Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 1) Bill 2008 — In Committee
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
Ruth Webber and Bob Brown have voted the same way 60% of the time
Ruth Webber
Former Australian Labor Party Senator for WA July 2002 – June 2008
Bob Brown
Former Australian Greens Senator for Tasmania July 1996 – June 2012
Between February 2006 (when our voting records begin) and June 2008 Ruth Webber and Bob Brown have voted in the same division 485 times.
In divisions they have voted the same 290 times. They have only voted differently 195 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
- A citizenship test
- Decreasing the private health insurance rebate
- Increasing freedom of political communication
- Increasing parliamentary entitlements for current MPs and Senators
- Maintaining or increasing CSIRO funding
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- Public transport
- The Intervention in the Northern Territory
Voted a mixture of the same and differently on
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- Increasing investment in renewable energy
- Increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites
- Increasing protection of Australia's fresh water
- Increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management
- Local community consultation on infrastructure projects
- Making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
- Privatising government-owned assets
- Restricting donations to political parties
- Uranium export
Always voted the same way on
- Equal treatment for all couples
- Extending government benefits to same-sex couples
- Implementing refugee and protection conventions
- Increasing availability of abortion drugs
- Increasing competition in bulk wheat export
- Increasing marine conservation
- Increasing surveillance powers
- Increasing the diversity of media ownership
- Reproductive bodily autonomy
- Same-sex marriage equality
- Stem cell research
Divisions in which they voted differently
In divisions they have voted the same 290 times. They have only voted differently 195 times.
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Gt Leste Biotech
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
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Committees — Fuel and Energy Committee; National Broadband Network Committee; Establishment
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
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Committees — Fuel and Energy Committee; National Broadband Network Committee; Establishment
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
-
Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (2008 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2008 — In Committee
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
-
Middle East
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
Iraq
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
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edited 10th Oct 2014
National Fuelwatch (Empowering Consumers) Bill 2008 — Referral to Committees — Refer to Economics Committee
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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Tax Laws Amendment (Personal Income Tax Reduction) Bill 2008 — In Committee
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
-
Committees — Community Affairs Committee; Reference
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Radioactive Waste Facilities
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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Palestine
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
-
War
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
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5th Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
Workplace Relations Amendment (Transition to Forward with Fairness) Bill 2008 — In Committee
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
Tarkine Wilderness
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
-
edited 25th Feb 2016
Motions - Donations to Political Parties - Developers
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
-
Social Security and Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Enhanced Allowances) Bill 2008 — In Committee
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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Committees — Agricultural and Related Industries Committee; State Government Financial Management Committee; Housing Affordability in Australia Committee; Establishment
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Gaza
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Montions - Solar Energy Technology - Provide incentives
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
edited 30th Jun 2016
Motions - Climate Change - Reverse decision to cut funding
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
edited 22nd Jul 2017
Motions - Apology to Australia’s Indigenous Peoples - Compensation
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
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Proposed Pulp Mill
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
-
Cluster Munitions
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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Treatment of Prisoners
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
-
edited 11th Aug 2016
Motions - Housing Affordability - Evidence-based national plan
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
edited 22nd Jul 2017
Motions - National Close the Gap Day - Health equality within 25 years
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
-
edited 23rd Aug 2016
Motions - Public Transport - Fund public transport
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
-
edited 30th Jun 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Democratic Plebiscites) Bill 2007 - In Committee - Major infrastructure projects
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 53% attendance
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Proposed Pulp Mill
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
-
edited 30th Jun 2016
Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Democratic Plebiscites) Bill 2007 - Second Reading - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - New South Wales Electricity Industry - Abandon plan to privatise
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
-
Climate Change
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
Proposed Pulp Mill
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
-
Proposed Pulp Mill
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) Bill 2007 - In Committee - Keep clauses 4 to 7 unchanged
Ruth Webber voted Yes
Bob Brown voted No
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Northern Territory National Emergency Response and Other Measures) Bill 2007 - In Committee ...
