edited
7th Oct 2014
Motions — Republic of Nauru - Coalition policies
Lin Thorp voted Yes, rebelling against the Australian Labor Party
Louise Pratt voted No
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 84% attendance
Lin Thorp and Louise Pratt have voted the same way 99.7% of the time
Lin Thorp
Former Australian Labor Party Senator for Tasmania June 2012 – June 2014
Louise Pratt
Australian Labor Party Senator for WA since July 2016
Between June 2012 and June 2014 Lin Thorp and Louise Pratt have voted in the same division 380 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 379 times. They have only voted differently once.
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.
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Always voted the same way on
- A carbon price
- Australia's timber industry
- Banning all investment in cluster munitions
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Ending illegal logging
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Funding the national school chaplaincy program
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Landholders' right to say no to mining and gas exploration
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Protecting whales within Australian waters
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Recognising local government in the Constitution
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Unconventional gas mining
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 379 times. They have only voted differently once.