Compare how Matt Thistlethwaite and Anne McEwen voted on voluntary student union fees

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Matt Thistlethwaite

Australian Labor Party Representative for Kingsford Smith since September 2013

Voted consistently against voluntary student union fees
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Anne McEwen

Former Australian Labor Party Senator for SA July 2005 – May 2016

Voted almost always against voluntary student union fees

How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that university students should be able to choose whether or not to pay student services and amenities fees (also called student union fees)

Now this is where it gets a bit tricky… Two people might vote the same way on votes they both attended, so their votes are 100% in agreement. They might also have voted in a way we’d describe differently when looking at all of one person's votes. If the other person didn’t or couldn’t have attended those votes we leave those out of the comparison. Because that just wouldn’t be fair now, would it?

Most important divisions relevant to this policy

These are the most important divisions related to the policy “for voluntary student union fees” which either Matt Thistlethwaite or Anne McEwen could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Matt Thistlethwaite and Anne McEwen on this policy. Where a person could not have attended a division because they were not a member of parliament at the time (or in the wrong house) it is marked as "-".

Division Matt Thistlethwaite Anne McEwen Supporters vote

11th Oct 2011 – Senate Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Student Services and Amenities) Bill 2010 - Third Reading - Read a third time

Yes Yes No

18th Aug 2009, 1:40 PM – Senate Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Student Services and Amenities, and Other Measures) Bill 2009 - Third Reading - Read a third time

- Yes No

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for voluntary student union fees” which either Matt Thistlethwaite or Anne McEwen could have attended. Where a person could not have attended a division because they were not a member of parliament at the time (or in the wrong house) it is marked as "-".

Division Matt Thistlethwaite Anne McEwen Supporters vote

26th Nov 2015, 12:12 PM – Senate Motions - Student Services and Amenities Fee - Students should have to agree to SSAF

- No Yes

25th Sep 2008, 9:45 AM – Senate Motions - Voluntary Student Unionism - Agree to motion

- No No

11th Sep 2006, 3:50 PM – Senate Motions - End Voluntary Student Unionism

- Yes No