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23rd Nov 2018
Motions - Banking and Financial Services - Reduce conflicts of interest
James Paterson voted No
Barry O'Sullivan voted Yes, rebelling against the National Party
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
James Paterson and Barry O'Sullivan have voted the same way 99% of the time
James Paterson
Liberal Party Senator for Victoria since March 2016
Barry O'Sullivan
Former National Party Senator for Queensland February 2014 – July 2019
Between March 2016 and July 2019 James Paterson and Barry O'Sullivan have voted in the same division 715 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 706 times. They have only voted differently 9 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 declared area offence
- A national redress scheme for institutional abuse survivors
- A review of our representatives' eligibility
- 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 inquiry into the Iraq War
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Changing the date of Australia Day
- Changing the wording of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act
- Civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- 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
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Drug testing welfare recipients
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending Governor-General allowances for serious misconduct
- Expanding public funded dental care
- Federal action on public housing
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- Getting rid of the Gold Travel Pass
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Imprisoning immigration detention workers who record or reveal information from their work
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing access to medicinal cannabis products
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing federal government support for childcare
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing funding for public schools
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing housing affordability
- 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 penalties for breach of data
- 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 surveillance powers
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income
- Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 19%
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Increasing the passenger movement charge ('PMC')
- Increasing the price of tobacco
- Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Live animal export
- Maintaining or increasing defence spending
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Pill testing
- Preventative Detention Orders (PDOs)
- Prioritising religious freedom
- Privatising certain government services
- Privatising the ABC
- Protecting Australian sovereignty in trade agreements
- Protecting citizens' privacy
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- 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
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Reproductive bodily autonomy
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Senate electoral reform
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- The Coalition's Youth Jobs PaTH
- The territories being able to legalise euthanasia
- The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement
- Unconventional gas mining
- Universal access to abortion services
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 706 times. They have only voted differently 9 times.
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edited 8th Nov 2018
Motions - Infrastructure - Construct the Bradfield Scheme
James Paterson 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)
James Paterson 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
James Paterson 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 3rd May 2019
Regulations and Determinations - Product Emissions Standards (Excise) Charges Regulations 2018, Product Emissions Standards (Customs) Charges Regulations 2018 - Disallow
James Paterson 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
James Paterson 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
James Paterson 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
James Paterson voted No
Barry O'Sullivan voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 30th Nov 2017
Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
James Paterson voted Yes in this free vote
Barry O'Sullivan voted No in this free vote
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance