edited
1st Oct 2021
COAG Reform Fund Amendment (No Electric Vehicle Taxes) Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Put the question
Sarah Henderson voted Yes
Rachel Siewert voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
Sarah Henderson and Rachel Siewert have voted the same way 7% of the time
Sarah Henderson
Liberal Party Senator for Victoria since September 2019
Rachel Siewert
Former Australian Greens Senator for WA July 2005 – September 2021
Between September 2019 and September 2021 Sarah Henderson and Rachel Siewert have voted in the same division 640 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 595 times. They have only voted the same 45 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.
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Always voted differently on
- A carbon price
- A Royal Commission into Robodebt
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- An independent inquiry into Attorney-General Christian Porter
- Assisting Australians trying to return from overseas
- Australia's timber industry
- Closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
- Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Decreasing subsidisation of fossil fuels
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Ending government investment in fossil fuels
- Extending Jobkeeper Payment
- Federal action on public housing
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing access to the JobKeeper Payment
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing government support for the dairy industry
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing protections for franchisees
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing the cost of humanities degrees
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Increasing transparency of the China-Australia relationship
- Increasing workplace protections
- Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees
- Live animal export
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Mandatory minimum sentences for certain offences
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Net zero emissions by 2050
- No new fossil fuels projects
- Nuclear energy
- Offshore oil mining
- Paid parental leave equality for stay-at-home mums and dads
- Privatising certain government services
- Procedural fairness
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Putting a time limit on immigration detention
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis
- Reducing waste in Australia
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- Unconventional gas mining
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 595 times. They have only voted the same 45 times.
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edited 2nd Jul 2021
Motions - Murray-Darling Basin - Support delivery of Plan
Sarah Henderson voted Yes
Rachel Siewert voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 17th Jun 2021
Motions - Several motions - Suspend the usual procedural rules
Sarah Henderson voted Yes
Rachel Siewert voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 10th Jun 2022
Motions - Child Care - Move and vote on immediately
Sarah Henderson voted Yes
Rachel Siewert voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 1st Jul 2022
Motions - Covid-19: International Travel, Coal Mining, Reconciliation Week - Suspend procedural rules
Sarah Henderson voted Yes
Rachel Siewert 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
Sarah Henderson voted Yes
Rachel Siewert voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 1st Jul 2022
Motions - Banking and Financial Services - Suspend the usual procedual rules
Sarah Henderson voted Yes
Rachel Siewert voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 7th May 2021
Committees - Alleged Misuse of Disaster Relief and Recovery Payments in Queensland Committee - Appointment
Sarah Henderson voted No
Rachel Siewert voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 18th Mar 2021
Motions - National Disability Insurance Scheme, Aged Care: Dementia - Let a vote happen
Sarah Henderson voted Yes
Rachel Siewert 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
Sarah Henderson voted Yes
Rachel Siewert voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 15th Jul 2022
Higher Education Support Amendment (Freedom of Speech) Bill 2020 - in Committee - Enterprise agreement requirements
Sarah Henderson voted No
Rachel Siewert voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 5th Mar 2021
Motions - NBN Co - Let a vote happen
Sarah Henderson voted Yes
Rachel Siewert 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
Sarah Henderson voted Yes
Rachel Siewert voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 5th Mar 2021
Motions - Gas Industry - Implement Callaghan Report recommendations
Sarah Henderson voted Yes
Rachel Siewert voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 4th Mar 2022
Motions - Manufacturing, Catholic Education - Let a vote take place
Sarah Henderson voted Yes
Rachel Siewert voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 5th Mar 2021
Motions - Workplace Relations: Food Delivery Industry, Mental Health Services - Let votes happen
Sarah Henderson voted Yes
Rachel Siewert voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 5th Feb 2021
Motions - Coal-Fired Power Stations - Build in the Hunter
Sarah Henderson voted No
Rachel Siewert voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 18th Dec 2020
Motions - Domestic and Family Violence - Fund services
Sarah Henderson voted Yes
Rachel Siewert voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
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edited 22nd Jan 2021
Foreign Investment Reform (Protecting Australia's National Security) Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Pauline Hanson amendments
Sarah Henderson voted No
Rachel Siewert voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 18th Dec 2020
Motions - Australian Defence Force - Do not strip citations
Sarah Henderson voted No
Rachel Siewert voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 20th Nov 2020
Motions - Queensland State Election - One Nation and the Greens Party
Sarah Henderson voted No
Rachel Siewert voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 21st Mar 2024
Motions - World Economic Forum - Boycott
Sarah Henderson voted No
Rachel Siewert voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 52% attendance
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edited 16th Oct 2020
Motions - Queensland State Election - Concerns about the Greens
Sarah Henderson voted No
Rachel Siewert voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 23rd Oct 2020
Motions - Defence Equipment: Collins Class Submarines - Let a vote happen
Sarah Henderson voted Yes
Rachel Siewert voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 27th Jan 2023
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Let a vote happen
Sarah Henderson voted No
Rachel Siewert voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 19th Jun 2020
Motions - Queensland: Infrastructure - Bradfield Scheme
Sarah Henderson voted No
Rachel Siewert voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
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edited 19th Jun 2020
Motions - Aboriginal Deaths in Custody - Let a vote happen
Sarah Henderson voted No
Rachel Siewert 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
Sarah Henderson voted No
Rachel Siewert voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 26th Jun 2020
Official Development Assistance Multilateral Replenishment Obligations (Special Appropriation) Bill 2019 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Sarah Henderson voted Yes
Rachel Siewert voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 15th May 2020
Motions - Collins Class Submarines - Let a vote happen
Sarah Henderson voted No
Rachel Siewert voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 51% attendance
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edited 28th Feb 2020
Motions - E-Cigarette Products - Ingredients
Sarah Henderson voted Yes
Rachel Siewert voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 27th Mar 2020
Committees - Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee - Reference
Sarah Henderson voted Yes
Rachel Siewert voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 28th Feb 2020
Motions - National Security - Targetting hate speech and the far right
Sarah Henderson voted Yes
Rachel Siewert voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 28th Feb 2020
Motions - Collins Class Submarines - Current sustainment model
Sarah Henderson voted No
Rachel Siewert voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 28th Feb 2020
Motions - Domestic and Family Violence - Ms Bettina Arndt
Sarah Henderson voted Yes
Rachel Siewert voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 6th Dec 2019
Motions - Murray-Darling Basin Plan - Water for South Australia
Sarah Henderson voted Yes
Rachel Siewert voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 6th Dec 2019
Matters of Urgency - Climate Change - Work together
Sarah Henderson voted No
Rachel Siewert voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 6th Dec 2019
Motions - Climate Change - Work together
Sarah Henderson voted No
Rachel Siewert voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 6th Dec 2019
Motions - Paradise Dam - Inquiry
Sarah Henderson voted Yes
Rachel Siewert voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 29th Nov 2019
Motions - Science - Ultimate arbiter of science
Sarah Henderson voted No
Rachel Siewert voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 15th Nov 2019
Motions - Murray-Darling Basin - Water licence holders
Sarah Henderson voted No
Rachel Siewert voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 15th Nov 2019
Motions - Transgender Awareness Week - Support
Sarah Henderson voted Yes
Rachel Siewert voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 31st Jul 2020
Emergency Response Fund Bill 2019 and another - in Committee - $1 billion to TAFE
Sarah Henderson voted No
Rachel Siewert voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 24th Oct 2019
Motions - Climate Change - Amendment
Sarah Henderson voted Yes
Rachel Siewert voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 24th Oct 2019
Motions - Renewable Energy - Proper oversight
Sarah Henderson voted No
Rachel Siewert voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance