How John Williams voted compared to someone who agrees that the federal government should remove the current parallel import restrictions on books (also known as territorial copyright protections) so that an Australian territorial rights holder of a particular book cannot prevent others from importing that book from outside Australia at potentially lower prices

Most important divisions relevant to this policy

These are the most important divisions related to the policy “for removing parallel import restrictions for books” which John Williams could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of John Williams on this policy.

Division John Williams Supporters vote
no votes listed

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for removing parallel import restrictions for books” which John Williams could have attended.

Division John Williams Supporters vote

27th Oct 2009, 3:45 PM – Senate Motions - Parallel Import Restrictions on Books - Territorial copyright protection

No No

How "We can't say anything concrete about how they voted on" is worked out

John Williams has only voted once on this policy and it wasn't on a "strong" vote. So it's not possible to draw a clear conclusion about their position.

This could be because there were simply not many relevant divisions (formal votes) during the time they've been in parliament (most votes happen on "the voices", so we simply have no decent record) or they were absent for votes that could have contributed to their voting record.