edited
20th May 2022
Motions - Seasonal Worker Program - Let a vote happen
Eric Abetz voted Yes
Lidia Thorpe voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
Eric Abetz and Lidia Thorpe have voted the same way 7% of the time
Eric Abetz
Former Liberal Party Senator for Tasmania February 1994 – May 2022
Lidia Thorpe
Independent Senator for Victoria since February 2023
Between September 2020 and May 2022 Eric Abetz and Lidia Thorpe have voted in the same division 475 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 444 times. They have only voted the same 31 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 combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- An independent inquiry into Attorney-General Christian Porter
- Assisting Australians trying to return from overseas
- Australia's timber industry
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Considering legislation to create a federal anti-corruption commission (procedural)
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Decreasing subsidisation of fossil fuels
- Ending government investment in fossil fuels
- Extending Jobkeeper Payment
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- Increasing protections for franchisees
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing the cost of humanities degrees
- Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Increasing transparency of the China-Australia relationship
- Increasing workplace protections
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- No new fossil fuels projects
- Procedural fairness
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Putting a time limit on immigration detention
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis
- Reducing waste in Australia
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- Transgender rights
- Treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency
- Unconventional gas mining
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 444 times. They have only voted the same 31 times.
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edited 20th May 2022
Motions - Employment, Western Australia: Resources Industry - Let a vote happen
Eric Abetz voted Yes
Lidia Thorpe voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 21st May 2022
Motions - Seafarers - Let a vote happen
Eric Abetz voted Yes
Lidia Thorpe voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 9th Jul 2021
Water Legislation Amendment (Inspector-General of Water Compliance and Other Measures) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Environmental outcomes
Eric Abetz voted No
Lidia Thorpe voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 9th Jul 2021
Water Legislation Amendment (Inspector-General of Water Compliance and Other Measures) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Nationals' amendments
Eric Abetz voted No
Lidia Thorpe voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 10th Sep 2021
Documents - Western Australia: Korean Community, Queensland: Coal Mining - Let a vote happen
Eric Abetz voted Yes
Lidia Thorpe voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 17th Sep 2021
Documents - Energy; Order for the Production of Documents - Let a vote happen
Eric Abetz voted Yes
Lidia Thorpe voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 30th Jul 2021
Motions - Medicare, Tasmania: Queen's Birthday Honours, Superannuation - Let a vote happen
Eric Abetz voted Yes
Lidia Thorpe voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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edited 1st Oct 2021
COAG Reform Fund Amendment (No Electric Vehicle Taxes) Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Put the question
Eric Abetz voted Yes
Lidia Thorpe voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 2nd Jul 2021
Motions - Murray-Darling Basin - Support delivery of Plan
Eric Abetz voted Yes
Lidia Thorpe voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 17th Jun 2021
Motions - Several motions - Suspend the usual procedural rules
Eric Abetz voted Yes
Lidia Thorpe voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 10th Jun 2022
Motions - Child Care - Move and vote on immediately
Eric Abetz voted Yes
Lidia Thorpe voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 1st Jul 2022
Motions - Covid-19: International Travel, Coal Mining, Reconciliation Week - Suspend procedural rules
Eric Abetz voted Yes
Lidia Thorpe voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 1st Jul 2022
Motions - World Ms Day, Workforce Participation, Rotary Australia - Suspend procedural rules
Eric Abetz voted Yes
Lidia Thorpe voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 1st Jul 2022
Motions - Banking and Financial Services - Suspend the usual procedual rules
Eric Abetz voted Yes
Lidia Thorpe voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 7th May 2021
Committees - Alleged Misuse of Disaster Relief and Recovery Payments in Queensland Committee - Appointment
Eric Abetz voted No
Lidia Thorpe voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 18th Mar 2021
Motions - National Disability Insurance Scheme, Aged Care: Dementia - Let a vote happen
Eric Abetz voted Yes
Lidia Thorpe voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 8th Jul 2022
Motions - Landcare Australia - Let a vote happen
Eric Abetz voted Yes
Lidia Thorpe voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 15th Jul 2022
Higher Education Support Amendment (Freedom of Speech) Bill 2020 - in Committee - Enterprise agreement requirements
Eric Abetz voted No
Lidia Thorpe voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 5th Mar 2021
Motions - NBN Co - Let a vote happen
Eric Abetz voted Yes
Lidia Thorpe voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 5th Mar 2021
Motions - Northern Territory: Crime - Let a vote happen
Eric Abetz voted Yes
Lidia Thorpe voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 5th Mar 2021
Motions - Gas Industry - Implement Callaghan Report recommendations
Eric Abetz voted Yes
Lidia Thorpe voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 4th Mar 2022
Motions - Manufacturing, Catholic Education - Let a vote take place
Eric Abetz voted Yes
Lidia Thorpe voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 5th Mar 2021
Motions - Workplace Relations: Food Delivery Industry, Mental Health Services - Let votes happen
Eric Abetz voted Yes
Lidia Thorpe voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 24th Sep 2022
Motions - Bombing of Darwin: 79th Anniversary, Fiji: Cyclone Yasa - Let a vote happen
Eric Abetz voted Yes
Lidia Thorpe voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 24th Sep 2022
Motions - Jobseeker Payment, Jobkeeper Payment, Environmental Legislation - Let other votes happen
Eric Abetz voted Yes
Lidia Thorpe voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 24th Sep 2022
Committees - Use of Commonwealth Grant Money in Queensland Local Government: Select Committee - Appointment
Eric Abetz voted No
Lidia Thorpe voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 5th Feb 2021
Motions - Coal-Fired Power Stations - Build in the Hunter
Eric Abetz voted No
Lidia Thorpe voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 18th Dec 2020
Motions - Australian Defence Force - Do not strip citations
Eric Abetz voted No
Lidia Thorpe voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 20th Nov 2020
Motions - Queensland State Election - One Nation and the Greens Party
Eric Abetz voted No
Lidia Thorpe voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 16th Oct 2020
Motions - Queensland State Election - Concerns about the Greens
Eric Abetz voted No
Lidia Thorpe voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 71% attendance