edited
10th Sep 2021
Documents - Western Australia: Korean Community, Queensland: Coal Mining - Let a vote happen
Glenn Sterle voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
Glenn Sterle and Ben Small have voted the same way 16% of the time
Glenn Sterle
Australian Labor Party Senator for WA since July 2005
Ben Small
Former Liberal Party Senator for WA November 2020 – May 2022
Between November 2020 and May 2022 Glenn Sterle and Ben Small have voted in the same division 255 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 213 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 combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- An independent inquiry into Attorney-General Christian Porter
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing protections for franchisees
- Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Procedural fairness
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis
- Reducing waste in Australia
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Transgender rights
- Treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 213 times. They have only voted the same 42 times.
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edited 17th Sep 2021
Documents - Energy; Order for the Production of Documents - Let a vote happen
Glenn Sterle voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 16th Jul 2021
Biosecurity Amendment (Strengthening Penalties) Bill 2021 - in Committee
Glenn Sterle voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 53% attendance
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edited 17th Sep 2021
National Radioactive Waste Management Amendment (Site Specification, Community Fund and Other Measures) Bill 2020 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Glenn Sterle voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 17th Sep 2021
National Radioactive Waste Management Amendment (Site Specification, Community Fund and Other Measures) Bill 2020 - in Committee - Agree with amended bill
Glenn Sterle voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 2nd Jul 2021
Motions - Energy - Political donations from gas companies
Glenn Sterle voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 1st Oct 2021
COAG Reform Fund Amendment (No Electric Vehicle Taxes) Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Glenn Sterle voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 2nd Jul 2021
Motions - Murray-Darling Basin - Support delivery of Plan
Glenn Sterle voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 17th Jun 2021
Committees - Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee' Reference - China
Glenn Sterle voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
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edited 17th Jun 2021
Motions - Several motions - Suspend the usual procedural rules
Glenn Sterle voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 1st Oct 2021
Transport Security Amendment (Serious Crime) Bill 2020 - in Committee - Agree with bill as amended
Glenn Sterle voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 17th Jun 2021
Matters of Urgency - Gas Industry - Beetaloo Basin
Glenn Sterle voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 10th Jun 2022
Motions - Child Care - Move and vote on immediately
Glenn Sterle voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 28th Jan 2022
Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Amendment (Extension and Other Measures) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Net Zero by 2035
Glenn Sterle voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 28th Jan 2022
Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Amendment (Extension and Other Measures) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Equity investments
Glenn Sterle voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 21st Jan 2022
Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Amendment (Extension and Other Measures) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Glenn Sterle voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 28th Jan 2022
Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Amendment (Extension and Other Measures) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Inquiry and fossil fuels
Glenn Sterle voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 1st Jul 2022
Motions - Covid-19: International Travel, Coal Mining, Reconciliation Week - Suspend procedural rules
Glenn Sterle voted Yes
Ben Small 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
Glenn Sterle voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 21st May 2021
Motions - Forestry Industry, Beef Industry - Condemn green groups
Glenn Sterle voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 1st Jul 2022
Motions - Banking and Financial Services - Suspend the usual procedual rules
Glenn Sterle voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 18th Mar 2021
Motions - Tasmania - Environmental Conservation
Glenn Sterle voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 18th Mar 2021
Motions - National Disability Insurance Scheme, Aged Care: Dementia - Let a vote happen
Glenn Sterle voted Yes
Ben Small 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
Glenn Sterle voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 18th Mar 2021
Motions - China: Human Rights - Let a vote happen
Glenn Sterle voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 22nd Jul 2022
Motions - China: Human Rights - Let a motion be moved
Glenn Sterle voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 19th Mar 2021
Motions - Tasmania: Environmental Conservation - End privatisation
Glenn Sterle voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 5th Mar 2021
Motions - Tasmania - Takayna Trail Ultramarathon
Glenn Sterle voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 5th Mar 2021
Motions - NBN Co - Let a vote happen
Glenn Sterle voted Yes
Ben Small 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
Glenn Sterle voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 4th Mar 2022
Motions - Forestry - End native forest logging
Glenn Sterle voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
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edited 22nd Apr 2022
Treasury Laws Amendment (News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Big tech; Audits, review & penalty
Glenn Sterle voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 24th Sep 2022
Motions - Jobseeker Payment, Jobkeeper Payment, Environmental Legislation - Let other votes happen
Glenn Sterle voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 24th Sep 2022
Committees - Use of Commonwealth Grant Money in Queensland Local Government: Select Committee - Appointment
Glenn Sterle voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 16th Apr 2021
Motions - Closing the Gap - Adequate funding
Glenn Sterle voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 16th Apr 2021
Motions - Several subjects - Vote on all at once
Glenn Sterle voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 15th Jul 2022
Export Control Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2020 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Glenn Sterle voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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edited 15th Jul 2022
Export Control Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2020 - in Committee - Repeal notes/section
Glenn Sterle voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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edited 2nd Jan 2021
Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2019 - in Committee - Add professions as designated services
Glenn Sterle voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 29th Jul 2022
Australia's Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Bill 2020 and another - Third Reading - Pass the bills
Glenn Sterle voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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edited 30th Dec 2021
Australia's Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Bill 2020 and another - Second Reading - Withdraw bill and consult
Glenn Sterle voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 20th Jan 2023
Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2020-2021 - in Committee - ANAO funding
Glenn Sterle voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 58% attendance