Motions — National Health Reform Funding
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
Chris Evans and George Brandis have voted the same way 20% of the time
Chris Evans
Former Australian Labor Party Senator for WA July 1993 – April 2013
George Brandis
Former Liberal Party Senator for Queensland May 2000 – February 2018
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and April 2013 Chris Evans and George Brandis have voted in the same division 353 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 284 times. They have only voted the same 69 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 minerals resource rent tax
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Increasing availability of abortion drugs
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- 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
- Local community consultation on infrastructure projects
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Reproductive bodily autonomy
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 284 times. They have only voted the same 69 times.
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edited 16th Jan 2015
Motions - Whaling - Seek explanation for non-compliance with injunction
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 16th Mar 2018
Motions - Climate Change and National Security - Address in Defence White Paper
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - National Security Inquiry - Abandon plan to retain data for up to two years
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
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Motions — Tamar Valley Pulp Mill
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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Bills — National Gambling Reform Bill 2012, National Gambling Reform (Related Matters) Bill (No. 1) 2012, National Gambling Reform (Related Matters) Bill (No. 2) 2012; in Committee
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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Bills — National Gambling Reform Bill 2012, National Gambling Reform (Related Matters) Bill (No. 1) 2012, National Gambling Reform (Related Matters) Bill (No. 2) 2012; in Committee
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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Bills — National Gambling Reform Bill 2012, National Gambling Reform (Related Matters) Bill (No. 1) 2012, National Gambling Reform (Related Matters) Bill (No. 2) 2012; in Committee
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 20th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Chris Evans voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Chris Evans voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 22nd Nov 2014
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 - Leave schedule 1 as it is
Chris Evans voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (The Bali Process) Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Greens Amendment
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 4th Jan 2015
Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 3) 2012 - Second Reading - Replace chaplaincy with counselling
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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Personal Explanations
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Bills - Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills; Second Reading
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Bills - Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills; Second Reading
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Bills — National Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2010; Third Reading
Chris Evans voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Motions — Dissent from Ruling
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 20th Oct 2014
Deterring People Smuggling Bill 2011 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Chris Evans voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Deterring People Smuggling Bill 2011 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Chris Evans voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Motions — Gillard Government; Censure
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% 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...
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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Bills — Steel Transformation Plan Bill 2011; Second Reading
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2] and related bills - In Committee - Free permits for coal fired electricity generators
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Legislation - Defer question of third reading
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
11 rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2] and related bills - Second Reading - Read a second time
Chris Evans voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2] and related bills - Second Reading - Defer consideration
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
11 rebellions 92% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Business - Rearrangement - Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme legislation
Chris Evans voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
7 rebellions 83% attendance
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Sri Lanka
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 47% attendance
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Tasmanian Logging Contractors
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 49% attendance
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Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Termination Payments) Bill 2009 — In Committee
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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Committees — Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee: Joint; Reference
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Measures No. 4) Bill 2009 — In Committee
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 and related acts - Second Reading - Commit to reducing emissions
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 95% attendance
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Nation Building Program (National Land Transport) Amendment Bill 2009 — In Committee
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
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Appropriation (Nation Building and Jobs) Bill (No. 1) 2008-2009; Appropriation (Nation Building and Jobs) Bill (No. 2) 2008-2009; Household Stimulus Package Bill 2009; Tax Bonus...
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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Social Security and Veterans’ Entitlements Legislation Amendment (Schooling Requirements) Bill 2008 — In Committee
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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Nation-Building Funds Bill 2008 — Consideration of House of Representatives Message
Chris Evans voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Nation-Building Funds Bill 2008 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Communications Fund
Chris Evans voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 57% attendance
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Environment
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Water Amendment Bill 2008 — Consideration of House of Representatives Message
Chris Evans voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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Iraq
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 22nd Jul 2017
Motions - Apology to Australia’s Indigenous Peoples - Compensation
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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Water Bill 2007; Water (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2007 — In Committee
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) Bill 2007 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Chris Evans voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) Bill 2007 and related bills - Second Reading - Delay passage of bill
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 25th Jan 2018
Motions - Tasmania: Proposed Pulp Mill - Public inquiry
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Bill 2006 - In Committee - Definition of financing of terrorism
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 23rd Jun 2016
Copyright Amendment Bill 2006 - In Committee - Cap on licence fees
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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Climate Change
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 25th Feb 2016
Motions - Political Donations - Developers
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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Wheat Exports
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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Environment
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Woodstock-Abydos Reserves
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions — Tasmanian Forestry Industry — Campaigns against Tasmanian forestry industry + Illegal timber imports
Chris Evans voted Yes
George Brandis voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Tasmanian Forestry Industry
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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edited 2nd Jun 2016
Motions - Parliamentarians’ Entitlements - Review of remuneration and entitlements
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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Middle East
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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Fuel Prices
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Tarkine Wilderness
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 23rd Aug 2016
Motions - Fuel Prices - Public transport & alternative fuels
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2006 — In Committee
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Health Legislation Amendment (Private Health Insurance) Bill 2006 - In Committee - Abolish the private health insurance rebate
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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Asylum Seekers
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Uranium Exports - Oppose export to China
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Ms Cornelia Rau
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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Iraq
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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Science Week
Chris Evans voted No
George Brandis voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance