James Paterson and George Brandis have voted the same way 100% of the time
James Paterson
Liberal Party Senator for Victoria since March 2016
George Brandis
Former Liberal Party Senator for Queensland May 2000 – February 2018
Between March 2016 and February 2018 James Paterson and George Brandis have voted in the same division 169 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 169 times. They have never voted differently.
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 the same way on
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- 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)
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 15%
- Increasing the passenger movement charge ('PMC')
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Reproductive bodily autonomy
- Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
- Same-sex marriage equality
- 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
- Unconventional gas mining