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7th Oct 2014
Bills - Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills; Second Reading
Bridget McKenzie voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
Bridget McKenzie and Bob Brown have voted the same way 2% of the time
Bridget McKenzie
National Party Senator for Victoria since July 2011
Bob Brown
Former Australian Greens Senator for Tasmania July 1996 – June 2012
Between July 2011 and June 2012 Bridget McKenzie and Bob Brown have voted in the same division 266 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 260 times. They have only voted the same 6 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.
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Always voted differently on
- A carbon price
- A character test for Australian visas
- A minerals resource rent tax
- Carbon farming
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Live animal export
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Offshore processing for people seeking asylum in Australia
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Unconventional gas mining
- Uranium export
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 260 times. They have only voted the same 6 times.
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Motions - Wind Farms - Act on the Community Affairs References Committee's recommendations
Bridget McKenzie voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Bills — Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2011, Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Air Cargo) Bill 2011, Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Participants in Bri...
Bridget McKenzie voted No
Bob Brown voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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Bills — Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2011, Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Air Cargo) Bill 2011, Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Participants in Bri...
Bridget McKenzie voted No
Bob Brown voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Bills — National Health Reform Amendment (Independent Hospital Pricing Authority) Bill 2011; in Committee
Bridget McKenzie voted No
Bob Brown voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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Motions — Asylum Seekers
Bridget McKenzie voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance