edited
4th Jan 2015
Motions - Youth Mental Health - Redirect chaplaincy funding to qualified mental health workers
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
Mehmet Tillem and Anne Ruston have voted the same way 48% of the time
Mehmet Tillem
Former Australian Labor Party Senator for Victoria August 2013 – June 2014
Anne Ruston
Liberal Party Senator for SA since September 2012
Between August 2013 and June 2014 Mehmet Tillem and Anne Ruston have voted in the same division 113 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 59 times. They have only voted the same 54 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
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Landholders' right to say no to mining and gas exploration
- Live animal export
- Local community consultation on infrastructure projects
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Unconventional gas mining
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 59 times. They have only voted the same 54 times.
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edited 19th Jul 2019
Motions - Solar Energy - NSW Solar Energy eXchange Initiative
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Legislation Amendment (Removing Re-approval and Re-registration) Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Mehmet Tillem voted Yes
Anne Ruston voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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Bills — Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency Repeal Bill 2014; Second Reading
Mehmet Tillem voted Yes
Anne Ruston voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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Bills — Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Cost Recovery) Bill 2014; Third Reading
Mehmet Tillem voted Yes
Anne Ruston voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 2nd Mar 2017
Infrastructure Australia Amendment Bill 2013 - in Committee - Local community consultation
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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Motions — Iraq
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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edited 10th Oct 2014
Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Measures) Bill 2014 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Mehmet Tillem voted Yes
Anne Ruston voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Measures) Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Mehmet Tillem voted Yes
Anne Ruston voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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edited 10th Oct 2014
Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Measures) Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Find other means to raise revenue
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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Committees — Tobacco Plain Packaging
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 27th Sep 2017
Committees - World Refugee Day - Transparency
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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Committees — Education and Employment References Committee; Reference
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Regulations and Determinations — Australian Meat and Live—stock Industry (Export of Live—stock to Egypt) Repeal Order 2014 - Put the motion (for disallowance)
Mehmet Tillem voted Yes
Anne Ruston voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Regulations and Determinations — Australian Meat and Live—stock Industry (Export of Live—stock to Egypt) Repeal Order 2014 — Disallow motion
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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Regulations and Determinations — Export Market Development Grants (Extended Lodgement and Consultant Quality Incentive) Determination 2012; Disallowance
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Documents - World Heritage Committee - Protect the Fitzroy Delta, Keppel Bay, north Curtis Island and northern section of the reef
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Tax Laws Amendment (Temporary Budget Repair Levy) Bill 2014 and related bills - Second Reading
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 27th Dec 2014
Motions - Coal Seam Gas - Bentley blockade
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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Motions — Family Payments
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
National Integrity Commission Bill 2013 - Second Reading - Put the question
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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Documents — Note Printing Australia; Order for the Production of Documents
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment Bill 2013 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Mehmet Tillem voted Yes
Anne Ruston voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment Bill 2013 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Mehmet Tillem voted Yes
Anne Ruston voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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Documents — Commonwealth Land: Sydney Harbour
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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Documents — Asylum Seekers; Order for the Production of Documents
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Minerals Resource Rent Tax Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2013 - Second Reading - Share mining boom benefits
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Coal Seam Gas - Stop further approvals
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 4th Nov 2016
Motions - Regulation of Lobbyists - Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 and related bills - Second Reading - Read a second time
Mehmet Tillem voted Yes
Anne Ruston voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 and related bills - Second Reading - Protect Australia from climate change
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Regulations and Determinations — Clean Energy Auction Revocation Determination 2014; Disallowance
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Regulations and Determinations — Civil Aviation Order 48.1 Instrument 2013; Disallowance
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 27th Dec 2014
Motions - Lock the Gate Alliance - Act on concerns of the Alliance
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 27th Dec 2014
Landholders' Right to Refuse (Gas and Coal) Bill 2013 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Mehmet Tillem voted Yes
Anne Ruston voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013 — In Committee — Keep schedule 1 (on gambling) unchanged
Mehmet Tillem voted Yes
Anne Ruston voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 27th Dec 2014
Motions - Biennale of Sydney - Commend protest against Transfield sponsorship
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Live Animal Exports - Stop export until investigations completed
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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Committees — University Funding
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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Committees — Select Committee on Electronic Surveillance; Appointment
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Committees — Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Kangaroo Island - Reject seismic testing proposal
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Asylum Seekers - UNHCR reports into Nauru and Manus Island
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Mehmet Tillem voted Yes
Anne Ruston voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Committees — Electoral Matters Committee; Reference
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 25th Feb 2016
Motions - Political Donations - Disclosure and ban on overseas donations
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 24th Jun 2016
Motions - Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee Reference - Surveillance
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Agriculture - Foreign ownership
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 27th Dec 2014
Motions - Agriculture - Coal seam gas wells
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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Motions — Japan Natural Disasters
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Committees — Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Great Barrier Reef - Reject the Abbot Point coal port expansion proposal
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Wheat Exports - Reject takeover of GrainCorp by Archer Daniels Midland
Mehmet Tillem voted No
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 77% attendance