Compare how Meryl Swanson and Ted O'Brien voted on increasing the cost of humanities degrees

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Meryl Swanson

Australian Labor Party Representative for Paterson since July 2016

Voted a mixture of for and against increasing the cost of humanities degrees
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Ted O'Brien

Liberal Party Representative for Fairfax since July 2016

Voted generally for increasing the cost of humanities degrees

How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should substantially increase the cost of humanities degrees at university (that is, degrees focussed on the study of human culture and society) in order to discourage students from enrolling in the the subject area and instead enrol in other subject areas, such as mathematics

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 increasing the cost of humanities degrees” which either Meryl Swanson or Ted O'Brien could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Meryl Swanson and Ted O'Brien 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 Meryl Swanson Ted O'Brien Supporters vote

10th Oct 2024, 9:05 AM – Representatives Universities Accord (Student Support and Other Measures) Bill 2024 - Consideration in Detail - Maximum student contribution amounts for places and HELP indexation

No absent No

19th Oct 2020, 12:27 PM – Representatives Higher Education Support Amendment (Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students) Bill 2020 - Consideration of Senate Message - Pass the bill

absent Yes Yes

8th Oct 2020, 4:32 PM – Representatives Higher Education Support Amendment (Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students) Bill 2020 - Consideration of Senate Message - Agree with requests

No Yes Yes

1st Sep 2020, 8:09 PM – Representatives Higher Education Support Amendment (Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students) Bill 2020 - Third Reading - Pass the bill

absent absent Yes

1st Sep 2020, 7:38 PM – Representatives Higher Education Support Amendment (Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students) Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea

absent absent Yes

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for increasing the cost of humanities degrees” which either Meryl Swanson or Ted O'Brien 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 Meryl Swanson Ted O'Brien Supporters vote

1st Sep 2020, 7:31 PM – Representatives Higher Education Support Amendment (Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students) Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Keep second reading motion unchanged

absent absent Yes