measures No. 1) Bill 2018 - in Committee - Put the question
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 89% attendance
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edited 19th Oct 2018
Documents - Future Submarine Project; Order for the Production of Documents - Sitting placement
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 68% attendance
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edited 8th Feb 2019
Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Bill 2018 and two others - Second Reading - Refer to Productivity Commission
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 14th Sep 2018
Motions - English Language - Make official language and encourage use
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2019
Committees - Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee - Refer to Committee (visa status of au pairs)
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 4th Oct 2018
Motions - Home Care Packages - Deliver on reforms
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
-
edited 8th Feb 2019
Documents - Future Submarine Project - Order for the Production of Documents
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
-
edited 5th Apr 2019
Documents - Department of Human Services - Order for the Production of Documents
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
-
edited 24th Aug 2018
Motions - Road Safety - Monitor
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
edited 24th Aug 2018
Motions - Migration - New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 63% attendance
-
edited 24th Aug 2018
Motions - Donations to Political Parties - Disclosure
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
-
edited 5th Apr 2019
Documents - Murray-Darling Basin Plan - Order for the Production of Documents
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
-
edited 24th Aug 2018
Motions - Glyphosate - Conduct a formal review
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
-
edited 24th Aug 2018
Motions - Digital Encryption - Warrant and privacy
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
-
edited 5th Oct 2018
Motions - Confucius Institute - Foreign influence
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 72% attendance
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edited 16th Jun 2023
Budget - Consideration by Estimates Committees - Provide information
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
edited 20th Jul 2018
Motions - Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission - Participation
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 20th Jul 2018
Motions - Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry - Funding and farmers
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
-
edited 20th Jul 2018
Motions - Prevention of Violence Against Women - Pepper spray, mace and tasers
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
-
edited 20th Jul 2018
National Security Legislation Amendment (Espionage and Foreign Interference) Bill 2018 and another - Second Reading - Refer to Committee
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 20th Jul 2018
National Security Legislation Amendment (Espionage and Foreign Interference) Bill 2017 and another - First Reading - Consider bills together
Eric Abetz voted Yes
Cory Bernardi voted No
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
edited 27th Jul 2018
Committees - Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee - Refer foreign interference bills
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 74% attendance
-
edited 20th Jul 2018
Motions - Goods and Services Tax - Distribution
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
-
edited 23rd Jun 2023
Water Amendment Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Basin Plan Amendment Instrument 2017 (No. 1)
Eric Abetz voted Yes
Cory Bernardi voted No
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
edited 13th Jul 2018
Motions - Goods and Services Tax - Northern Territory productivity
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
-
edited 12th Oct 2018
Motions - Minister Representing the Minister for Aged Care - Home care packages
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
-
edited 7th Jul 2023
Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Bill 2018 and two others - Reference to Committee - For inquiry
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
-
edited 27th Jul 2018
Regulations and Determinations - Basin Plan Amendment Instrument 2017 (No. 1) - Disallow
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% 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
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
-
edited 4th May 2018
Regional Investment Corporation Bill 2017 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Eric Abetz voted Yes
Cory Bernardi voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
-
edited 28th Jul 2023
Regional Investment Corporation Bill 2017 - in Committee - Transparency of review report
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
-
edited 28th Jul 2023
Regional Investment Corporation Bill 2017 - in Committee - Review
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
-
edited 6th Oct 2023
Treasury Laws Amendment (Putting Consumers First — Establishment of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Keep parts unchanged
Eric Abetz voted Yes
Cory Bernardi voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 90% attendance
-
edited 6th Oct 2023
Treasury Laws Amendment (Putting Consumers First — Establishment of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Keep parts unchanged
Eric Abetz voted Yes
Cory Bernardi voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
-
edited 8th Dec 2017
Motions - Murray-Darling Basin Plan - Water and Agriculture Portfolios
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 71% attendance
-
edited 20th Jan 2018
Regional Investment Corporation Bill 2017 - in Committee - Disclosure of interests
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
edited 20th Jan 2018
Regional Investment Corporation Bill 2017 - in Committee - Location of corporation
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
-
edited 20th Jan 2018
Regional Investment Corporation Bill 2017 - in Committee - Eligibility criteria for loans & financial assistance
Eric Abetz voted Yes
Cory Bernardi voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 81% attendance
-
edited 20th Jan 2018
Regional Investment Corporation Bill 2017 - in Committee - Ministerial discretions & rules
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed
No rebellions 81% attendance
-
edited 27th Oct 2017
Motions - Higher Education - Student Services and Amenities Fee
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 73% attendance
-
edited 10th Oct 2023
Notices - Postponement - UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
edited 15th Feb 2018
Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Broadcasting Reform) Bill 2017, Commercial Broadcasting (Tax) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Amendments
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
-
edited 31st May 2019
Documents - Defence Procurement - Order for the Production of Documents
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
-
edited 10th Oct 2023
Product Emissions Standards Bill 2017 and three others - in Committee - Motor vehicles
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
-
edited 10th Oct 2023
Product Emissions Standards Bill 2017 and three others - in Committee - Don't consider climate change
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 53% attendance
-
edited 20th Oct 2023
International Monetary Agreements Amendment (New Arrangements to Borrow) Bill 2017 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Eric Abetz voted Yes
Cory Bernardi voted No
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
-
edited 27th Oct 2023
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Three bills
Eric Abetz voted Yes
Cory Bernardi voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
edited 3rd Nov 2023
Committees - Selection of Bills Committee; Report - Competition and Consumer Amendment (Abolition of Limited Merits Review) Bill 2017
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
-
edited 20th Oct 2023
Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Support for Commonwealth Entities) Bill 2017 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Eric Abetz voted Yes
Cory Bernardi voted No
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
-
edited 17th Nov 2017
Motions - Parliamentary Representation - Qualifications of Senators
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
edited 21st Aug 2017
Motions - Wong, Senator Penny; Censure - Let a vote happen
Eric Abetz voted Yes
Cory Bernardi voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
-
edited 17th Nov 2017
Committees - Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee - Reference
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 73% attendance
-
edited 6th Jul 2017
Motions - Interference by Foreign Powers - Reference to Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
-
edited 10th Aug 2018
Motions - Influence of Foreign Agents - Royal Commission
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
-
edited 13th May 2017
Motions - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Reduce funding
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
edited 7th Apr 2017
Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - Change 18C wording
Eric Abetz voted Yes
Cory Bernardi voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
edited 31st May 2019
Documents - Saudi Arabia - Order for the Production of Documents
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 81% attendance
-
Bills — Transport Security Amendment (Serious or Organised Crime) Bill 2016; in Committee
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Documents — Bell Group Liquidation; Order for the Production of Documents
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
edited 6th Apr 2017
Motions - Parliamentarians' Entitlements - Do not increase remuneration until in surplus
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Committees — Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
-
Bills — Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
-
Bills — Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Eric Abetz voted No
Cory Bernardi voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance