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Motions - Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Legislation - Defer question of third reading
Richard Colbeck voted No
Barnaby Joyce voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
11 rebellions 86% attendance
Richard Colbeck and Barnaby Joyce have voted the same way 97% of the time
Richard Colbeck
Liberal Party Senator for Tasmania since February 2018
Barnaby Joyce
National Party Representative for New England since December 2017
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and August 2013 Richard Colbeck and Barnaby Joyce have voted in the same division 912 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 885 times. They have only voted differently 27 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 carbon price
- A character test for Australian visas
- A citizenship test
- A minerals resource rent tax
- An NBN (using fibre to the premises)
- Australia's timber industry
- Carbon farming
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending illegal logging
- Equal treatment for all couples
- Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing beef import standards
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing parliamentary entitlements for current MPs and Senators
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing the age pension
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Live animal export
- Local community consultation on infrastructure projects
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Privatising government-owned assets
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Public transport
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Unconventional gas mining
- Uranium export
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 885 times. They have only voted differently 27 times.
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Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2] and related bills - Second Reading - Defer consideration
Richard Colbeck voted No
Barnaby Joyce voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
11 rebellions 92% attendance
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Business - Rearrangement - Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme legislation
Richard Colbeck voted Yes
Barnaby Joyce voted No
Passed by a modest majority
7 rebellions 83% attendance
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Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Measures No. 4) Bill 2009 - In Committee - Carbon sink tax deductions
Richard Colbeck voted No
Barnaby Joyce voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 78% attendance
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Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 5) Bill 2008 — In Committee
Richard Colbeck voted No
Barnaby Joyce voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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Environmental and Natural Resource Management Guidelines — Motion for Disallowance
Richard Colbeck voted No
Barnaby Joyce voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% 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
Richard Colbeck voted Yes
Barnaby Joyce voted No
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 84% 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
Richard Colbeck voted Yes
Barnaby Joyce voted No
Passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 84% attendance
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Motions - Mr David Hicks - Call for independent health professional assessment
Richard Colbeck voted No
Barnaby Joyce voted Yes, rebelling against the National Party
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 87% attendance
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Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - Third Reading - Read a third time DUPLICATE
Richard Colbeck voted Yes in this free vote
Barnaby Joyce voted No in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Richard Colbeck voted Yes in this free vote
Barnaby Joyce voted No in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - In Committee - 15 day warrant duration
Richard Colbeck voted Yes in this free vote
Barnaby Joyce voted No in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - In Committee - Increase penalties to 15 years
Richard Colbeck voted Yes in this free vote
Barnaby Joyce voted No in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - In Committee - National Stem Cell Bank
Richard Colbeck voted Yes in this free vote
Barnaby Joyce voted No in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Richard Colbeck voted Yes in this free vote
Barnaby Joyce voted No in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2005 — Consideration of House of Representatives Message — Adopt committee report (DUPLICATE)
Richard Colbeck voted Yes
Barnaby Joyce voted No, rebelling against the National Party
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 82% attendance
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Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2005 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Adopt committee report
Richard Colbeck voted Yes
Barnaby Joyce voted No, rebelling against the National Party
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 82% attendance
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Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2005 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Constitution of Tribunal
Richard Colbeck voted No
Barnaby Joyce voted Yes, rebelling against the National Party
Not passed
1 rebellion 82% attendance
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Petroleum Retail Legislation Repeal Bill 2006 - In Committee - Definition of goods
Richard Colbeck voted No
Barnaby Joyce voted Yes, rebelling against the National Party
Not passed
1 rebellion 92% attendance
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Petroleum Retail Legislation Repeal Bill 2006 - In Committee - Disclosing product discount
Richard Colbeck voted No
Barnaby Joyce voted Yes, rebelling against the National Party
Not passed
1 rebellion 89% attendance
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Petroleum Retail Legislation Repeal Bill 2006 - In Committee - Limiting the percentage of the market controlled by major oil companies
Richard Colbeck voted No
Barnaby Joyce voted Yes, rebelling against the National Party
Not passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 74% attendance
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Petroleum Retail Legislation Repeal Bill 2006 - In Committee - Prevention of abuse of market power
Richard Colbeck voted No
Barnaby Joyce voted Yes, rebelling against the National Party
Not passed
1 rebellion 87% attendance
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Petroleum Retail Marketing Sites Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 1) - Motion for Disallowance - Disallow the Regulations
Richard Colbeck voted No
Barnaby Joyce voted Yes, rebelling against the National Party
Not passed
1 rebellion 82% attendance
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Petroleum Retail Marketing Sites Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 1) - Motion for Disallowance - Disallow the Regulations
Richard Colbeck voted No
Barnaby Joyce voted Yes, rebelling against the National Party
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 79% attendance
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Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Richard Colbeck voted Yes in this free vote
Barnaby Joyce voted No in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 96% attendance
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Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - In Committee - Amend the current process
Richard Colbeck voted No in this free vote
Barnaby Joyce voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 95% attendance
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Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of Ru486) Bill 2005 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Richard Colbeck voted Yes in this free vote
Barnaby Joyce voted No in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 93% attendance