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5th Apr 2022
Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure Protection) Bill 2022 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Malarndirri McCarthy voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
Malarndirri McCarthy and Ben Small have voted the same way 24% of the time
Malarndirri McCarthy
Australian Labor Party Senator for NT since July 2016
Ben Small
Former Liberal Party Senator for WA November 2020 – May 2022
Between November 2020 and May 2022 Malarndirri McCarthy and Ben Small have voted in the same division 253 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 193 times. They have only voted the same 60 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
- An independent inquiry into Attorney-General Christian Porter
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Considering legislation to create a federal anti-corruption commission (procedural)
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Extending Jobkeeper Payment
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing protections for franchisees
- Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Procedural fairness
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Transgender rights
- Treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency
- Unconventional gas mining
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 193 times. They have only voted the same 60 times.
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edited 5th Apr 2022
National Security Legislation Amendment (Comprehensive Review and Other Measures No. 1) Bill 2021 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Malarndirri McCarthy voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 1st Apr 2022
Treasury Laws Amendment (Cyclone and Flood Damage Reinsurance Pool) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Get funds from fossil fuels
Malarndirri McCarthy voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 47% attendance
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edited 1st Apr 2022
Supply Bill (No. 1) 2022-2023 and two others - in Committee - Against vaccinations for children aged 0-4 years
Malarndirri McCarthy voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 48% attendance
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edited 25th Feb 2022
Electoral Legislation Amendment (Annual Disclosure Equality) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Event costs and proceeds
Malarndirri McCarthy voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 39% attendance
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edited 25th Feb 2022
Electoral Legislation Amendment (Annual Disclosure Equality) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Lower disclosure threshold to $1K
Malarndirri McCarthy voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 43% attendance
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edited 26th Aug 2022
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Schedule of business
Malarndirri McCarthy voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 53% attendance
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edited 26th Aug 2022
Business - Consideration of Legislation - End debate and speed things along
Malarndirri McCarthy voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 56% attendance
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edited 26th Aug 2022
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Put the question
Malarndirri McCarthy voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 56% attendance
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edited 26th Aug 2022
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Let a vote happen
Malarndirri McCarthy voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
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edited 26th Aug 2022
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Put the question
Malarndirri McCarthy voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
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edited 2nd Dec 2021
Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment (Economic Empowerment) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Schedule 2
Malarndirri McCarthy voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 39% attendance
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edited 2nd Dec 2021
Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment (Economic Empowerment) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Consultation issues
Malarndirri McCarthy voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 40% attendance
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edited 10th Dec 2021
Motions - Climate Change - Let a vote happen
Malarndirri McCarthy voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 51% attendance
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edited 10th Dec 2021
Motions - Climate Change - Vote immediately on the question
Malarndirri McCarthy voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 49% attendance
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edited 9th Jul 2021
Water Legislation Amendment (Inspector-General of Water Compliance and Other Measures) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Environmental outcomes
Malarndirri McCarthy voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 9th Jul 2021
Water Legislation Amendment (Inspector-General of Water Compliance and Other Measures) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Nationals' amendments
Malarndirri McCarthy voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 10th Sep 2021
Documents - Western Australia: Korean Community, Queensland: Coal Mining - Let a vote happen
Malarndirri McCarthy voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 17th Sep 2021
Documents - Energy; Order for the Production of Documents - Let a vote happen
Malarndirri McCarthy voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 16th Jul 2021
Biosecurity Amendment (Strengthening Penalties) Bill 2021 - in Committee
Malarndirri McCarthy voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 53% attendance
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edited 23rd Jul 2021
Online Safety Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Excluded content and privacy
Malarndirri McCarthy voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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edited 23rd Jul 2021
Online Safety Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Independent review
Malarndirri McCarthy voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
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edited 30th Jul 2021
Fuel Security Bill 2021 - in Committee - Productivity commission report
Malarndirri McCarthy voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 51% attendance
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edited 17th Sep 2021
National Radioactive Waste Management Amendment (Site Specification, Community Fund and Other Measures) Bill 2020 - in Committee - Agree with amended bill
Malarndirri McCarthy voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 17th Sep 2021
