Business — Rearrangement
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 83% attendance
Simon Birmingham and Larissa Waters have voted the same way 10% of the time
Simon Birmingham
Liberal Party Senator for SA since May 2007
Larissa Waters
Australian Greens Senator for Queensland since September 2018
Since July 2011 Simon Birmingham and Larissa Waters have voted in the same division 1889 times.
In divisions they have voted differently 1697 times. They have only voted the same 192 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 referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice
- Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 15%
- Recognising local government in the Constitution
- Self-governance of the territories
- Senate electoral reform
- The Murray Darling Basin Plan
- The territories being able to legalise euthanasia
- Transgender children and young people having access to gender affirming healthcare
- Treating COVID vaccine status as a protected attribute
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
- Banning new thermal coal mines
- Increasing accessibility of government data and documents
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing investment in the coal industry
- Increasing or removing the Government debt limit
- Nuclear energy
- Regional processing of asylum seekers
- Speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
- Suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
- The Coalition's new schools funding policy ("Gonski 2.0")
- Transgender rights
Always voted differently on
- A carbon price
- A character test for Australian visas
- A declared area offence
- A federal inquiry into Queensland government administration
- A Free Trade Agreement with China
- A minerals resource rent tax
- A national redress scheme for institutional abuse survivors
- A Royal Commission into banking
- A same-sex marriage plebiscite
- A transition plan for coal workers
- Adani's proposed Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin
- An Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
- Assisting the Arts sector through the coronavirus pandemic
- Australia's timber industry
- Banning mobiles and other devices in immigration detention
- Banning pay secrecy clauses
- Carbon farming
- Charging postgraduate research students fees
- Closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
- Considering motions on Gaza (2023-24) (procedural)
- 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
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Deregulating undergraduate university fees
- Doctor-initiated medical transfers for asylum seekers
- Encouraging Australian-based industry
- Ending Governor-General allowances for serious misconduct
- Ending illegal logging
- Ending immigration detention on Manus Island
- Ending immigration detention on Nauru
- Federal action on public housing
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Giving apprentices access to a $20,000 loan
- Greater public scrutiny of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Implementing the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full
- Imprisoning immigration detention workers who record or reveal information from their work
- Increasing Aboriginal land rights
- Increasing access to medicinal cannabis products
- Increasing access to the JobKeeper Payment
- Increasing consumer protections
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing funding for public schools
- Increasing funding for road infrastructure
- Increasing funding for university education
- Increasing government support for the dairy industry
- Increasing housing affordability
- Increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
- 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 restrictions on gambling
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Increasing scrutiny of unions
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing the cost of humanities degrees
- Increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income
- Increasing the initial tax rate for working holiday makers to 19%
- Increasing the Newstart Allowance rate
- Increasing the passenger movement charge ('PMC')
- Increasing the Youth Allowance rate
- Increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace
- Increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- Increasing workplace protections
- Landholders' right to say no to mining and gas exploration
- Letting environmental groups challenge the legality of certain government decisions
- Live animal export
- Making Australians working overseas repay their student debts
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- More scrutiny of intelligence services & police
- More scrutiny of the Australian Defence Force
- Offshore processing for people seeking asylum in Australia
- Paid parental leave equality for stay-at-home mums and dads
- Placing the CFMEU into administration
- Privatising certain government services
- Protecting Australian sovereignty in trade agreements
- Protecting the Great Barrier Reef
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Protecting whales within Australian waters
- Protecting whistleblowers
- Public transport
- 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
- Re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals
- Reducing air pollution
- Reducing taxes for high-income earners
- Reducing taxes for middle-income earners
- Reducing waste in Australia
- Refugee family reunification
- Removing children from immigration detention
- Requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records
- Requiring Parliamentary approval of military deployments
- Restricting foreign ownership
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Stopping former ministers from taking lobbying positions within five years
- Stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation
- Storing all citizens' telecommunications data for access by government agencies
- Targeting foreign interference in Australia
- Temporary Exclusion Orders
- Temporary protection visas
- The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- The Coalition's Youth Jobs PaTH
- The federal government calling for a ceasefire in Gaza (2023-24)
- The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement
- The use of strong encryption technologies
- Tighter means testing of family payments
- Tobacco plain packaging
- Turning back asylum boats when possible
- Unconventional gas mining
- Uranium export
- Voluntary student union fees
Divisions in which they voted the same
In divisions they have voted differently 1697 times. They have only voted the same 192 times.
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edited 22nd Sep 2024
Help to Buy Bill 2023 and Help to Buy (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Postpone consideration of the bills
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
edited 22nd Sep 2024
Help to Buy Bill 2023 and Help to Buy (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Postpone consideration of bills
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
edited 24th Jul 2024
Business - Rearrangement - Suspend the usual rules
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
-
edited 24th Jul 2024
Business - Rearrangement - Put the question
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
-
edited 4th Aug 2024
Matters of Urgency - Middle East: Occupied Palestinian Territories - As part of peace process
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
-
Committees — Legislation Committees; Reference
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
-
Business — Consideration of Legislation
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
-
Committees — Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee; Reference
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
-
Committees — Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee; Reference
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
-
Business — Rearrangement
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
-
Business — Rearrangement
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
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edited 4th Apr 2024
Business - Rearrangement - Treasury Laws Amendment (Cost of Living Tax Cuts) Bill 2024 and Treasury Laws Amendment (Cost of Living—Medicare Levy) Bill 2024
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
edited 4th Apr 2024
Business - Rearrangement - Treasury Laws Amendment (Cost of Living Tax Cuts) Bill 2024 and Treasury Laws Amendment (Cost of Living—Medicare Levy) Bill 2024
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
edited 5th Apr 2024
Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes No. 2) Bill 2023 - Committee of the Whole - Black coal mining industry casual employees
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
-
edited 8th Feb 2024
Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Amendment (Using New Technologies to Fight Climate Change) Bill 2023 - in Committee - Speed things along
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
-
edited 26th Jan 2024
Documents - National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) - Order for the Production of Documents
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
-
edited 26th Jan 2024
Documents - Aviation Industry, Goods and Services Tax - Order for the Production of Documents
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
-
edited 12th Jan 2024
Documents - Department of Defence - Order for the Production of Documents
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
-
edited 12th Jan 2024
Documents - Department of Defence - Order for the Production of Documents
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
edited 12th Jan 2024
Documents - Goods and Services Tax (GST) - Order for the Production of Documents
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
edited 12th Jan 2024
Documents - National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) - Order for the Production of Documents
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
edited 12th Jan 2024
Documents - National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) - Order for the Production of Documents
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
edited 30th Nov 2023
Committees - Community Affairs References Committee; Reference - Gender diverse children and young people
Simon Birmingham voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
5 rebellions 83% attendance
-
edited 4th Aug 2023
Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
8 rebellions 93% attendance
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edited 6th Oct 2023
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Suspend the procedural rules
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
edited 6th Oct 2023
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Put the question
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
edited 6th Oct 2023
Documents - National Disability Insurance Scheme - Order for the Production of Documents
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
-
edited 6th Oct 2023
Documents - National Disability Insurance Scheme; Order for the Production of Documents - Suspend the usual rules
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance
-
edited 6th Oct 2023
Parliamentary Zone - Proposed Works - Approve
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 56% attendance
-
edited 6th Oct 2023
Committees - Legislation Committees; Reference - Suspend the rules to let another motion be moved
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 57% attendance
-
edited 4th Aug 2023
Acts Interpretation Amendment (Aboriginality) Bill 2023 - First Reading - Consider the bill
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
-
edited 6th Oct 2023
Committees - Selection of Bills Committee; Report - Change report date
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
-
edited 12th May 2023
Business - Days and Hours of Meeting - Vary the schedule
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
-
edited 28th Apr 2023
Documents - Freedom of Information Commissioner Resignation - Order for the Production of Documents
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
edited 24th Mar 2023
Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Timing of referendum
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
edited 2nd Dec 2022
Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022 - in Committee - Approval and importation of drugs
Simon Birmingham voted No in this free vote
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
-
edited 2nd Dec 2022
Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022 - in Committee - Limitation of power
Simon Birmingham voted No in this free vote
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
-
edited 8th Dec 2022
Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022 - in Committee - COVID-19 vaccination status
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
2 rebellions 61% attendance
-
edited 8th Dec 2022
Committees - Community Affairs References Committee; Reference - Puberty blockers and disproven theory
Simon Birmingham voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
4 rebellions 79% attendance
-
edited 25th Nov 2022
Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Simon Birmingham voted Yes in this free vote
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
-
edited 27th Oct 2022
Documents - Superannuation; Order for the Production of Documents - Changes to payment disclosure requirements
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
-
edited 27th Oct 2022
Documents - Australian Electoral Commission - Order for the Production of Documents
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Inclusion in annual reports
Simon Birmingham voted Yes in this free vote
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Annual report
Simon Birmingham voted No in this free vote
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
-
edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Introduce threshold
Simon Birmingham voted No in this free vote
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Sections 28F and 28G
Simon Birmingham voted Yes in this free vote
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Stage 2 licences
Simon Birmingham voted No in this free vote
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
-
edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Definition of mitochondrial donation licence
Simon Birmingham voted Yes in this free vote
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
-
edited 11th Feb 2022
Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Definition of gene technology
Simon Birmingham voted No in this free vote
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
edited 23rd Nov 2021
Covid-19 Vaccination Status (Prevention of Discrimination) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
3 rebellions 65% attendance
-
edited 13th Aug 2021
Motions - Covid-19 - Unity in COVID response
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 49% attendance
-
edited 9th Jul 2021
Water Legislation Amendment (Inspector-General of Water Compliance and Other Measures) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Environmental outcomes
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
-
edited 9th Jul 2021
Water Legislation Amendment (Inspector-General of Water Compliance and Other Measures) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Nationals' amendments
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
-
edited 17th Sep 2021
Documents - Energy; Order for the Production of Documents - Let a vote happen
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
-
edited 1st Oct 2021
COAG Reform Fund Amendment (No Electric Vehicle Taxes) Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Put the question
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
-
edited 2nd Jul 2021
Motions - Murray-Darling Basin - Support delivery of Plan
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
edited 3rd Nov 2023
Motions - Gender Dysphoria - Treating gender diverse children
Simon Birmingham voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
6 rebellions 76% attendance
-
edited 17th Jun 2021
Motions - Child Care - Adopt Labor's Cheaper Child Care Plan
Simon Birmingham voted No, rebelling against the Liberal Party
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
6 rebellions 76% attendance
-
edited 7th May 2021
Committees - Alleged Misuse of Disaster Relief and Recovery Payments in Queensland Committee - Appointment
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
-
edited 5th Feb 2021
Motions - Coal-Fired Power Stations - Build in the Hunter
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
-
edited 18th Dec 2020
Motions - Domestic and Family Violence - Fund services
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 55% attendance
-
edited 16th Oct 2020
Motions - Queensland State Election - Concerns about the Greens
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
-
edited 19th Jun 2020
Motions - Queensland: Infrastructure - Bradfield Scheme
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 54% attendance
-
edited 19th Jun 2020
Motions - Aboriginal Deaths in Custody - Let a vote happen
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
-
edited 12th Jun 2020
Motions - All Lives Matter - Let a vote happen
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
-
edited 6th Dec 2019
Motions - Murray-Darling Basin Plan - Water for South Australia
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
-
edited 6th Dec 2019
Matters of Urgency - Climate Change - Work together
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
-
edited 6th Dec 2019
Motions - Climate Change - Work together
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
edited 6th Dec 2019
Motions - Paradise Dam - Inquiry
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
-
edited 15th Nov 2019
Motions - Murray-Darling Basin - Water licence holders
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
-
edited 24th Oct 2019
Motions - Abortion - Congratulate NSW
Simon Birmingham voted Yes in this free vote
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
-
edited 2nd Aug 2019
Ministers of State (Checks for Security Purposes) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
-
edited 12th Jul 2019
Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Relief So Working Australians Keep More of Their Money) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Add additional text to motion
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
-
edited 12th Jul 2019
Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Relief So Working Australians Keep More of Their Money) Bill 2019 - in Committee - Bring forward lifting tax bracket
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
-
edited 14th Mar 2019
Treasury Laws Amendment (Protecting Your Superannuation Package) Bill 2018 - in Committee - Labor amendments
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
-
edited 14th Mar 2019
Treasury Laws Amendment (Protecting Your Superannuation Package) Bill 2018 - in Committee - Oppose the items
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
edited 22nd Feb 2019
Motions - Prevention of Violence Against Women - Pepper spray
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 65% attendance
-
edited 14th Feb 2019
Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Recovering legal aid
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
edited 14th Feb 2019
Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Limiting access to Legal Aid
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
edited 14th Feb 2019
Home Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Release statutory review
