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Food Importation (Bovine Meat Standards) Bill 2010 — Third Reading - Read a third time
Guy Barnett voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
Guy Barnett and Bob Brown have voted the same way 5% of the time
Guy Barnett
Former Liberal Party Senator for Tasmania February 2002 – June 2011
Bob Brown
Former Australian Greens Senator for Tasmania July 1996 – June 2012
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and June 2011 Guy Barnett and Bob Brown have voted in the same division 776 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 734 times. They have only voted the same 42 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 citizenship test
- An NBN (using fibre to the premises)
- Equal treatment for all couples
- Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Increasing availability of abortion drugs
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing parliamentary entitlements for current MPs and Senators
- 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
- Local community consultation on infrastructure projects
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Public transport
- Reproductive bodily autonomy
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Stem cell research
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Uranium export
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 734 times. They have only voted the same 42 times.
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Food Importation (Bovine Meat Standards) Bill 2010 — Second Reading - Read a second time
Guy Barnett voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Food Importation (Bovine Meat Standards) Bill 2010 — Second Reading — Put the question to read a second time
Guy Barnett voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Rudd Government — Censure Motion
Guy Barnett voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) Bill 2009 [No. 2] and Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Amendment (Household Assistance) Bill 2009 [No. 2] - Third Reading ...
Guy Barnett voted No
Bob Brown voted No
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 96% attendance
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Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2] and related bills - Third Reading - Read a third time
Guy Barnett voted No
Bob Brown voted No
Not passed by a small majority
2 rebellions 97% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Guy Barnett voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 99% attendance
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Health Insurance Amendment (Compliance) Bill 2009 — Consideration of House of Representatives Message
Guy Barnett voted No
Bob Brown voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
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Health Insurance (Cataract Surgery) Determination 2009 — Motion for Disallowance
Guy Barnett voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 95% attendance
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Health Insurance Amendment (Compliance) Bill 2009 — In Committee
Guy Barnett voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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Automotive Transformation Scheme Bill 2009; Acis Administration Amendment Bill 2009 — In Committee
Guy Barnett voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives Bill 2009 and related bills - Second Reading - Read a second time
Guy Barnett voted No
Bob Brown voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Health Insurance Amendment (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Bill 2009 — Second Reading
Guy Barnett voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 and related bills - Second Reading - Read a second time
Guy Barnett voted No
Bob Brown voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 95% attendance
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Australian Business Investment Partnership Bill 2009; Australian Business Investment Partnership (Consequential Amendment) Bill 2009 — Third Reading
Guy Barnett voted No
Bob Brown voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Customs Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009; Excise Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 — In Committee
Guy Barnett voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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Customs Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures; No. 1) Bill 2009; Excise Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures; No. 1) Bill 2009 — In Committee
Guy Barnett voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Customs Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures; No. 1) Bill 2009; Excise Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures; No. 1) Bill 2009 — Second Reading
Guy Barnett voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Guy Barnett voted No
Bob Brown voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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Safe Work Australia Bill 2008 — Consideration of House of Representatives Message
Guy Barnett voted No
Bob Brown voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Water Amendment Bill 2008 — In Committee
Guy Barnett voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Water Amendment Bill 2008 — In Committee
Guy Barnett voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Water Amendment Bill 2008 — In Committee
Guy Barnett voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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Water Amendment Bill 2008 — In Committee
Guy Barnett voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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Water Amendment Bill 2008 — In Committee
Guy Barnett voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Laws Bill 2008 [No. 2] - Second Reading - Read a second time
Guy Barnett voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws - Superannuation) Bill 2008 - In Committee - Start date
Guy Barnett voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Business — Consideration of Legislation
Guy Barnett voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Safe Work Australia Bill 2008; Safe Work Australia (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2008 — In Committee
Guy Barnett voted No
Bob Brown voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Safe Work Australia Bill 2008; Safe Work Australia (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2008 — In Committee
Guy Barnett voted No
Bob Brown voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Safe Work Australia Bill 2008; Safe Work Australia (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2008 — In Committee
Guy Barnett voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Health Insurance (Dental Services) Amendment and Repeal Determination 2008 — Motion for Disallowance; Rescission
Guy Barnett voted No
Bob Brown voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Committees — Fuel and Energy Committee; National Broadband Network Committee; Establishment
Guy Barnett voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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Committees — Fuel and Energy Committee; National Broadband Network Committee; Establishment
Guy Barnett voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 and Wheat Export Marketing (Repeal and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Guy Barnett voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 84% attendance
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National Fuelwatch (Empowering Consumers) Bill 2008 — Referral to Committees — Refer to Economics Committee
Guy Barnett voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 and Wheat Export Marketing (Repeal and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 — Second Reading — Read a second time
Guy Barnett voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 84% attendance
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Committees — Community Affairs Committee; Reference
Guy Barnett voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Committees — Agricultural and Related Industries Committee; State Government Financial Management Committee; Housing Affordability in Australia Committee; Establishment
Guy Barnett voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Local Government
Guy Barnett voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Guy Barnett voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Iraq
Guy Barnett voted No
Bob Brown voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance