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Bills - Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills; Second Reading
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
Scott Ryan and Bob Brown have voted the same way 8% of the time
Scott Ryan
Former President Senator for Victoria November 2017 – October 2021
Bob Brown
Former Australian Greens Senator for Tasmania July 1996 – June 2012
Between July 2008 and June 2012 Scott Ryan and Bob Brown have voted in the same division 554 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 512 times. They have only voted the same 42 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 carbon price
- A character test for Australian visas
- A minerals resource rent tax
- An NBN (using fibre to the premises)
- Carbon farming
- Equal treatment for all couples
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing federal government support for childcare
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Live animal export
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Offshore processing for people seeking asylum in Australia
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Unconventional gas mining
- Uranium export
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 512 times. They have only voted the same 42 times.
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Motions - Wind Farms - Act on the Community Affairs References Committee's recommendations
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Bills — Competition and Consumer Legislation Amendment Bill 2011; in Committee
Scott Ryan voted No
Bob Brown voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 51% attendance
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Bills — Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2011, Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Air Cargo) Bill 2011, Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Participants in Bri...
Scott Ryan voted No
Bob Brown voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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Bills — Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2011, Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Air Cargo) Bill 2011, Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Participants in Bri...
Scott Ryan voted No
Bob Brown voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Motions — Asylum Seekers
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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Food Importation (Bovine Meat Standards) Bill 2010 — Third Reading - Read a third time
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Food Importation (Bovine Meat Standards) Bill 2010 — Second Reading - Read a second time
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Food Importation (Bovine Meat Standards) Bill 2010 — Second Reading — Put the question to read a second time
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Re-Registration of Providers and Other Measures) Bill 2009 — In Committee
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Re-Registration of Providers and Other Measures) Bill 2009 — In Committee
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) Bill 2009 [No. 2] and Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Amendment (Household Assistance) Bill 2009 [No. 2] - Third Reading ...
Scott Ryan voted No
Bob Brown voted No
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 96% attendance
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Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2] and related bills - Third Reading - Read a third time
Scott Ryan voted No
Bob Brown voted No
Not passed by a small majority
2 rebellions 97% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 99% attendance
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Health Insurance Amendment (Compliance) Bill 2009 — Consideration of House of Representatives Message
Scott Ryan voted No
Bob Brown voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
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Health Insurance (Cataract Surgery) Determination 2009 — Motion for Disallowance
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 95% attendance
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Health Insurance Amendment (Compliance) Bill 2009 — In Committee
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Scott Ryan voted No
Bob Brown voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Regulations 2009 — Motion for Disallowance
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Business — Consideration of Legislation
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Termination Payments) Bill 2009 — In Committee
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Automotive Transformation Scheme Bill 2009; Acis Administration Amendment Bill 2009 — In Committee
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives Bill 2009 and related bills - Second Reading - Read a second time
Scott Ryan voted No
Bob Brown voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Health Insurance Amendment (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Bill 2009 — Second Reading
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 and related bills - Second Reading - Read a second time
Scott Ryan voted No
Bob Brown voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 95% attendance
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Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Budget Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 — Second Reading
Scott Ryan voted No
Bob Brown voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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Australian Business Investment Partnership Bill 2009; Australian Business Investment Partnership (Consequential Amendment) Bill 2009 — Third Reading
Scott Ryan voted No
Bob Brown voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Customs Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009; Excise Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 — In Committee
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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Customs Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures; No. 1) Bill 2009; Excise Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures; No. 1) Bill 2009 — In Committee
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Customs Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures; No. 1) Bill 2009; Excise Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures; No. 1) Bill 2009 — Second Reading
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Scott Ryan voted No
Bob Brown voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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Safe Work Australia Bill 2008 — Consideration of House of Representatives Message
Scott Ryan voted No
Bob Brown voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Water Amendment Bill 2008 — In Committee
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Water Amendment Bill 2008 — In Committee
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Laws Bill 2008 [No. 2] - Second Reading - Read a second time
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws - Superannuation) Bill 2008 - In Committee - Start date
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Business — Consideration of Legislation
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Committees — Economics Committee; Extension of Time
Scott Ryan voted No
Bob Brown voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Safe Work Australia Bill 2008 — Consideration of House of Representatives Message
Scott Ryan voted No
Bob Brown voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Safe Work Australia Bill 2008; Safe Work Australia (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2008 — In Committee
Scott Ryan voted No
Bob Brown voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Safe Work Australia Bill 2008; Safe Work Australia (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2008 — In Committee
Scott Ryan voted No
Bob Brown voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Safe Work Australia Bill 2008; Safe Work Australia (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2008 — In Committee
Scott Ryan voted Yes
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance