edited
26th Oct 2017
Motions - Racehorses - Damage to horses
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
Patrick Dodson and Stephen Parry have voted the same way 24% of the time
Patrick Dodson
Former Australian Labor Party Senator for WA April 2016 – January 2024
Stephen Parry
Former President Senator for Tasmania July 2014 – November 2017
Between April 2016 and November 2017 Patrick Dodson and Stephen Parry have voted in the same division 232 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 177 times. They have only voted the same 55 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
- A review of our representatives' eligibility
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing parliamentary entitlements for current MPs and Senators
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Maintaining or increasing defence spending
- Reducing taxes for middle-income earners
- Requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Strengthening gun control laws
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Voluntary student union fees
Always voted differently on
- A national redress scheme for institutional abuse survivors
- A same-sex marriage plebiscite
- A transition plan for coal workers
- Changing the wording of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Federal action on public housing
- Getting rid of Sunday and public holiday penalty rates
- Increasing access to medicinal cannabis products
- Increasing penalties for breach of data
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 15%
- Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 19%
- Increasing the passenger movement charge ('PMC')
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Privatising certain government services
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- The Coalition's Youth Jobs PaTH
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 177 times. They have only voted the same 55 times.
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edited 26th Oct 2017
Motions - United Nations Human Rights Council - Re-focus
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 27th Oct 2017
Motions - Higher Education: Australian History - Review curriculum
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 27th Oct 2017
Motions - United Nations: Membership - UNESCO & anti-Israeli bias
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 27th Oct 2017
Motions - Higher Education - Student Services and Amenities Fee
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 73% attendance
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edited 16th Mar 2018
Motions - Suspension of Standing Orders - Let a vote happen
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 20th Jan 2018
Motions - Energy - Transition for coal workforce required
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 26th Jan 2018
Motions - Renewable Energy - Against target and subsidies
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 26th Jan 2018
Motions - Arthur-Pieman Conservation Area - Protect cultural heritage values
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 26th Jan 2018
Motions - Energy - Reregulate to control increase in electricity prices
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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edited 10th Oct 2023
Product Emissions Standards Bill 2017 and three others - Second Reading - Regulate emissions from coal-fired power stations
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 27th Oct 2023
Motions - International Overdose Awareness Day - Address harms of drug use
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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edited 17th Nov 2017
Committees - Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee - Reference
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 81% attendance
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edited 24th May 2019
Motions - Defence Facilities: Chemical Contamination - Williamtown Investigation Area
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 81% attendance
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edited 23rd Aug 2017
Motions - Donations to Political Parties - Integrity and perceived corruption
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 23rd Aug 2017
Motions - Federal Anti-Corruption Commission - Create immediately
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 17th Nov 2017
Committees - Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee - Reference
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 73% attendance
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edited 12th Apr 2018
Social Security Amendment (Caring for People on Newstart) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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edited 30th Jun 2017
Motions - Asylum Seekers - Withdraw from Refugee Convention
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 30th Jun 2017
Motions - Asylum Seekers - Close Nauru and Manus Is. detention centres
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 24th May 2019
Motions - Budget - Abandon drug testing income support
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 16th Jun 2017
Native Title Amendment (Indigenous Land Use Agreements) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Patrick Dodson voted Yes
Stephen Parry voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 13th May 2017
Motions - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Reduce funding
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 13th May 2017
Motions - Food Labelling - Review Standard
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 31st May 2019
Documents - Saudi Arabia: Human Rights - Order for the Production of Documents
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Bills — Social Security Legislation Amendment (Youth Jobs Path: Prepare, Trial, Hire) Bill 2016; Second Reading
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 26th May 2017
Motions - Military Unmanned Aerial Vehicles - Fund diplomatic network and aid
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 7th Apr 2017
Motions - Asylum Seekers - End detention on Nauru and Manus Island
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 14th Apr 2017
Motions - Iraq: Mosul - Confirm whether Australia involved
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 12th Apr 2017
Motions - Youth Employment - Minister for Young People
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 14th Apr 2017
Motions - Child Sexual Abuse - List of perpetrators
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 73% attendance
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edited 6th Apr 2017
Motions - Defence Expenditure - Redirect
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 6th Apr 2017
Motions - Parliamentarians' Entitlements - Do not increase remuneration until in surplus
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Committees — Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2017
Motions - Federal Anti-Corruption Commission - Establish
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 3rd Dec 2016
Criminal Code Amendment (War Crimes) Bill 2016 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Patrick Dodson voted Yes
Stephen Parry voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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Parliamentary Zone — Approval of Works
Patrick Dodson voted Yes
Stephen Parry voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Bills — Vet Student Loans (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2016; Second Reading
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 73% attendance
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edited 6th Jun 2019
Motions - Australian of the Year - Remove General Morrison
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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Committees — Finance and Public Administration References Committee; Reference
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
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edited 19th Nov 2016
Motions - Day, Mr Bob, AO
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 65% attendance
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edited 19th Nov 2016
Motions - Political Donations - Family First
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 73% attendance
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edited 14th Oct 2016
Motions - Oil Exploration - Great Australian Bight
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 14th Oct 2016
Motions - Donations to Political Parties - Banks and financial institutions
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 22nd Oct 2016
Treasury Laws Amendment (Income Tax Relief) Bill 2016 - Second Reading - Agree with the main idea of the bill
Patrick Dodson voted Yes
Stephen Parry voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
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edited 22nd Sep 2016
Motions - Gun Control - Strengthen laws
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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Business — Days and Hours of Meeting
Patrick Dodson voted Yes
Stephen Parry voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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Committees — Community Affairs References Committee; Reference
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Business — Consideration of Legislation
Patrick Dodson voted Yes
Stephen Parry voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 17th Sep 2016
Motions - Census - Do not fine
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 17th Sep 2016
Motions - Gambling - Against gambling advertising
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 1st Oct 2016
Motions - Roads - Access to information
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Patrick Dodson voted Yes
Stephen Parry voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 17th Sep 2016
Motions - Immigration Detention - Royal Commission
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 5th May 2016
Motions - Budget - Australian Renewable Energy Agency
Patrick Dodson voted No
Stephen Parry voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance