Business — Rearrangement
David Van voted Yes
Matt O'Sullivan voted No
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 83% attendance
David Van and Matt O'Sullivan have voted the same way 97% of the time
David Van
Independent Senator for Victoria since June 2023
Matt O'Sullivan
Liberal Party Senator for WA since July 2019
Since July 2019 David Van and Matt O'Sullivan have voted in the same division 1102 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 1070 times. They have only voted differently 32 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 the same way on
- A combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- A declared area offence
- 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
- Banning pay secrecy clauses
- Building community climate change resilience
- Closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
- Considering legislation to create a federal anti-corruption commission (procedural)
- 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
- Extended Supervision Orders (ESOs)
- Extending Jobkeeper Payment
- Increasing access to the JobKeeper Payment
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing government support for the dairy industry
- 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 scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing surveillance powers
- 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
- Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees
- Live animal export
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- 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
- Offshore oil mining
- Paid parental leave equality for stay-at-home mums and dads
- Placing the CFMEU into administration
- Preventative Detention Orders (PDOs)
- 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
- Repealing Stage 3 tax cuts
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Temporary Exclusion Orders
- The Murray Darling Basin Plan
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- 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 1070 times. They have only voted differently 32 times.
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Business — Rearrangement
David Van voted Yes
Matt O'Sullivan voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
David Van voted Yes
Matt O'Sullivan voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
David Van voted Yes
Matt O'Sullivan voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
David Van voted Yes
Matt O'Sullivan voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 22nd Sep 2024
Paid Parental Leave Amendment (Adding Superannuation for a More Secure Retirement) Bill 2024 - in Committee - Additional entitlements
David Van voted No
Matt O'Sullivan voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 28th Sep 2024
Documents - Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force - Order for the Production of Documents
David Van voted Yes
Matt O'Sullivan voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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edited 17th Nov 2024
Digital Id Bill 2023, Digital Id (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023 - Third Reading - Pass the bills
David Van voted Yes
Matt O'Sullivan voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 17th Nov 2024
Digital Id Bill 2023, Digital Id (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023 - Committee of the Whole - Opposition amendments
David Van voted No
Matt O'Sullivan voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Bills — Digital Id Bill 2023, Digital Id (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023
David Van voted Yes
Matt O'Sullivan voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Bills — Digital Id Bill 2023, Digital Id (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023
David Van voted Yes
Matt O'Sullivan voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Bills — Digital Id Bill 2023, Digital Id (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023
David Van voted Yes
Matt O'Sullivan voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Business — Consideration of Legislation
David Van voted No
Matt O'Sullivan voted Yes
Not passed
No rebellions 88% attendance
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Business — Consideration of Legislation
David Van voted No
Matt O'Sullivan voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 3rd Jul 2024
Matters of Urgency - Endangered Species - Increase funding for threatened species
David Van voted Yes
Matt O'Sullivan voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 47% attendance
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edited 29th Mar 2024
Paid Parental Leave Amendment (More Support for Working Families) Bill 2023 - in Committee - Small business employers
David Van voted No
Matt O'Sullivan voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 29th Mar 2024
Paid Parental Leave Amendment (More Support for Working Families) Bill 2023 - in Committee - Small business employers
David Van voted No
Matt O'Sullivan voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Bills — Crimes Legislation Amendment (Combatting Foreign Bribery) Bill 2023; Second Reading
David Van voted Yes
Matt O'Sullivan voted No
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 73% attendance
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edited 12th May 2024
Infrastructure Australia Amendment (Independent Review) Bill 2023 - in Committee - Initial assessments
David Van voted No
Matt O'Sullivan voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 13th Dec 2023
Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill 2023 - Indigenous people and SDLAM project withdrawal
David Van voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Matt O'Sullivan voted No
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 79% attendance
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edited 13th Dec 2023
Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill 2023 - Complementary measures
David Van voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Matt O'Sullivan voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 80% attendance
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edited 13th Dec 2023
Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill 2023 - Held water and socio-economic outcomes
David Van voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Matt O'Sullivan voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 82% attendance
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edited 13th Dec 2023
Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill 2023 - Keep bill items as they are; held environmental water
David Van voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Matt O'Sullivan voted No
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 82% attendance
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edited 31st May 2024
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill 2023
David Van voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Matt O'Sullivan voted No
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 80% attendance
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edited 31st May 2024
Business - Rearrangement - Suspend standing orders
David Van voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Matt O'Sullivan voted Yes
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 82% attendance
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edited 31st May 2024
Business - Rearrangement - Put the question
David Van voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Matt O'Sullivan voted No
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 82% attendance
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edited 14th Jun 2024
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Disability Services and Inclusion Bill 2023 and five others
David Van voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Matt O'Sullivan voted No
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 68% attendance
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edited 14th Jun 2024
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Move another motion immediately
David Van voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Matt O'Sullivan voted No
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 68% attendance
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edited 14th Jun 2024
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Put the question
David Van voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Matt O'Sullivan voted No
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 68% attendance
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edited 14th Jun 2024
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Suspend the usual procedural rules
David Van voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Matt O'Sullivan voted No
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 68% attendance
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edited 14th Jun 2024
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Put the question
David Van voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Matt O'Sullivan voted No
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 67% attendance
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edited 15th Feb 2024
Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Australia's Engagement in the Pacific) Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
David Van voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Matt O'Sullivan voted No
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 76% attendance