edited
4th Jan 2015
Motions - Youth Mental Health - Redirect chaplaincy funding to qualified mental health workers
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
Mathias Cormann and Lin Thorp have voted the same way 28% of the time
Mathias Cormann
Former Liberal Party Senator for WA June 2007 – November 2020
Lin Thorp
Former Australian Labor Party Senator for Tasmania June 2012 – June 2014
Between June 2012 and June 2014 Mathias Cormann and Lin Thorp have voted in the same division 221 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 159 times. They have only voted the same 62 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
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Funding the national school chaplaincy program
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- 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
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Always voted differently on
- A carbon price
- A minerals resource rent tax
- Australia's timber industry
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Same-sex marriage equality
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 159 times. They have only voted the same 62 times.
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Bills — Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency Repeal Bill 2014; Second Reading
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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Bills — Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Cost Recovery) Bill 2014; Third Reading
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Regulations and Determinations — Australian Meat and Live—stock Industry (Export of Live—stock to Egypt) Repeal Order 2014 - Put the motion (for disallowance)
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Tax Laws Amendment (Temporary Budget Repair Levy) Bill 2014 and related bills - Second Reading
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Minerals Resource Rent Tax Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2013 - Second Reading - Share mining boom benefits
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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Regulations and Determinations — Clean Energy Auction Revocation Determination 2014; Disallowance
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Regulations and Determinations — Civil Aviation Order 48.1 Instrument 2013; Disallowance
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013 — In Committee — Keep schedule 1 (on gambling) unchanged
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Live Animal Exports - Stop export until investigations completed
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 24th Jun 2016
Motions - Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee Reference - Surveillance
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 9th Oct 2014
Motions - Agriculture - Foreign ownership
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 27th Dec 2014
Motions - Agriculture - Coal seam gas wells
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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Motions — Japan Natural Disasters
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Bills - Australian Education Bill 2013, Australian Education (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013; Second Reading
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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Bills — Customs Amendment (Anti-Dumping Measures) Bill 2013, Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Amendment Bill 2013; Second Reading
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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Bills — Customs Amendment (Anti-Dumping Measures) Bill 2013, Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Amendment Bill 2013; Second Reading
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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Bills — Customs Amendment (Anti-Dumping Measures) Bill 2013, Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Amendment Bill 2013; Second Reading
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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Bills — Australian Jobs Bill 2013; Second Reading
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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Bills — Customs Amendment (Anti-Dumping Measures) Bill 2013, Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Amendment Bill 2013; Second Reading
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 30th Jan 2015
Motions - Health - Inquiry into unpaid care
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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Motions — Tibet
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment Bill 2013 - In Committee - Extend protection
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment Bill 2013 - In Committee - Owner consent
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 30th Jun 2016
Motions - PRISM - Australia's vulnerability
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 31st Jan 2023
Motions — International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
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edited 15th Apr 2022
Motions - Gender Biased Sex Selection - Condemn
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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Motions — International Energy Agency
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 25th Jan 2018
Motions - Endangered Species - Giant Australian cuttlefish
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 12th Apr 2018
Motions - Newstart - Increase
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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Business — Appropriation (Implementation of the Report of the Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers) Bill (No. 1) 2012-2013, Appropriation (Implementation of the Report of the Expert P...
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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Motions — Hicks, Mr David
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 53% attendance
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Bills — Customs Amendment (Military End-Use) Bill 2011; Third Reading
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 51% attendance
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Bills — Defence Trade Controls Bill 2011; in Committee
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 50% attendance
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edited 22nd Aug 2016
Motions - Nationally Threatened Species and Wilderness Areas - Federal responsibility
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 47% attendance
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Committees — Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee; Reference
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 51% attendance
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edited 22nd Aug 2016
Documents - Reef Rescue Program - Great Barrier Reef
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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Notices — Presentation
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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Bills — Social Security Legislation Amendment (Fair Incentives to Work) Bill 2012; in Committee
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 50% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Business - Vocational Education and Training: State Funding - Against demand driven VET funding
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 50% attendance
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Bills — Social Security Legislation Amendment (Fair Incentives to Work) Bill 2012; Second Reading
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 25th Jan 2018
Motions - Threatened Species and Wilderness - Keep responsibility in federal hands
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
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edited 12th Apr 2018
Motions - Newstart Allowance - Increase index rate
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
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Motions — Wilders, Mr Geert
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Declared Commercial Fishing Activities) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Greens amendment
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 24th Feb 2023
Environment Protection (Beverage Container Deposit and Recovery Scheme) Bill 2010 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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Motions — Search and Rescue
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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Committees — Economics References Committee; Reference
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Republic of Nauru - Designate Nauru as regional processing country
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Republic of Nauru - 12 month limit on detention
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions — Republic of Nauru - Coalition policies
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes, rebelling against the Australian Labor Party
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 84% attendance
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edited 25th Jan 2018
Motions - Tripa Forest - Clearing
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
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edited 18th Mar 2015
Cybercrime Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 - In Committee - Agree to amendments introducing limitations on access and disclosure
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 49% attendance
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Bills — Cybercrime Legislation Amendment Bill 2011; Second Reading
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 45% attendance
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Bills — Consumer Credit Legislation Amendment (Enhancements) Bill 2012; in Committee
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 53% attendance
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edited 14th Apr 2016
Motions - Forestry - Westpac and logging on the Solomon Islands
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 56% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (The Bali Process) Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Greens Amendment
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Business — Rearrangement
Mathias Cormann voted Yes
Lin Thorp voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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Motions — International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 16th Jun 2016
Motions - Foreign Aid Budget - Increase foreign aid budget to 0.7% of GNI
Mathias Cormann voted No
Lin Thorp voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 50% attendance