edited
19th Aug 2022
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Exempt from Standing Order 111
Jess Walsh voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
Jess Walsh and Zed Seselja have voted the same way 13% of the time
Jess Walsh
Australian Labor Party Senator for Victoria since July 2019
Zed Seselja
Former Liberal Party Senator for ACT September 2013 – May 2022
Between July 2019 and May 2022 Jess Walsh and Zed Seselja have voted in the same division 557 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 483 times. They have only voted the same 74 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
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- Australia's timber industry
- Decreasing subsidisation of fossil fuels
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing transparency of the China-Australia relationship
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Reducing taxes for high-income earners
- Reducing taxes for middle-income earners
- Temporary Exclusion Orders
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- 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 the Newstart Allowance rate
- Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees
- Live animal export
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Offshore oil mining
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- Unconventional gas mining
Always voted differently on
- A combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- A Royal Commission into Robodebt
- An independent inquiry into Attorney-General Christian Porter
- Assisting Australians trying to return from overseas
- Assisting the Arts sector through the coronavirus pandemic
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
- Considering legislation to create a federal anti-corruption commission (procedural)
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing access to medicinal cannabis products
- Increasing access to the JobKeeper Payment
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing government support for the dairy industry
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- Increasing protections for franchisees
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Making the cashless debit card program voluntary and not mandatory
- Net zero emissions by 2050
- Nuclear energy
- Offshore processing for people seeking asylum in Australia
- Privatising certain government services
- Procedural fairness
- Reducing waste in Australia
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Transgender rights
- Treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 483 times. They have only voted the same 74 times.
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edited 7th May 2022
Defence Legislation Amendment (Discipline Reform) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Jess Walsh voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 47% attendance
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edited 24th Dec 2021
Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Concerns about ESOs
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 52% attendance
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edited 17th Jun 2021
Motions - Several motions - Suspend the usual procedural rules
Jess Walsh voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 17th Jun 2021
Motions - Climate Change - G7 resolutions
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 17th Jun 2021
Motions - Australian War Memorial - Delay works until after appeal
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 10th Jun 2022
Motions - Child Care - Move and vote on immediately
Jess Walsh voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 24th Sep 2022
Business - Rearrangement - Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Amendment (Extension and Other Measures) Bill 2021
Jess Walsh voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 24th Sep 2022
Business - Rearrangement - Move and vote on other motion
Jess Walsh voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 24th Sep 2022
Business - Rearrangement - Let a vote happen
Jess Walsh voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 1st Jul 2022
Motions - Covid-19: International Travel, Coal Mining, Reconciliation Week - Suspend procedural rules
Jess Walsh voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 1st Jul 2022
Motions - World Ms Day, Workforce Participation, Rotary Australia - Suspend procedural rules
Jess Walsh voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 21st May 2021
Motions - Forestry Industry, Beef Industry - Condemn green groups
Jess Walsh voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 1st Jul 2022
Motions - Banking and Financial Services - Suspend the usual procedual rules
Jess Walsh voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 18th Mar 2021
Motions - National Disability Insurance Scheme, Aged Care: Dementia - Let a vote happen
Jess Walsh voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 8th Jul 2022
Motions - Landcare Australia - Let a vote happen
Jess Walsh voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 5th Mar 2021
Motions - Tasmania - Takayna Trail Ultramarathon
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 5th Mar 2021
Motions - NBN Co - Let a vote happen
Jess Walsh voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 5th Mar 2021
Motions - Northern Territory: Crime - Let a vote happen
Jess Walsh voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 5th Mar 2021
Treasury Laws Amendment (News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Media diversity and funding
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 5th Mar 2021
Motions - Workplace Relations: Food Delivery Industry, Mental Health Services - Let votes happen
Jess Walsh voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 26th Feb 2021
Motions - Environment - Beetaloo Basin
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 26th Feb 2021
Motions - Job-Ready Graduates Package - Universities
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 12th Feb 2021
Native Title Legislation Amendment Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Jess Walsh voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 27th Nov 2020
Business - Senate Temporary Orders - Minor party and independent motions
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 23rd Oct 2020
Motions - Defence Equipment: Collins Class Submarines - Let a vote happen
Jess Walsh voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 25th Sep 2020
Electoral Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Jess Walsh voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 26th Jun 2020
Motions - Police - Condemns Defund the Police movement
Jess Walsh voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 19th Jun 2020
Motions - Aboriginal Deaths in Custody - Let a vote happen
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 12th Jun 2020
Motions - All Lives Matter - Let a vote happen
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 9th Apr 2020
Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Bill 2020 and related bill - Second Reading - Gaps in response
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 43% attendance
