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11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Inclusion in annual reports
Jim Molan voted Yes in this free vote
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
Jim Molan and Larissa Waters have voted the same way 7% of the time
Jim Molan
Former Liberal Party Senator for NSW November 2019 – January 2023
Larissa Waters
Australian Greens Senator for Queensland since September 2018
Between September 2018 and January 2023 Jim Molan and Larissa Waters have voted in the same division 789 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 734 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
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Always voted differently on
- A carbon price
- A combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- A Royal Commission into Robodebt
- A Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- An independent inquiry into Attorney-General Christian Porter
- Assisting Australians trying to return from overseas
- Assisting the Arts sector through the coronavirus pandemic
- Australia's timber industry
- Banning mobiles and other devices in immigration detention
- Considering legislation to create a federal anti-corruption commission (procedural)
- Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending Governor-General allowances for serious misconduct
- Extended Supervision Orders (ESOs)
- Extending Jobkeeper Payment
- Federal action on public housing
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing access to the JobKeeper Payment
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing funding for public schools
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing government support for the dairy industry
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing protections for franchisees
- Increasing restrictions on gambling
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing the cost of humanities degrees
- Increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Increasing transparency of the China-Australia relationship
- Increasing workplace protections
- Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees
- Live animal export
- MacMines' proposed China Stone coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Mandatory minimum sentences for certain offences
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- More scrutiny of the Australian Defence Force
- Offshore oil mining
- Paid parental leave equality for stay-at-home mums and dads
- Political intervention in research funding grants
- Prioritising religious freedom
- Privatising certain government services
- Procedural fairness
- Protecting Australian sovereignty in trade agreements
- Protecting citizens' privacy
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Protecting whales within Australian waters
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis
- Reducing waste in Australia
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Targeting foreign interference in Australia
- The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement
- The use of strong encryption technologies
- Transgender rights
- Unconventional gas mining
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 734 times. They have only voted the same 55 times.
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Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Annual report
Jim Molan voted No in this free vote
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Introduce threshold
Jim Molan voted No in this free vote
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Sections 28F and 28G
Jim Molan voted Yes in this free vote
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Stage 2 licences
Jim Molan voted No in this free vote
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Definition of mitochondrial donation licence
Jim Molan voted Yes in this free vote
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Definition of gene technology
Jim Molan voted No in this free vote
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 23rd Nov 2021
Covid-19 Vaccination Status (Prevention of Discrimination) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Jim Molan voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
3 rebellions 65% attendance
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edited 7th May 2021
Committees - Alleged Misuse of Disaster Relief and Recovery Payments in Queensland Committee - Appointment
Jim Molan voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 18th Mar 2021
Motions - National Disability Insurance Scheme, Aged Care: Dementia - Let a vote happen
Jim Molan voted Yes
Larissa Waters 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
Jim Molan voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 15th Jul 2022
Higher Education Support Amendment (Freedom of Speech) Bill 2020 - in Committee - Enterprise agreement requirements
Jim Molan voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 4th Mar 2022
Motions - Manufacturing, Catholic Education - Let a vote take place
Jim Molan voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 5th Mar 2021
Motions - Workplace Relations: Food Delivery Industry, Mental Health Services - Let votes happen
Jim Molan voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 24th Sep 2022
Motions - Bombing of Darwin: 79th Anniversary, Fiji: Cyclone Yasa - Let a vote happen
Jim Molan voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 24th Sep 2022
Motions - Jobseeker Payment, Jobkeeper Payment, Environmental Legislation - Let other votes happen
Jim Molan voted Yes
Larissa Waters 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
Jim Molan voted No
Larissa Waters 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
Jim Molan voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 5th Feb 2021
Motions - Coal-Fired Power Stations - Build in the Hunter
Jim Molan voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 22nd Jan 2021
Foreign Investment Reform (Protecting Australia's National Security) Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Pauline Hanson amendments
