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7th Oct 2014
Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Measures No. 4) Bill 2009 - In Committee - Carbon sink tax deductions
Scott Ryan voted No
Ron Boswell voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 78% attendance
Scott Ryan and Ron Boswell have voted the same way 99.5% of the time
Scott Ryan
Former President Senator for Victoria November 2017 – October 2021
Ron Boswell
Former National Party Senator for Queensland March 1983 – June 2014
Between July 2008 and June 2014 Scott Ryan and Ron Boswell have voted in the same division 630 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 627 times. They have only voted differently 3 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
- A carbon price
- A character test for Australian visas
- A minerals resource rent tax
- Carbon farming
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing beef import standards
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Landholders' right to say no to mining and gas exploration
- Live animal export
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Offshore processing for people seeking asylum in Australia
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Unconventional gas mining
- Uranium export
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 627 times. They have only voted differently 3 times.
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Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 5) Bill 2008 — In Committee
Scott Ryan voted No
Ron Boswell voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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Environmental and Natural Resource Management Guidelines — Motion for Disallowance
Scott Ryan voted No
Ron Boswell voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance