Bills — Medical Research Future Fund Bill 2015, Medical Research Future Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2015; in Committee
Mathias Cormann voted No
Penny Wright voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
Mathias Cormann and Penny Wright have voted the same way 3% of the time
Mathias Cormann
Former Liberal Party Senator for WA June 2007 – November 2020
Penny Wright
Former Australian Greens Senator for SA July 2011 – September 2015
Between July 2011 and September 2015 Mathias Cormann and Penny Wright have voted in the same division 635 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 613 times. They have only voted the same 22 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 minerals resource rent tax
- An emissions reduction fund
- Australia's timber industry
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Carbon farming
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Federal action on public housing
- Funding the national school chaplaincy program
- Giving apprentices access to a $20,000 loan
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing funding for road infrastructure
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Live animal export
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Net zero emissions by 2050
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Putting a time limit on immigration detention
- Refugee family reunification
- Requiring Parliamentary approval of military deployments
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Unconventional gas mining
- Uranium export
- Voluntary student union fees
- Withdrawing troops from Afghanistan
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 613 times. They have only voted the same 22 times.
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Bills — National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2015; in Committee
Mathias Cormann voted No
Penny Wright voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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Committees — Community Affairs Legislation Committee; Reporting Date
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Adopt report
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Agree to bill as amended
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Removing debt limit
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Mathias Cormann voted No
Penny Wright voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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Committees — Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference
Mathias Cormann voted No
Penny Wright voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment (Reinstatement of Temporary Protection Visas) Bill 2013 [No. 2] - Second Reading - Put the question
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Bills — Marine Engineers Qualifications Bill 2013; Second Reading
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Bills — Marine Engineers Qualifications Bill 2013; Second Reading
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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Bills — Australian Jobs Bill 2013; Second Reading
Mathias Cormann voted No
Penny Wright voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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Regulations and Determinations — Migration Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 6); Disallowance
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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Bills — Defence Trade Controls Bill 2011; in Committee
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 21st Jul 2016
Motions - Cubbie Station - Foreign investment
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Coalition policies (a)
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 20th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (The Bali Process) Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Mathias Cormann voted No
Penny Wright voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Bills - Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills; Second Reading
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Penny Wright voted Yes
Passed by a small 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...
Mathias Cormann voted No
Penny Wright 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...
Mathias Cormann voted No
Penny Wright voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Bills — National Health Reform Amendment (Independent Hospital Pricing Authority) Bill 2011; in Committee
Mathias Cormann voted No
Penny Wright voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance