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7th Oct 2014
Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Measures) Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Bill Heffernan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
Lin Thorp and Bill Heffernan have voted the same way 17% of the time
Lin Thorp
Former Australian Labor Party Senator for Tasmania June 2012 – June 2014
Bill Heffernan
Former Liberal Party Senator for NSW September 1996 – May 2016
Between June 2012 and June 2014 Lin Thorp and Bill Heffernan have voted in the same division 203 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 168 times. They have only voted the same 35 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
- Funding the national school chaplaincy program
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Removing children from immigration detention
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Always voted differently on
- A carbon price
- A minerals resource rent tax
- Australia's timber industry
- Ending illegal logging
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 168 times. They have only voted the same 35 times.
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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
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% 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
Bill Heffernan 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
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Asylum Seekers - UNHCR reports into Nauru and Manus Island
Lin Thorp voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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Committees — Electoral Matters Committee; Reference
Lin Thorp voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 25th Feb 2016
Motions - Political Donations - Disclosure and ban on overseas donations
Lin Thorp voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% 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
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment Bill 2013 - In Committee - Extend protection
Lin Thorp voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment (Unauthorised Maritime Arrivals and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Bill Heffernan voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 50% attendance
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edited 20th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment (Unauthorised Maritime Arrivals and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Vulnerable persons
Lin Thorp voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 50% attendance
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Motions — Snowy Scientific Committee
Lin Thorp voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 16th Jan 2015
Motions - Seismic Survey - Harm to marine wildlife
Lin Thorp voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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Committees — Community Affairs References Committee; Reference
Lin Thorp voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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Motions — Middle East
Lin Thorp voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 13th Feb 2015
Documents — Public Interest Disclosure Bill, Order for the Production of Documents
Lin Thorp voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
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edited 13th Feb 2015
Documents — National Data Retention Scheme; Order for the Production of Documents
Lin Thorp voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
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edited 13th Feb 2015
Documents — Data Retention Advice; Order for the Production of Documents
Lin Thorp voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 24th Oct 2014
Motions – State-based Marriage Equality Legislation – No Commonwealth challenge
Lin Thorp voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 22nd Aug 2016
Documents - Reef Rescue Program - Great Barrier Reef
Lin Thorp voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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Motions — Hicks, Mr David
Lin Thorp voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 25th Jan 2018
Motions - Environmental Conservation - Keep responsibility in federal hands
Lin Thorp voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 27th Sep 2017
Motions - Riley, Ms Vikki - Condolences
Lin Thorp voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Republic of Nauru - Designate Nauru as regional processing country
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Bill Heffernan 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
Bill Heffernan 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
Bill Heffernan 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
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 58% 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
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
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Bills — Consumer Credit Legislation Amendment (Enhancements) Bill 2012; in Committee
Lin Thorp voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 53% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Protection and welfare arrangements
Lin Thorp voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 65% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Transfer to Australia after 12 months
Lin Thorp voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% 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
Bill Heffernan voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 22nd Nov 2014
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 - Agree to Australian Greens amendments reducing sunset clause periods
Lin Thorp voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 22nd Nov 2014
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 - Leave schedule 2 as it is
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Bill Heffernan voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 4th Jan 2015
Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 3) 2012 - Second Reading - Replace chaplaincy with counselling
Lin Thorp voted No
Bill Heffernan voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance