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28th Apr 2023
Documents - Australian Federal Police - Order for the Production of Documents
Bridget McKenzie voted No
Gerard Rennick voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 67% attendance
Bridget McKenzie and Gerard Rennick have voted the same way 99% of the time
Bridget McKenzie
National Party Senator for Victoria since July 2011
Gerard Rennick
Liberal Party Senator for Queensland since July 2019
Since July 2019 Bridget McKenzie and Gerard Rennick have voted in the same division 1088 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 1078 times. They have only voted differently 10 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 referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice
- 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
- Australia's timber industry
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Banning pay secrecy clauses
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Capping gas prices
- Closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
- 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
- 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 political transparency
- 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 more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Mandatory minimum sentences for certain offences
- Market-led approaches to protecting biodiversity
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Net zero emissions by 2035
- 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 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
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Self-governance of the territories
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary Exclusion Orders
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- The territories being able to legalise euthanasia
- Transgender rights
- 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 1078 times. They have only voted differently 10 times.
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edited 8th Dec 2022
Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022 - in Committee - COVID-19 vaccination status
Bridget McKenzie voted No
Gerard Rennick voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Not passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 8th Dec 2022
Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022 - in Committee - Speed things along
Bridget McKenzie voted Yes
Gerard Rennick voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 59% 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
Bridget McKenzie 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 9th Jul 2021
Water Legislation Amendment (Inspector-General of Water Compliance and Other Measures) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Environmental outcomes
Bridget McKenzie voted Yes
Gerard Rennick voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 9th Jul 2021
Water Legislation Amendment (Inspector-General of Water Compliance and Other Measures) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Nationals' amendments
Bridget McKenzie voted Yes
Gerard Rennick voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 2nd Jul 2021
Motions - Murray-Darling Basin - Support delivery of Plan
Bridget McKenzie voted No
Gerard Rennick voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 17th Jun 2021
Motions - Jobkeeper Payment - Repay excess funds
Bridget McKenzie voted No
Gerard Rennick voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 78% attendance
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edited 21st May 2021
Motions - Reconciliation Week - This year's theme
Bridget McKenzie voted No
Gerard Rennick voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 67% attendance
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edited 21st May 2021
Matters of Urgency - Covid-19: Quarantine - Help Australians in India
Bridget McKenzie voted No
Gerard Rennick voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 66% attendance