Jim Molan voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 18th Dec 2020
Motions - Australian Defence Force - Do not strip citations
Jim Molan voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 20th Nov 2020
Motions - Queensland State Election - One Nation and the Greens Party
Jim Molan voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 16th Oct 2020
Motions - Queensland State Election - Concerns about the Greens
Jim Molan voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 19th Jun 2020
Motions - Queensland: Infrastructure - Bradfield Scheme
Jim Molan voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
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edited 19th Jun 2020
Motions - Aboriginal Deaths in Custody - Let a vote happen
Jim Molan voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 26th Jun 2020
Official Development Assistance Multilateral Replenishment Obligations (Special Appropriation) Bill 2019 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Jim Molan voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 28th Feb 2020
Motions - E-Cigarette Products - Ingredients
Jim Molan voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 27th Mar 2020
Committees - Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee - Reference
Jim Molan voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 28th Feb 2020
Motions - National Security - Targetting hate speech and the far right
Jim Molan voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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edited 28th Feb 2020
Motions - Collins Class Submarines - Current sustainment model
Jim Molan voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 28th Feb 2020
Motions - Domestic and Family Violence - Ms Bettina Arndt
Jim Molan voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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edited 6th Dec 2019
Matters of Urgency - Climate Change - Work together
Jim Molan voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 6th Dec 2019
Motions - Climate Change - Work together
Jim Molan voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 6th Dec 2019
Motions - Paradise Dam - Inquiry
Jim Molan voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 29th Nov 2019
Motions - Science - Ultimate arbiter of science
Jim Molan voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 14th Mar 2019
Treasury Laws Amendment (Protecting Your Superannuation Package) Bill 2018 - in Committee - Labor amendments
Jim Molan voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 14th Mar 2019
Treasury Laws Amendment (Protecting Your Superannuation Package) Bill 2018 - in Committee - Oppose the items
Jim Molan voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 22nd Feb 2019
Motions - Child Support - Set up a Royal Commission
Jim Molan voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 22nd Feb 2019
Motions - Family Law - Male suicides
Jim Molan voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 22nd Feb 2019
Motions - National Security - Trump-style travel ban
Jim Molan voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 14th Feb 2019
Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Recovering legal aid
Jim Molan voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 14th Feb 2019
Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Limiting access to Legal Aid
Jim Molan voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
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edited 14th Feb 2019
Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Release statutory review
Jim Molan voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 11th Oct 2019
Road Vehicle Standards Bill 2018 and others - Second Reading - Relax import restrictions
Jim Molan voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 21st Mar 2019
Motions - Suspension of Standing Orders - Let a vote happen
Jim Molan voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 51% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2019
Committees - Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee - Bring forward reporting date
Jim Molan voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 83% attendance
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edited 23rd Nov 2018
Motions - E-Cigarettes - Legalise liquid nicotine
Jim Molan voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 11th Nov 2018
Motions - Fuel - Remove fuel excise
Jim Molan voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2019
Committees - Environment and Communications References Committee - Refer to Committee (ABC + political interference)
Jim Molan voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 28th Mar 2019
Committees - Finance and Public Administration References Committee - Refer to Committee (ABC + political interference)
Jim Molan voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 1st Feb 2019
Customs Amendment (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Implementation) Bill 2018 and another - Second Reading - Labor amendment
Jim Molan voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 21st Sep 2018
Motions - Migrants Convicted of Being a Member of a Terrorist Organisation - Establish criteria
Jim Molan voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 63% attendance
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edited 29th Sep 2018
Tobacco Plain Packaging Amendment Bill 2018 - in Committee - Require manufacturer consent for plain packaging
Jim Molan voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 53% attendance
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edited 29th Sep 2018
Tobacco Plain Packaging Amendment Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Jim Molan voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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edited 14th Sep 2018
Motions - Racial Discrimination Act 1975 - Appointment of new Commissioner
Jim Molan voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% attendance