Ruth Webber voted Yes
Bob Brown voted No
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Northern Territory National Emergency Response Bill 2007 - In Committee - Keep part 8 unchanged
Ruth Webber voted Yes
Bob Brown voted No
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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Water Bill 2007; Water (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2007 — In Committee
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Northern Territory National Emergency Response Bill 2007 - In Committee - Publicly funded computers, acquisition of rights/titles/etc, business management, bail & sentencing
Ruth Webber voted Yes
Bob Brown voted No
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) Bill 2007 and related bills - Third Reading - Read a third time
Ruth Webber voted Yes
Bob Brown voted No
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) Bill 2007 - In Committee - Leave schedules unchanged
Ruth Webber voted Yes
Bob Brown voted No
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Age Pension - Increase age pension
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
-
Financial Support for Students
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
Forests of High Conservation Value
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) Bill 2007 and related bills - In Committee - Acquisition of rights, titles and interests in land
Ruth Webber voted Yes
Bob Brown voted No
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) Bill 2007 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Ruth Webber voted Yes
Bob Brown voted No
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) Bill 2007 and related bills - Second Reading - Delay passage of bill
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
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Russia
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
-
edited 28th Jul 2016
Motions - Alcohol Abuse - Australian-wide approach
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
-
edited 14th Oct 2017
Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Testing) Bill 2007 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Ruth Webber voted Yes
Bob Brown voted No
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Nuclear Nonproliferation - Block moves to exempt India from NSG rules
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
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Local Government
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 86% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Committees - Australia’s Antiterrorism Laws Committee - Establishment
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
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Irish Motorway Project and the Hill of Tara
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Principal Executive Office Classification Structure and Terms and Conditions - Motion for Disallowance - Don't increase MP pay
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 82% attendance
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Nuclear Weapons
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions — India and the Nuclear Non—Proliferation Treaty — Encourage to sign
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
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Business — Consideration of Legislation
Ruth Webber voted Yes
Bob Brown voted No
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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Crimes Legislation Amendment (National Investigative Powers and Witness Protection) Bill 2006 [2007] — In Committee
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
-
Crimes Legislation Amendment (National Investigative Powers and Witness Protection) Bill 2006 [2007] — In Committee
Ruth Webber voted Yes
Bob Brown voted No
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Desalination Plant - Renewable energy
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
Tasmanian Pulp Mill
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
Workplace Relations Amendment (A Stronger Safety Net) Bill 2007 — In Committee
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
-
Workplace Relations Amendment (A Stronger Safety Net) Bill 2007 — In Committee
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
-
In-Vitro Fertilisation
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Uranium Exports - No export to Russia
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
edited 10th Jun 2017
Motions - Renewable Energy - Energy targets
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
-
Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Paid Maternity Leave - Government funded paid maternity leave
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment (Child Support Reform Consolidation and Other Measures) Bill 2007 — In Committee
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
-
Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment (Child Support Reform Consolidation and Other Measures) Bill 2007 — In Committee
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 69% attendance
-
National Capital Plan Amendments — Motion for Disallowance
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
-
edited 27th Sep 2017
Motions - Iraq - Information requested
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 73% attendance
-
Climate Change
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 77% attendance
-
Old-Growth Forests
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
Mr David Hicks
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
-
Macquarie Island
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
Human Rights: United States of America
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
-
Mr David Hicks
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
Tasmania: Proposed Pulp Mill
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
Tasmania: Proposed Pulp Mill
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
Airports Amendment Bill 2006 — In Committee
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
-
Mr David Hicks
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
Climate Change
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
-
Schools Assistance (Learning Together — Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Amendment Bill 2007 — Second Reading
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
edited 25th Jan 2018
Motions - Tasmania: Proposed Pulp Mill - Public inquiry