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
edited 7th Dec 2018
Documents - Queensland: Abortion - Let a vote happen
Simon Birmingham voted No in this free vote
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
-
edited 11th Oct 2019
Road Vehicle Standards Bill 2018 and others - Second Reading - Relax import restrictions
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
-
edited 11th Nov 2018
Motions - Fuel - Remove fuel excise
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
-
edited 11th Nov 2018
Motions - Nuclear Energy - Lift ban
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
-
edited 28th Mar 2019
Committees - Environment and Communications References Committee - Refer to Committee (ABC + political interference)
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
edited 28th Mar 2019
Committees - Finance and Public Administration References Committee - Refer to Committee (ABC + political interference)
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
edited 1st Feb 2019
Customs Amendment (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Implementation) Bill 2018 and another - Second Reading - Labor amendment
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
-
edited 24th Nov 2023
Australian Education Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - Indexation
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
-
edited 24th Nov 2023
Australian Education Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - Setting SES
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
-
edited 24th Nov 2023
Australian Education Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - Setting SES
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
edited 24th Nov 2023
Australian Education Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - Distribution of funding
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
edited 24th Nov 2023
Australian Education Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - Limiting commitments
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
-
edited 8th Jul 2017
Australian Education Amendment Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Criticism of Gonski 2.0
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
-
Committees — Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
-
edited 3rd Dec 2016
Superannuation (Departing Australia Superannuation Payments Tax) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2016 - Third Reading - Speed things along
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
edited 3rd Dec 2016
Superannuation (Departing Australia Superannuation Payments Tax) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2016 - Second Reading - Speed things along
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
edited 3rd Dec 2016
Income Tax Rates Amendment (Working Holiday Maker Reform) Bill 2016 (No. 2) - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
-
edited 3rd Dec 2016
Income Tax Rates Amendment (Working Holiday Maker Reform) Bill 2016 (No. 2) - Third Reading - Speeding things along
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
-
edited 9th Dec 2016
Income Tax Rates Amendment (Working Holiday Maker Reform) Bill 2016 (No. 2) - in Committee - Don't insist on amendments
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
-
edited 9th Dec 2016
Income Tax Rates Amendment (Working Holiday Maker Reform) Bill 2016 (No. 2) - Returned from the House of Representatives - Deal with this now
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
Business — Rearrangement
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
Business — Rearrangement
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
Business — Rearrangement
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
edited 3rd Dec 2016
Motions - Judiciary - Proper process not being followed
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 85% attendance
-
Business — Rearrangement
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
Bills — Vet Student Loans Bill 2016, Vet Student Loans (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2016, Vet Student Loans (Charges) Bill 2016; in Committee
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
-
edited 6th Jun 2019
Motions - Australian of the Year - Remove General Morrison
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
Documents — Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicine Authority; Order for the Production of Documents
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
-
edited 25th Nov 2016
Motions — Fair Work Commission
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
-
Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; Reference to Committee
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; Second Reading
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; Second Reading
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; Third Reading
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; Adoption of Report
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - in Committee - Agree to the bill
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
-
Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
-
Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
-
Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
-
Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
-
Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
-
Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
-
Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
Bills — Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016; in Committee
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
Motions — Days and Hours of Meeting
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
Business — Days and Hours of Meeting
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
Business — Rearrangement
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
-
Business — Days and Hours of Meeting
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
-
Business — Days and Hours of Meeting
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
-
Business — Days and Hours of Meeting
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
-
Business — Days and Hours of Meeting
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
-
Business — Days and Hours of Meeting
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
-
Business — Days and Hours of Meeting
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
-
edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - First Reading - Determine without amendments or debate
