Eric Abetz and Nick Minchin have voted the same way 100% of the time
Eric Abetz
Former Liberal Party Senator for Tasmania February 1994 – May 2022
Nick Minchin
Former Liberal Party Senator for SA July 1993 – June 2011
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and June 2011 Eric Abetz and Nick Minchin have voted in the same division 376 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 376 times. They have never voted differently.
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
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Equal treatment for all couples
- Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Increasing availability of abortion drugs
- Increasing beef import standards
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Local community consultation on infrastructure projects
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Privatising government-owned assets
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Reproductive bodily autonomy
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stem cell research
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Uranium export
- Voluntary student union fees