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
Energy Efficiency Opportunities Amendment Bill 2006 — In Committee
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
-
Energy Efficiency Opportunities Amendment Bill 2006 — In Committee
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
-
Energy Efficiency Opportunities Amendment Bill 2006 — In Committee
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
-
National Curriculum
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Renewable Energy - Introduce effective policies
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Nuclear Proliferation - Block US-India deal at NSG meeting and rule out supply of uranium to India
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
-
Mr David Hicks
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
Iran
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
-
edited 10th Dec 2016
Motions - Anvil Hill Coal Mine - Don't approve
Ruth Webber voted Yes
Bob Brown voted No
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
Committees — Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee; Reference
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
-
edited 10th Dec 2016
Motions - Climate Change - Reduce coal exports
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
Mobile Phones
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
Climate Change
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
-
Mr David Hicks
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
-
Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2006 — In Committee
Ruth Webber voted Yes
Bob Brown voted No
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
-
Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2006 — In Committee
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
-
Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2006 — In Committee
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Bill 2006 - In Committee - Definition of financing of terrorism
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
-
Iraq
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
Iraq
Ruth Webber voted Yes
Bob Brown voted No
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Wetlands and Floodplains - Murray Darling
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
Beijing Olympics
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
-
Euthanasia
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Tax Laws Amendment (2006 Measures No. 4) Bill 2006 - In Committee - Schedule 4
Ruth Webber voted Yes
Bob Brown voted No
Passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 72% attendance
-
Old Growth Forests
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
-
World Heritage Convention
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Medibank Private Sale Bill 2006 - In Committee - Abolish the private health insurance rebate
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
-
edited 10th Oct 2014
Medibank Private Sale Bill 2006 - Second Reading - Funds to be used for public health care
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
-
Oil for Food Program
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
Oil for Food Program
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
Climate Change
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
edited 25th Feb 2016
Motions - Political Donations - Developers
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
Wheat Exports
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
-
Environment
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
edited 14th Apr 2016
Motions - Logging in Tasmania’s Weld River Valley - Halt logging
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Renewable Energy
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
Nuclear Energy
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
-
edited 23rd Aug 2016
Motions - Newcastle City Council - Renewables and public transport
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
-
Committees — Treaties Committee; Reference
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
-
Mr David Hicks
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 63% attendance
-
West Papua
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
Gwydir Wetlands
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
-
Vietnam
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
-
International Jewish Solidarity Network
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 - In Committee - Public health benefit
Ruth Webber voted No in this free vote
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
edited 14th Apr 2016
Motions - Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Report on emissions from logging and clearances
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
Climate Change
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
-
King Island Council
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions — Nuclear Nonproliferation — Against Australia becoming a nuclear fuel supply centre and against sale of uranium to India
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
-
edited 21st Jan 2018
Motions - Child Care - Increase wages for workers
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Petroleum Retail Legislation Repeal Bill 2006 - Third Reading - Read a third time (DUPLICATE)
Ruth Webber voted Yes
Bob Brown voted No
Passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 70% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Petroleum Retail Legislation Repeal Bill 2006 - Third Reading - Read a third time
Ruth Webber voted Yes
Bob Brown voted No
Passed by a modest majority
1 rebellion 70% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Petroleum Retail Legislation Repeal Bill 2006 - In Committee - Limiting the percentage of the market controlled by major oil companies
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
1 rebellion 74% attendance
-
Detention of Palestinian Parliamentarians
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
-
Oil Depletion Protocol
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
-
Woodstock-Abydos Reserves
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
-
Ching Cheong
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
Conflict in Israel and Lebanon
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
edited 14th Apr 2016
Motions - Papua New Guinea: Logging and Human Rights - Take immediate action
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions — Tasmanian Forestry Industry — Campaigns against Tasmanian forestry industry + Illegal timber imports
