edited
21st Mar 2019
Motions - Suspension of Standing Orders - Let a vote happen
Richard Colbeck voted No
Barry O'Sullivan voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 51% attendance
Richard Colbeck and Barry O'Sullivan have voted the same way 99% of the time
Richard Colbeck
Liberal Party Senator for Tasmania since February 2018
Barry O'Sullivan
Former National Party Senator for Queensland February 2014 – July 2019
Between February 2014 and July 2019 Richard Colbeck and Barry O'Sullivan have voted in the same division 812 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 800 times. They have only voted differently 12 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 declared area offence
- A federal inquiry into Queensland government administration
- A minerals resource rent tax
- A Royal Commission into banking
- A Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- An emissions reduction fund
- An inquiry into the Iraq War
- Banning mobiles and other devices in immigration detention
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Charging postgraduate research students fees
- Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Criminalising "revenge porn"
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Decreasing government funding for private schools
- Deregulating undergraduate university fees
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending Governor-General allowances for serious misconduct
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Expanding public funded dental care
- Federal action on public housing
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Giving apprentices access to a $20,000 loan
- Greater public scrutiny of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Imprisoning immigration detention workers who record or reveal information from their work
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing federal government support for childcare
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing funding for legal aid
- Increasing funding for public schools
- Increasing funding for road infrastructure
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing parliamentary entitlements for current MPs and Senators
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Landholders' right to say no to mining and gas exploration
- Live animal export
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- More scrutiny of the Australian Defence Force
- Net zero emissions by 2050
- Political intervention in research funding grants
- Preventative Detention Orders (PDOs)
- Prioritising religious freedom
- Privatising government-owned assets
- Privatising the ABC
- Protecting Australian sovereignty in trade agreements
- Protecting citizens' privacy
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Public transport
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial
- Reducing taxes for high-income earners
- Reducing taxes for middle-income earners
- Reducing the corporate tax rate
- Refugee family reunification
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records
- Requiring Parliamentary approval of military deployments
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Senate electoral reform
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Storing all citizens' telecommunications data for access by government agencies
- Temporary protection visas
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- The territories being able to legalise euthanasia
- The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement
- The use of strong encryption technologies
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Unconventional gas mining
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 800 times. They have only voted differently 12 times.
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edited 23rd Nov 2018
Motions - E-Cigarettes - Legalise liquid nicotine
Richard Colbeck voted No
Barry O'Sullivan voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 23rd Nov 2018
Motions - Banking and Financial Services - Reduce conflicts of interest
Richard Colbeck voted No
Barry O'Sullivan voted Yes, rebelling against the National Party
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 8th Nov 2018
Motions - Infrastructure - Construct the Bradfield Scheme
Richard Colbeck voted No
Barry O'Sullivan voted Yes, rebelling against the National Party
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2019
Committees - Environment and Communications References Committee - Refer to Committee (ABC + political interference)
Richard Colbeck voted Yes
Barry O'Sullivan voted No, rebelling against the National Party
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 14th Sep 2018
Motions - English Language - Make official language and encourage use
Richard Colbeck voted No
Barry O'Sullivan voted Yes, rebelling against the National Party
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 24th Aug 2018
Motions - Free Speech - Against gender neutral language
Richard Colbeck voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Barry O'Sullivan voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
3 rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 3rd May 2019
Regulations and Determinations - Product Emissions Standards (Excise) Charges Regulations 2018, Product Emissions Standards (Customs) Charges Regulations 2018 - Disallow
Richard Colbeck voted No
Barry O'Sullivan voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 5th Oct 2018
Motions - Confucius Institute - Foreign influence
Richard Colbeck voted No
Barry O'Sullivan voted Yes, rebelling against the National Party
Not passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 72% attendance
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edited 24th Aug 2018
Motions - Paris Agreement - Withdraw
Richard Colbeck voted No
Barry O'Sullivan voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 5th Oct 2018
Motions - Dairy Industry - Raise price of milk to help farmers
Richard Colbeck voted No
Barry O'Sullivan voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 16th Jun 2015
Motions — Housing Affordability
Richard Colbeck voted No
Barry O'Sullivan voted Yes, rebelling against the National Party
Not passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 77% attendance