Compare how Murray Watt and David Smith voted on reducing taxes for high-income earners
Murray Watt
Australian Labor Party Senator for Queensland since July 2016
David Smith
Australian Labor Party Representative for Bean since May 2019
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should reduce the amount of income tax that high-income earners (those who earn over $200,000 per year) must pay each year
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 reducing taxes for high-income earners” which either Murray Watt or David Smith could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Murray Watt and David Smith 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 | Murray Watt | David Smith | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
4th Jul 2019, 5:39 PM – Senate Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Relief So Working Australians Keep More of Their Money) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea |
Yes | - | Yes |
4th Jul 2019 – Senate Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Relief So Working Australians Keep More of Their Money) Bill 2019 - Third Reading - Pass the bill |
Yes | - | Yes |
21st Jun 2018, 11:55 AM – Senate Treasury Laws Amendment (Personal Income Tax Plan) Bill 2018 - Adoption of Report - Don't insist on amendments |
No | No | Yes |
21st Jun 2018, 11:41 AM – Senate Treasury Laws Amendment (Personal Income Tax Plan) Bill 2018 - Consideration of House of Representatives Message - Don't insist on amendments |
No | No | Yes |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for reducing taxes for high-income earners” which either Murray Watt or David Smith 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 | Murray Watt | David Smith | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
7th Feb 2023, 12:59 PM – Senate Treasury Laws Amendment (2022 Measures No. 5) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Abandon Stage 3 tax cuts |
No | - | No |
26th Oct 2022, 10:46 AM – Senate Supply Bill (No. 3) 2022-2023, Supply Bill (No. 4) 2022-2023 and another - Second Reading - Repeal stage 3 tax cuts |
No | - | No |
7th Sep 2022, 5:34 PM – Senate Matters of Urgency - Taxation - Stage 3 tax cuts |
No | - | No |