Compare how Malarndirri McCarthy and Tim Ayres voted on regional processing of asylum seekers
Malarndirri McCarthy
Australian Labor Party Senator for NT since July 2016
Tim Ayres
Australian Labor Party Senator for NSW since July 2019
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that asylum seekers who arrive in Australia without a visa, particularly those who arrive by boat, should have their asylum claims processed regionally in a country such as the Republic of Nauru or Papua New Guinea (See the policy "For offshore processing of asylum seekers" for more on processing asylum seeker claims in Australian territories like Christmas Island)
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 regional processing of asylum seekers” which either Malarndirri McCarthy or Tim Ayres could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Malarndirri McCarthy and Tim Ayres 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 | Malarndirri McCarthy | Tim Ayres | Supporters vote | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for regional processing of asylum seekers” which either Malarndirri McCarthy or Tim Ayres 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 | Malarndirri McCarthy | Tim Ayres | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
7th Feb 2023, 5:15 PM – Senate Motions - Instrument of Designation of the Republic of Nauru as a Regional Processing Country |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
26th Aug 2020, 4:14 PM – Senate Motions - Immigration Detention - Moment of silence for deaths |
Yes | Yes | No |
15th Feb 2018, 11:56 AM – Senate Motions - Asylum Seekers - End offshore detention |
absent | - | No |
10th Aug 2017, 12:38 PM – Senate Motions - Asylum Seekers - Bring them to Australia |
No | - | No |
20th Jun 2017, 4:00 PM – Senate Motions - Asylum Seekers - Close Nauru and Manus Is. detention centres |
No | - | No |
29th Mar 2017 – Senate Motions - Asylum Seekers - End detention on Nauru and Manus Island |
No | - | No |
12th Sep 2016, 4:48 PM – Senate Committees - Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee - Nauru & Manus Island centres |
Yes | - | No |