Ruth Webber voted Yes
Bob Brown voted No
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 83% attendance
-
Tasmanian Forestry Industry
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 91% attendance
-
edited 2nd Jun 2016
Motions - Parliamentarians’ Entitlements - Review of remuneration and entitlements
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
-
Migration Amendment (Employer Sanctions) Bill 2006 — In Committee
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
-
edited 9th Jun 2016
Motions - Remuneration and Allowances - Pay rise
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
Gunns Ltd
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
Journalists in Indonesia
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
-
Broadcasting Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2005 [2006] — In Committee
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Burrup Peninsula Rock Art - Protect rock art
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
-
Middle East
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
Fuel Prices
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
Tarkine Wilderness
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
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edited 23rd Aug 2016
Motions - Fuel Prices - Public transport & alternative fuels
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
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Committees — Treaties Committee; Reference
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
-
Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2006 — In Committee
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Health Legislation Amendment (Private Health Insurance) Bill 2006 - In Committee - Abolish the private health insurance rebate
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
-
Do Not Call Register Bill 2006; Do Not Call Register (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2006 — Second Reading
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Electoral Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2006 — Adoption of Report
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
-
Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Electoral Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2006 — In Committee
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
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Committees — Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts References Committee; Reference
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
-
West Papua
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
-
Uranium Enrichment Facilities
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
-
Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Electoral Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2006 — In Committee
Ruth Webber voted Yes
Bob Brown voted No
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
Tax Laws Amendment (Personal Tax Reduction and Improved Depreciation Arrangements) Bill 2006 — Third Reading
Ruth Webber voted Yes
Bob Brown voted No
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 78% attendance
-
Asylum Seekers
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
-
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Amendment Bill 2006 — In Committee
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
-
Snowy Hydro Limited
Ruth Webber voted Yes
Bob Brown voted No
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
-
Snowy Hydro Limited
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
-
Snowy Hydro Limited
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
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edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Uranium Exports - No export to India
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
-
edited 14th Apr 2016
Motions - Wedge-Tailed Eagle - Protect habitat
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 64% attendance
-
Ms Cornelia Rau
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 72% attendance
-
Iraq
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
-
Science Week
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
Proposed Expansion of the Mcarthur River Mine
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
-
Separation of Church and State
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 75% attendance
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Offshore Petroleum Bill 2005; Offshore Petroleum (Annual Fees) Bill 2005; Offshore Petroleum (Registration Fees) Bill 2005; Offshore Petroleum (Repeals and Consequential Amendme...
Ruth Webber voted Yes
Bob Brown voted No
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 68% attendance
-
Offshore Petroleum Bill 2005; Offshore Petroleum (Annual Fees) Bill 2005; Offshore Petroleum (Registration Fees) Bill 2005; Offshore Petroleum (Repeals and Consequential Amendme...
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 70% attendance
-
Offshore Petroleum Bill 2005; Offshore Petroleum (Annual Fees) Bill 2005; Offshore Petroleum (Registration Fees) Bill 2005; Offshore Petroleum (Repeals and Consequential Amendme...
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 61% attendance
-
edited 7th Oct 2014
Motions - Nuclear Non—Proliferation Treaty - Against uranium export to non-Treaty states
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 66% attendance
-
Energy Efficiency Opportunities Bill 2005 — In Committee
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
-
East Timor
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 74% attendance
-
edited 30th Jun 2016
Motions - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation - Renewable energy
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
-
West Papua
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 71% attendance
-
Defence Legislation Amendment (Aid to Civilian Authorities) Bill 2005 [2006] — Third Reading
Ruth Webber voted Yes
Bob Brown voted No
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 53% attendance
-
Defence Legislation Amendment (Aid to Civilian Authorities) Bill 2005 [2006] — In Committee
Ruth Webber voted No
Bob Brown voted Yes
Not passed by a large majority
No rebellions 62% attendance
-
edited 10th Dec 2016
Defence Legislation Amendment (Aid to Civilian Authorities) Bill 2005 [2006] — In Committee - Protest
Ruth Webber voted Yes
Bob Brown voted No
Passed by a large majority
No rebellions 82% attendance