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24th Nov 2023
Australian Education Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - Indexation
James Paterson voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
James Paterson and Scott Ludlam have voted the same way 22% of the time
James Paterson
Liberal Party Senator for Victoria since March 2016
Scott Ludlam
Former Australian Greens Senator for WA July 2008 – July 2017
Between March 2016 and July 2017 James Paterson and Scott Ludlam have voted in the same division 270 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 211 times. They have only voted the same 59 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 the same way on
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Always voted differently on
- A national redress scheme for institutional abuse survivors
- A Royal Commission into banking
- 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
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing access to medicinal cannabis products
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing penalties for breach of data
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Live animal export
- Maintaining or increasing defence spending
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial
- Reducing air pollution
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- The Coalition's Youth Jobs PaTH
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 211 times. They have only voted the same 59 times.
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Australian Education Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - Setting SES
James Paterson voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 24th Nov 2023
Australian Education Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - Setting SES
James Paterson voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 24th Nov 2023
Australian Education Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - Distribution of funding
James Paterson voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 24th Nov 2023
Australian Education Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - Limiting commitments
James Paterson voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 24th Nov 2023
Australian Education Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - Transition period
James Paterson voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 8th Jul 2017
Australian Education Amendment Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Criticism of Gonski 2.0
James Paterson voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 30th Jun 2017
Motions - Asylum Seekers - Withdraw from Refugee Convention
James Paterson voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 10th Aug 2018
Motions - Influence of Foreign Agents - Royal Commission
James Paterson voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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Committees — Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference
James Paterson voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 13th May 2017
Motions - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Reduce funding
James Paterson voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Bills — Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Jobs for Families Child Care Package) Bill 2016; in Committee
James Paterson voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 6th Apr 2017
Motions - Parliamentarians' Entitlements - Do not increase remuneration until in surplus
James Paterson voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Bills — Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
James Paterson voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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Bills — Corporations Amendment (Crowd-Sourced Funding) Bill 2016; in Committee
James Paterson voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 80% attendance
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edited 24th Feb 2017
Parliamentary Entitlements Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - Gold Pass travel entitlement
James Paterson voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
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Business — Days and Hours of Meeting
James Paterson voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes, rebelling against the Australian Greens
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 95% attendance
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edited 23rd Sep 2016
Budget Savings (Omnibus) Bill 2016 - Second Reading - Financial arrangements of ARENA
James Paterson voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 17th Sep 2016
Excise Tariff Amendment (Tobacco) Bill 2016, Customs Tariff Amendment (Tobacco) Bill 2016 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
James Paterson voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 23rd Aug 2016
Motions - Transport Industry - Support the industry
James Paterson voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
James Paterson voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; Reference to Committee
James Paterson voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
James Paterson voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; Second Reading
James Paterson voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; Second Reading
James Paterson voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
James Paterson voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; Third Reading
James Paterson voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; Adoption of Report
James Paterson voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - in Committee - Agree to the bill
James Paterson voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
James Paterson voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
James Paterson voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
James Paterson voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
James Paterson voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
James Paterson voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
James Paterson voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
James Paterson voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
James Paterson voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
James Paterson voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
James Paterson voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
James Paterson voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
James Paterson voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
James Paterson voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
James Paterson voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
James Paterson voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
James Paterson voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
James Paterson voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
James Paterson voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
James Paterson voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
James Paterson voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
James Paterson voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
James Paterson voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
James Paterson voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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Motions — Days and Hours of Meeting
James Paterson voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Business — Days and Hours of Meeting
James Paterson voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
James Paterson voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Business — Days and Hours of Meeting
James Paterson voted No
Scott Ludlam voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Business — Days and Hours of Meeting
James Paterson voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Business — Days and Hours of Meeting
James Paterson voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Business — Days and Hours of Meeting
James Paterson voted Yes
Scott Ludlam voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance