Compare how John Williams and Larissa Waters voted on a declared area offence

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John Williams

Former National Party Senator for NSW July 2008 – July 2019

Voted generally for a declared area offence
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Larissa Waters

Australian Greens Senator for Queensland since September 2018

Voted consistently against a declared area offence

How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should make it an offence to enter or remain in areas that have been listed as “declared areas” by the Minister for Foreign Affairs because of terrorist activity (such as the Mosul district in Iraq and Al-Raqqa Province in Syria)

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 a declared area offence” which either John Williams or Larissa Waters could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of John Williams and Larissa Waters 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 John Williams Larissa Waters Supporters vote

12th Aug 2021, 12:53 PM – Senate Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Sunsetting Review and Other Measures) Bill 2021 - Third Reading - Pass the bill

- No Yes

16th Aug 2018, 11:38 AM – Senate Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2018 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea

absent - Yes

29th Oct 2014, 11:56 AM – Senate Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Foreign Fighters) Bill 2014 - in Committee - Support offence of entering and staying in a declared area

Yes No Yes

29th Oct 2014 – Senate Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Foreign Fighters) Bill 2014 - Third Reading - Pass the bill

absent No Yes

28th Oct 2014, 7:59 PM – Senate Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Foreign Fighters) Bill 2014 — Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea

Yes No Yes

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for a declared area offence” which either John Williams or Larissa Waters 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 John Williams Larissa Waters Supporters vote

12th Aug 2021, 12:48 PM – Senate Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Sunsetting Review and Other Measures) Bill 2021 - in Committee - Declared areas offence amendments

- Yes No

29th Oct 2014, 12:41 PM – Senate Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Foreign Fighters) Bill 2014 - in Committee - Australian Greens amendments

absent Yes No