National Radioactive Waste Management Amendment (Site Specification, Community Fund and Other Measures) Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Malarndirri McCarthy voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 17th Jun 2021
Committees - Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee' Reference - China
Malarndirri McCarthy voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
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edited 17th Jun 2021
Motions - Several motions - Suspend the usual procedural rules
Malarndirri McCarthy voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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edited 1st Oct 2021
Transport Security Amendment (Serious Crime) Bill 2020 - in Committee - Agree with bill as amended
Malarndirri McCarthy voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 24th Sep 2022
Business - Rearrangement - Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Amendment (Extension and Other Measures) Bill 2021
Malarndirri McCarthy voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 24th Sep 2022
Business - Rearrangement - Move and vote on other motion
Malarndirri McCarthy voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 24th Sep 2022
Business - Rearrangement - Let a vote happen
Malarndirri McCarthy voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
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edited 1st Jul 2022
Motions - Covid-19: International Travel, Coal Mining, Reconciliation Week - Suspend procedural rules
Malarndirri McCarthy voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 1st Jul 2022
Motions - World Ms Day, Workforce Participation, Rotary Australia - Suspend procedural rules
Malarndirri McCarthy voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 21st May 2021
Motions - Forestry Industry, Beef Industry - Condemn green groups
Malarndirri McCarthy voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 1st Jul 2022
Motions - Banking and Financial Services - Suspend the usual procedual rules
Malarndirri McCarthy voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 18th Mar 2021
Motions - National Disability Insurance Scheme, Aged Care: Dementia - Let a vote happen
Malarndirri McCarthy voted Yes
Ben Small 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
Malarndirri McCarthy voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 5th Mar 2021
Motions - Tasmania - Takayna Trail Ultramarathon
Malarndirri McCarthy voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 5th Mar 2021
Motions - NBN Co - Let a vote happen
Malarndirri McCarthy voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 5th Mar 2021
Motions - Northern Territory: Crime - Let a vote happen
Malarndirri McCarthy voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 4th Mar 2022
Motions - Manufacturing - Modern Manufacturing Initiative
Malarndirri McCarthy voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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edited 4th Mar 2022
Motions - Manufacturing, Catholic Education - Let a vote take place
Malarndirri McCarthy voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 5th Mar 2021
Treasury Laws Amendment (News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Media diversity and funding
Malarndirri McCarthy voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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edited 5th Mar 2021
Motions - Workplace Relations: Food Delivery Industry, Mental Health Services - Let votes happen
Malarndirri McCarthy voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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edited 26th Feb 2021
Motions - Housing Affordability - Negative gearing and tax discounts
Malarndirri McCarthy voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 2nd Jan 2021
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill 2020 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Malarndirri McCarthy voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 2nd Jan 2021
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill 2020 - in Committee - Oversight
Malarndirri McCarthy voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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edited 2nd Jan 2021
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Malarndirri McCarthy voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
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edited 2nd Jan 2021
Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2019 - in Committee - Add professions as designated services
Malarndirri McCarthy voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
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edited 15th Jan 2021
Business - Rearrangement
Malarndirri McCarthy voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 15th Jan 2021
Business - Rearrangement - Speed things along
Malarndirri McCarthy voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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edited 29th Jan 2021
Defence Legislation Amendment (Enhancement of Defence Force Response to Emergencies) Bill 2020 - in Committee - Prescribed emergencies
Malarndirri McCarthy voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 50% attendance
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edited 21st Oct 2022
Business - Rearrangement - Let a vote happen
Malarndirri McCarthy voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 21st Oct 2022
Business - Rearrangement - Speed things along
Malarndirri McCarthy voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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edited 18th Mar 2022
Defence Legislation Amendment (Enhancement of Defence Force Response to Emergencies) Bill 2020 - in Committee - Parliamentary oversight
Malarndirri McCarthy voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
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edited 22nd Jul 2022
Recycling and Waste Reduction Bill 2020 and others - in Committee - Stronger labelling
Malarndirri McCarthy voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 22nd Jul 2022
Recycling and Waste Reduction Bill 2020 and others - in Committee - Single-use plastics
Malarndirri McCarthy voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
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edited 29th Jul 2022
Australia's Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Bill 2020 and another - Third Reading - Pass the bills
Malarndirri McCarthy voted Yes
Ben Small voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
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edited 20th Jan 2023
Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2020-2021 - in Committee - ANAO funding
Malarndirri McCarthy voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 58% attendance
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edited 29th Jul 2022
Banking Amendment (Deposits) Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Put the question
Malarndirri McCarthy voted No
Ben Small voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 58% attendance