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
-
edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - First Reading - Put the question
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
-
edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - First Reading - Suspend standing orders
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
-
edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - First Reading - Put the question
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
-
edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - First Reading - Read for the first time
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
-
edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - First Reading - Proceed without formalities
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
-
edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - First Reading - Put the question
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 93% attendance
-
edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - First Reading - Delay the bill
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
-
edited 7th Jul 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 - First Reading - Put the question
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
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Business — Consideration of Legislation
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 81% attendance
-
Bills — Business Services Wage Assessment Tool Payment Scheme Amendment Bill 2016, Trade Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2016; First Reading
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 81% attendance
-
Bills — Business Services Wage Assessment Tool Payment Scheme Amendment Bill 2016, Trade Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2016; First Reading
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
-
Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
-
Bills — Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Legislation Amendment Bill 2015; in Committee
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
-
Bills — Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Legislation Amendment Bill 2015; in Committee
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
Bills — Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Legislation Amendment Bill 2015; in Committee
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
-
Bills — Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Legislation Amendment Bill 2015; in Committee
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
-
edited 16th Mar 2018
Motions - Defence - Submarines
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 81% attendance
-
Bills — Water Amendment Bill 2015; in Committee
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 60% attendance
-
Bills — Medical Research Future Fund Bill 2015, Medical Research Future Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2015; in Committee
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
-
Bills — Social Services Legislation Amendment (Fair and Sustainable Pensions) Bill 2015; Third Reading
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
-
Bills — Social Services Legislation Amendment (Fair and Sustainable Pensions) Bill 2015; Second Reading
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
-
Committees — Community Affairs Legislation Committee; Reporting Date
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
edited 16th Jun 2015
Motions — Housing Affordability
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 77% attendance
-
Business — Days and Hours of Meeting
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
-
edited 14th Nov 2014
Committees - Certain Aspects of Queensland Government Administration - Include Bligh Government in inquiry
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
-
edited 9th Oct 2014
Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Adopt report
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
-
edited 9th Oct 2014
Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Agree to bill as amended
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
-
edited 9th Oct 2014
Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Removing debt limit
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
-
Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
-
Committees — Selection of Bills Committee; Report
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
-
Committees — Environment and Communications References Committee; Reference
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Migration Amendment (Reinstatement of Temporary Protection Visas) Bill 2013 [No. 2] - Second Reading - Put the question
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
-
Bills — Marine Engineers Qualifications Bill 2013; Second Reading
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
-
Bills — Marine Engineers Qualifications Bill 2013; Second Reading
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
-
edited 7th Nov 2014
Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
7 rebellions 71% attendance
-
edited 7th Nov 2014
Constitution Alteration (Local Government) 2013 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a large majority
7 rebellions 71% attendance
-
Regulations and Determinations — Migration Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 6); Disallowance
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
-
Bills — Defence Trade Controls Bill 2011; in Committee
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
-
edited 20th Oct 2014
Migration Legislation Amendment (The Bali Process) Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Bills - Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills; Second Reading
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Wind Farms - Act on the Community Affairs References Committee's recommendations
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
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Bills — Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2011, Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Air Cargo) Bill 2011, Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Participants in Bri...
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
-
Motions — Asylum Seekers
Simon Birmingham voted Yes
Larissa Waters voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
-
Bills — National Consumer Credit Protection Amendment (Home Loans and Credit Cards) Bill 2011; in Committee
Simon Birmingham voted No
Larissa Waters voted No
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 59% attendance