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edited 13th Mar 2020
Documents - Environment Restoration Fund and Communities Environment Program - Order for the Production of Documents
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 28th Feb 2020
Motions - Collins Class Submarines - Current sustainment model
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 28th Feb 2020
Motions - Gas Industry - Protect climate
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 28th Feb 2020
Motions - Murray-Darling Basin - Protect water
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 28th Feb 2020
Motions - Domestic and Family Violence - Ms Bettina Arndt
Jess Walsh voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 14th Feb 2020
Motions - Higher Education - Make free
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 14th Feb 2020
Motions - Coal Seam Gas Mining - Protect Pilliga Forest & Great Artesian Basin
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 14th Feb 2020
Motions - Climate Change - Logging in the Tarkine
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 7th Feb 2020
Motions - Oil Exploration - Great Australian Bight
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 7th Feb 2020
Motions - Citizenship - Loyalty pledge in schools
Jess Walsh voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 31st Jan 2020
Documents - Stromlo-1 Exploration Drilling Program - Order for the Production of Documents
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 6th Dec 2019
Motions - Great Barrier Reef - Climate change
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 29th May 2020
Customs Amendment (Growing Australian Export Opportunities Across the Asia-Pacific) Bill 2019 and another - in Committee - Independent inquiry
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 15th Nov 2019
Motions - Murray-Darling Basin - Water licence holders
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 15th Nov 2019
Motions - Climate Change - Liquefied Natural Gas
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 15th Nov 2019
Committees - Environment and Communications References Committee - Reference
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 15th Nov 2019
Regulations and Determinations - Gene Technology Amendment (2019 Measures No. 1) Regulations 2019 - Disallowance
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 5th Jun 2020
Treasury Laws Amendment (Prohibiting Energy Market Misconduct) Bill 2019 - in Committee - Expand bill to apply to all sectors
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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edited 15th Nov 2019
Motions - Banking Code of Practice - Disallow Instruments
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 24th Jul 2020
Treasury Laws Amendment (Prohibiting Energy Market Misconduct) Bill 2019 - in Committee - Coal-fired generators
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 15th Nov 2019
Committees - Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee - Reference
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 24th Oct 2019
Motions - Live Animal Exports - Restict during summer
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 31st Jul 2020
Emergency Response Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2019 - in Committee - The Education Investment Fund
Jess Walsh voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 1st Nov 2019
Motions - Climate Change, Petroleum Industry - No new coal, oil or gas projects
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 2nd Aug 2019
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment (Sunsetting of Special Powers Relating to Terrorism Offences) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Jess Walsh voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 1st Aug 2019
Motions - Mining - Carmichael Mine
Jess Walsh voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 1st Aug 2019
Motions - Moon Lake Investments - Impose new condition
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 1st Aug 2019
Motions - Gambling - A new inquiry
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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edited 2nd Aug 2019
Ministers of State (Checks for Security Purposes) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 26th Jul 2019
Counter-Terrorism (Temporary Exclusion Orders) Bill 2019 and another - Second Reading - Agree with the bills' main idea
Jess Walsh voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 22nd Aug 2019
Future Drought Fund Bill 2019, Future Drought Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2019 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Jess Walsh voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 22nd Aug 2019
Future Drought Fund Bill 2019 and another - in Committee - Consistency
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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edited 26th Jul 2019
Civil Aviation Amendment Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Refer to Committee
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 25th Jul 2019
Documents - Commissioner of Taxation - Order for the Production of Documents
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 4th Oct 2019
Committees - Finance and Public Administration References Committee - Amendment
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 12th Jul 2019
Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Relief So Working Australians Keep More of Their Money) Bill 2019 - in Committee - Low income earners
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 12th Jul 2019
Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Relief So Working Australians Keep More of Their Money) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Jess Walsh voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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edited 12th Jul 2019
Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Relief So Working Australians Keep More of Their Money) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Government should increase Newstart & Youth Allowance
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 5th Jul 2019
Motions - Mining - Support Carmichael Mine project
Jess Walsh voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 21st Aug 2020
Business - Rearrangement - Speed things along
Jess Walsh voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
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edited 5th Jul 2019
Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Relief So Working Australians Keep More of Their Money) Bill 2019 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Jess Walsh voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 21st Aug 2020
Business - Rearrangement - Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Relief So Working Australians Keep More Of Their Money) Bill 2019
Jess Walsh voted Yes
Zed Seselja voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
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edited 5th Jul 2019
Motions - Energy - Affordable, clean, renewable energy
Jess Walsh voted No
Zed Seselja voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance