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4th Feb 2024
Family Law Amendment Bill 2023 - in Committee - One Nation's amendments
Richard Colbeck voted No
Gerard Rennick voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 67% attendance
Richard Colbeck and Gerard Rennick have voted the same way 98% of the time
Richard Colbeck
Liberal Party Senator for Tasmania since February 2018
Gerard Rennick
Liberal Party Senator for Queensland since July 2019
Since July 2019 Richard Colbeck and Gerard Rennick have voted in the same division 1259 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 1240 times. They have only voted differently 19 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 combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- A Royal Commission into Robodebt
- A transition plan for coal workers
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- An independent inquiry into Attorney-General Christian Porter
- Assisting Australians trying to return from overseas
- Australia's timber industry
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Building community climate change resilience
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Capping gas prices
- Closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
- Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Decreasing subsidisation of fossil fuels
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending government investment in fossil fuels
- Extending Jobkeeper Payment
- Federal action on public housing
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Implementing the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full
- Increasing access to medicinal cannabis products
- Increasing access to the JobKeeper Payment
- Increasing funding for public schools
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing government support for the dairy industry
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing protections for franchisees
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing the cost of humanities degrees
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Increasing transparency of the China-Australia relationship
- Increasing workplace protections
- Increasing workplace protections for women
- Introducing a Pacific Engagement Visa (PEV)
- Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees
- Live animal export
- Making the cashless debit card program voluntary and not mandatory
- Mandatory minimum sentences for certain offences
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Net zero emissions by 2050
- No new fossil fuels projects
- Nuclear energy
- Offshore oil mining
- Offshore processing for people seeking asylum in Australia
- Paid parental leave equality for stay-at-home mums and dads
- Privatising certain government services
- Procedural fairness
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Putting a time limit on immigration detention
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis
- Reducing taxes for high-income earners
- Reducing taxes for middle-income earners
- Reducing waste in Australia
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Repealing Stage 3 tax cuts
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary Exclusion Orders
- The Murray Darling Basin Plan
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- Treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency
- Unconventional gas mining
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 1240 times. They have only voted differently 19 times.
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edited 8th Dec 2023
Motions - Parliamentary Standards - Lobbyists
Richard Colbeck voted No
Gerard Rennick voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 57% attendance
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edited 1st Dec 2023
Committees - Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee; Reference - For an inquiry into adding a sunset clause on Native Title
Richard Colbeck voted No
Gerard Rennick voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 29th Sep 2023
Documents - Australian Secret Intelligence Service - Order for the Production of Documents
Richard Colbeck voted No
Gerard Rennick voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 57% attendance
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edited 18th Aug 2023
Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 - in Committee - Agree with the bill
Richard Colbeck voted Yes
Gerard Rennick voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Passed by a modest majority
7 rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 28th Apr 2023
Documents - Australian Federal Police - Order for the Production of Documents
Richard Colbeck voted No
Gerard Rennick voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 67% attendance
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edited 2nd Dec 2022
Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022 - in Committee - Approval and importation of drugs
Richard Colbeck voted No in this free vote
Gerard Rennick voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 2nd Dec 2022
Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022 - in Committee - Limitation of power
Richard Colbeck voted No in this free vote
Gerard Rennick voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 25th Nov 2022
Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Richard Colbeck voted Yes in this free vote
Gerard Rennick voted No in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Inclusion in annual reports
Richard Colbeck voted Yes in this free vote
Gerard Rennick voted No in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Annual report
Richard Colbeck voted No in this free vote
Gerard Rennick voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Introduce threshold
Richard Colbeck voted No in this free vote
Gerard Rennick voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Stage 2 licences
Richard Colbeck voted No in this free vote
Gerard Rennick voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Definition of mitochondrial donation licence
Richard Colbeck voted Yes in this free vote
Gerard Rennick voted No in this free vote
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Definition of gene technology
Richard Colbeck voted No in this free vote
Gerard Rennick voted Yes in this free vote
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 23rd Nov 2021
Covid-19 Vaccination Status (Prevention of Discrimination) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Richard Colbeck voted No
Gerard Rennick voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a large majority
3 rebellions 65% attendance
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edited 3rd Nov 2023
Motions - Gender Dysphoria - Treating gender diverse children
Richard Colbeck voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Gerard Rennick voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
6 rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 17th Jun 2021
Motions - Child Care - Adopt Labor's Cheaper Child Care Plan
Richard Colbeck voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Gerard Rennick voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
6 rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 17th Jun 2021
Motions - Jobkeeper Payment - Repay excess funds
Richard Colbeck voted No
Gerard Rennick voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 78% attendance