Committees — Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Reference
Gerard Rennick voted Yes
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
Gerard Rennick and Anne Ruston have voted the same way 99% of the time
Gerard Rennick
Independent Senator for Queensland since August 2024
Anne Ruston
Liberal Party Senator for SA since September 2012
Since July 2019 Gerard Rennick and Anne Ruston have voted in the same division 1324 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 1312 times. They have only voted differently 12 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 differently on
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
Always voted the same way on
- A carbon price
- A Royal Commission into Robodebt
- A transition plan for coal workers
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- An independent inquiry into Attorney-General Christian Porter
- Australia's timber industry
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Banning pay secrecy clauses
- Building community climate change resilience
- Building dedicated quarantine facilities (COVID-19)
- Capping gas prices
- Closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
- Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs)
- Creating a federal Anti-Corruption Commission
- Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
- Decreasing availability of welfare payments
- Decreasing subsidisation of fossil fuels
- Decreasing the gender pay gap
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending government investment in fossil fuels
- Extending Jobkeeper Payment
- Federal action on public housing
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Implementing the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full
- Increasing access to medicinal cannabis products
- Increasing access to the JobKeeper Payment
- Increasing funding for public schools
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing government support for the dairy industry
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- 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 Newstart Allowance rate
- Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Increasing transparency of the China-Australia relationship
- Increasing workplace protections
- Introducing a Pacific Engagement Visa (PEV)
- Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees
- Live animal export
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Making the cashless debit card program voluntary and not mandatory
- Mandatory minimum sentences for certain offences
- Market-led approaches to protecting biodiversity
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- Net zero emissions by 2050
- No new fossil fuels projects
- Nuclear energy
- Offshore oil mining
- Offshore processing for people seeking asylum in Australia
- Paid parental leave equality for stay-at-home mums and dads
- Privatising certain government services
- Procedural fairness
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Putting a time limit on immigration detention
- Putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis
- Reducing taxes for high-income earners
- Reducing taxes for middle-income earners
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Repealing Stage 3 tax cuts
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Self-governance of the territories
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- Temporary Exclusion Orders
- The federal government calling for a ceasefire in Gaza (2023-24)
- The Murray Darling Basin Plan
- The Paris Climate Agreement
- Transgender children and young people having access to gender affirming healthcare
- Transgender rights
- Treating the COVID vaccine rollout as a matter of urgency
- Unconventional gas mining
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 1312 times. They have only voted differently 12 times.
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Committees — Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference
Gerard Rennick voted Yes
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
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Bills — Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Reform) Bill 2024, Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Communications) Bill 2024; Reference to Committee
Gerard Rennick voted Yes
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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edited 13th Oct 2024
Documents - Department of Industry, Science and Resources; Order for the Production of Documents - Laminaria and Carollinea oil fields
Gerard Rennick voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 66% attendance
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edited 1st Dec 2023
Committees - Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee; Reference - For an inquiry into adding a sunset clause on Native Title
Gerard Rennick voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 62% attendance
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edited 4th Aug 2023
Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Gerard Rennick voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Anne Ruston voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
8 rebellions 93% attendance
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edited 4th Aug 2023
Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Gerard Rennick voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Anne Ruston voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
7 rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 18th Aug 2023
Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 - in Committee - Agree with the bill
Gerard Rennick voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Anne Ruston voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
7 rebellions 70% attendance
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edited 28th Apr 2023
Documents - Australian Federal Police - Order for the Production of Documents
Gerard Rennick voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 67% 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
Gerard Rennick voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Anne Ruston voted No
Not passed by a large majority
3 rebellions 65% attendance
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edited 17th Jun 2021
Motions - Jobkeeper Payment - Repay excess funds
Gerard Rennick voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Anne Ruston voted No
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 78% attendance
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edited 21st May 2021
Matters of Urgency - Covid-19: Quarantine - Help Australians in India
Gerard Rennick voted Yes, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Anne Ruston voted No
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 66% attendance