edited
19th Jul 2019
Motions - Solar Energy - NSW Solar Energy eXchange Initiative
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
Lin Thorp and Arthur Sinodinos have voted the same way 21% of the time
Lin Thorp
Former Australian Labor Party Senator for Tasmania June 2012 – June 2014
Arthur Sinodinos
Former Liberal Party Senator for NSW October 2011 – November 2019
Between June 2012 and June 2014 Lin Thorp and Arthur Sinodinos have voted in the same division 253 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 199 times. They have only voted the same 54 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
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Landholders' right to say no to mining and gas exploration
- Recognising local government in the Constitution
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Unconventional gas mining
Always voted differently on
- A carbon price
- A minerals resource rent tax
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Ending illegal logging
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Same-sex marriage equality
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 199 times. They have only voted the same 54 times.
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Bills — Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency Repeal Bill 2014; Second Reading
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Arthur Sinodinos voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Measures) Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Arthur Sinodinos voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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edited 10th Oct 2014
Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Measures) Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Find other means to raise revenue
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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Committees — Education and Employment References Committee; Reference
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Regulations and Determinations — Australian Meat and Live—stock Industry (Export of Live—stock to Egypt) Repeal Order 2014 - Put the motion (for disallowance)
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Arthur Sinodinos voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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Regulations and Determinations — Export Market Development Grants (Extended Lodgement and Consultant Quality Incentive) Determination 2012; Disallowance
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Documents - World Heritage Committee - Protect the Fitzroy Delta, Keppel Bay, north Curtis Island and northern section of the reef
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Tax Laws Amendment (Temporary Budget Repair Levy) Bill 2014 and related bills - Second Reading
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Documents — Note Printing Australia; Order for the Production of Documents
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment Bill 2013 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Arthur Sinodinos voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment Bill 2013 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Arthur Sinodinos voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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Regulations and Determinations — Clean Energy Auction Revocation Determination 2014; Disallowance
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Regulations and Determinations — Civil Aviation Order 48.1 Instrument 2013; Disallowance
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 27th Dec 2014
Motions - Lock the Gate Alliance - Act on concerns of the Alliance
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Live Animal Exports - Stop export until investigations completed
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Asylum Seekers - UNHCR reports into Nauru and Manus Island
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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edited 24th Jun 2016
Motions - Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee Reference - Surveillance
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Agriculture - Foreign ownership
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 27th Dec 2014
Motions - Agriculture - Coal seam gas wells
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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Motions — Japan Natural Disasters
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Regulations and Determinations — Social Security (Administration) (Vulnerable Welfare Payment Recipient) Principles 2013; Disallowance
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Bills - Australian Education Bill 2013, Australian Education (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013; Second Reading
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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Bills — Customs Amendment (Anti-Dumping Measures) Bill 2013, Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Amendment Bill 2013; Second Reading
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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Bills — Customs Amendment (Anti-Dumping Measures) Bill 2013, Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Amendment Bill 2013; Second Reading
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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Bills — Customs Amendment (Anti-Dumping Measures) Bill 2013, Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Amendment Bill 2013; Second Reading
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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Bills — Customs Amendment (Anti-Dumping Measures) Bill 2013, Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Amendment Bill 2013; Second Reading
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 7th Nov 2014
Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Arthur Sinodinos voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
7 rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 7th Nov 2014
Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Arthur Sinodinos voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
7 rebellions 71% attendance
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Documents — Pollution Reduction Program; Order for the Production of Documents
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Motions — Tibet
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 30th Jun 2016
Motions - PRISM - Australia's vulnerability
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment Bill 2013 - In Committee - Amend to include shale gas, tight gas and underground coal gasification
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 46% attendance
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Regulations and Determinations — Murray-Darling Basin Plan; Disallowance
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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Committees — Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Water Amendment (Long-term Average Sustainable Diversion Limit Adjustment) Bill 2012 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Arthur Sinodinos voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Water Amendment (Long-term Average Sustainable Diversion Limit Adjustment) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Modelling
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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Bills — Social Security Legislation Amendment (Fair Incentives to Work) Bill 2012; in Committee
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Arthur Sinodinos voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 50% attendance
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Bills — Social Security Legislation Amendment (Fair Incentives to Work) Bill 2012; Second Reading
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Motions — Wilders, Mr Geert
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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Motions — Search and Rescue
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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Committees — Economics References Committee; Reference
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Republic of Nauru - Designate Nauru as regional processing country
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Arthur Sinodinos voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Republic of Nauru - 12 month limit on detention
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions — Republic of Nauru - Coalition policies
Lin Thorp voted Yes, rebelling against the Australian Labor Party
Arthur Sinodinos voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 84% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development) Bill 2012 - In Commit...
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 12th Feb 2016
Cybercrime Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Arthur Sinodinos voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 56% attendance
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edited 20th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Arthur Sinodinos voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Sunset clause
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Independent annual review
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Arthur Sinodinos voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 22nd Nov 2014
Stronger Futures Bills - Agree to Senator Ludlam's amendments
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (The Bali Process) Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Greens Amendment
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Bills — Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 3) 2012; in Committee
Lin Thorp voted No
Arthur Sinodinos voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance