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16th Jun 2015
Motions — Housing Affordability
John Williams voted Yes, rebelling against the National Party
Brett Mason voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 77% attendance
John Williams and Brett Mason have voted the same way 99.5% of the time
John Williams
Former National Party Senator for NSW July 2008 – July 2019
Brett Mason
Former Liberal Party Senator for Queensland July 1999 – April 2015
Between July 2008 and April 2015 John Williams and Brett Mason have voted in the same division 888 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 884 times. They have only voted differently 4 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 carbon price
- A character test for Australian visas
- A minerals resource rent tax
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- An emissions reduction fund
- An NBN (using fibre to the premises)
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Carbon farming
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Deregulating undergraduate university fees
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending illegal logging
- Equal treatment for all couples
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Giving apprentices access to a $20,000 loan
- Government administered paid parental leave
- Greater public scrutiny of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing beef import standards
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing federal government support for childcare
- Increasing fishing restrictions
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Increasing political transparency
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Landholders' right to say no to mining and gas exploration
- 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
- Public transport
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Refugee family reunification
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Storing all citizens' telecommunications data for access by government agencies
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary protection visas
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Unconventional gas mining
- Uranium export
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 884 times. They have only voted differently 4 times.
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Measures No. 4) Bill 2009 - In Committee - Carbon sink tax deductions
John Williams voted Yes
Brett Mason voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 78% attendance
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Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 5) Bill 2008 — In Committee
John Williams voted Yes
Brett Mason voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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Environmental and Natural Resource Management Guidelines — Motion for Disallowance
John Williams voted Yes
Brett Mason voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance