edited
11th Apr 2019
Motions - Parliamentary Transparency Charter - Introduce a Charter
Helen Polley voted No
Tim Storer voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
Helen Polley and Tim Storer have voted the same way 73% of the time
Helen Polley
Australian Labor Party Senator for Tasmania since July 2005
Tim Storer
Former Independent Senator for SA February 2018 – July 2019
Between February 2018 and July 2019 Helen Polley and Tim Storer have voted in the same division 160 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 117 times. They have only voted differently 43 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
Always voted the same way on
- 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
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Live animal export
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Political intervention in research funding grants
- Preventative Detention Orders (PDOs)
- Promoting multiculturalism
- Protecting Australian sovereignty in trade agreements
- Protecting citizens' privacy
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Reducing air pollution
- Reducing the corporate tax rate
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Targeting foreign interference in Australia
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- The use of strong encryption technologies
- Transgender rights
- Unconventional gas mining
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 117 times. They have only voted differently 43 times.
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edited 21st Aug 2020
Business - Rearrangement - Consider certain motion
Helen Polley voted Yes
Tim Storer voted No
Not passed
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 28th Feb 2019
Motions - Queensland Nickel - Suspend usual rules
Helen Polley voted No
Tim Storer voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 21st Mar 2019
Committees - Selection of Bills Committee - Refer to Economics Legislation Committee
Helen Polley voted Yes
Tim Storer voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
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edited 29th Dec 2018
Modern Slavery Bill 2018 - in Committee - Penalties for failing to comply
Helen Polley voted Yes
Tim Storer voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 29th Dec 2018
Modern Slavery Bill 2018 - in Committee - Forced marriage
Helen Polley voted Yes
Tim Storer voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 26th Apr 2019
Motions - Minister for Home Affairs - Inappropriate exercise of ministerial powers
Helen Polley voted Yes
Tim Storer voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 30th Nov 2018
Motions - Climate Change - Carbon price
Helen Polley voted No
Tim Storer voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 29th Dec 2018
Migration Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2016 - in Committee - Financial guarantor
Helen Polley voted No
Tim Storer voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 29th Dec 2018
Motions - Farm Production - Criticising Greens candidate
Helen Polley voted No
Tim Storer voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 9th Jun 2023
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Bill 2018 and another - in Committee - Publicly available information
Helen Polley voted No
Tim Storer voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 29th Dec 2018
Motions - Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry - Publish submissions with consent
Helen Polley voted Yes
Tim Storer voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2019
Committees - Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee - Refer to Committee
Helen Polley voted No
Tim Storer voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 29th Dec 2018
Motions - Outback Queensland Tourism - Acknowledge & commend Liberal National Coalition Government
Helen Polley voted No
Tim Storer voted Yes
Not passed
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2019
Committees - Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee - Bring forward reporting date
Helen Polley voted No
Tim Storer voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 83% attendance
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edited 29th Dec 2018
Motions - Anti-Poverty Week - Increase Newstart & Youth Allowance
Helen Polley voted No
Tim Storer voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 21st Mar 2019
Committees - Environment and Communications References Committee - Refer matter
Helen Polley voted No
Tim Storer voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 21st Sep 2018
Motions - Ministerial Conduct - Tighten
Helen Polley voted No
Tim Storer voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 21st Sep 2018
Motions - Newstart - Increase
Helen Polley voted No
Tim Storer voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% 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
Helen Polley voted Yes
Tim Storer voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 19th Oct 2018
Airports Amendment Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Consultation
Helen Polley voted No
Tim Storer voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 14th Sep 2018
Motions - International Whaling - Send Environment Minister to IWC
Helen Polley voted Yes
Tim Storer voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 2nd Nov 2018
Documents - National Radioactive Waste Management Facility Site Selection Process - Order for the Production of Documents
Helen Polley voted No
Tim Storer voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 14th Sep 2018
Motions - National Independent Commission Against Corruption - Create
Helen Polley voted No
Tim Storer voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 5th Oct 2018
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Cashless Debit Card Trial Expansion) Bill 2018 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Helen Polley voted No
Tim Storer voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 26th Oct 2018
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Cashless Debit Card Trial Expansion) Bill 2018 - in Committee - More certainty
Helen Polley voted No
Tim Storer voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 26th Oct 2018
Aged Care (Single Quality Framework) Reform Bill 2018 - in Committee - Staffing levels
Helen Polley voted No
Tim Storer voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% 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
Helen Polley voted Yes
Tim Storer voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 8th Feb 2019
Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Bill 2018 and two others - Second Reading - Condemn the Government
Helen Polley voted Yes
Tim Storer voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 14th Sep 2018
Motions - Coalition Government - No confidence
Helen Polley voted Yes
Tim Storer voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 8th Feb 2019
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Cashless Debit Card Trial Expansion) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Helen Polley voted No
Tim Storer voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 8th Feb 2019
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Cashless Debit Card Trial Expansion) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Put the question
Helen Polley voted Yes
Tim Storer voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 14th Sep 2018
Motions - Nuclear Waste - Consult with Native Title Holders
Helen Polley voted No
Tim Storer voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 26th Apr 2019
Regulations and Determinations - Social Security (Administration) (Trial of Cashless Welfare Arrangements) Determination 2018 - Disallow extension of trial
Helen Polley voted Yes
Tim Storer voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 16th Jun 2023
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Reporting of Gas Reserves) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Adjourn debate
Helen Polley voted No
Tim Storer voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 7th Sep 2018
Regulations and Determinations - Marine Parks Network Management Plans - Disallow
Helen Polley voted Yes
Tim Storer voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 7th Sep 2018
Regulations and Determinations - Marine Parks Network Management Plan - Disallow
Helen Polley voted Yes
Tim Storer voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 14th Sep 2018
Restoring Territory Rights (Assisted Suicide Legislation) Bill 2015 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Helen Polley voted No in this free vote
Tim Storer voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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edited 24th Aug 2018
Motions - Glyphosate - Conduct a formal review
Helen Polley voted No
Tim Storer voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 5th Oct 2018
Motions - Defence Facilities - Chemical Contamination
Helen Polley voted No
Tim Storer voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 23rd Jun 2023
Higher Education Support Legislation Amendment (Student Loan Sustainability) Bill 2018 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Helen Polley voted No
Tim Storer voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 23rd Jun 2023
Higher Education Support Legislation Amendment (Student Loan Sustainability) Bill 2018 - in Committee - Agree with amended bill
Helen Polley voted No
Tim Storer voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 23rd Jun 2023
Higher Education Support Legislation Amendment (Student Loan Sustainability) Bill 2018 - in Committee - Repayment thresholds
Helen Polley voted No
Tim Storer voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance