Compare how Murray Watt and Patrick Dodson voted on increasing the diversity of media ownership

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Murray Watt

Australian Labor Party Senator for Queensland since July 2016

Voted a mixture of for and against increasing the diversity of media ownership
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Patrick Dodson

Former Australian Labor Party Senator for WA April 2016 – January 2024

Voted consistently for increasing the diversity of media ownership

How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should use regulation to increase the diversity of publishers and broadcasters in Australia's media industry by, for example, setting a threshold for the maximum market share of any one company.

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 diversity of media ownership” which either Murray Watt or Patrick Dodson could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Murray Watt and Patrick Dodson 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 Patrick Dodson Supporters vote

14th Sep 2017, 5:48 PM – Senate Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Broadcasting Reform) Bill 2017 and another - Third Reading - Pass the bills

absent No No

14th Sep 2017, 5:44 PM – Senate Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Broadcasting Reform) Bill 2017, Commercial Broadcasting (Tax) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Agree with bills

absent No No

14th Sep 2017, 5:07 PM – Senate Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Broadcasting Reform) Bill 2017, Commercial Broadcasting (Tax) Bill 2017 - in Committee - 2-out-of-3 cross media rule

absent No No

14th Sep 2017, 5:03 PM – Senate Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Broadcasting Reform) Bill 2017, Commercial Broadcasting (Tax) Bill 2017 - in Committee - 2-out-of-3 cross media rule

absent Yes Yes

13th Sep 2017, 10:24 PM – Senate Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Broadcasting Reform) Bill 2017, Commercial Broadcasting (Tax) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Agree with bills' main idea

absent No No

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for increasing the diversity of media ownership” which either Murray Watt or Patrick Dodson 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 Patrick Dodson Supporters vote

23rd Feb 2021, 7:07 PM – Senate Treasury Laws Amendment (News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Media diversity and funding

No No Yes

9th May 2018, 7:02 PM – Senate Communications Legislation Amendment (Regional and Small Publishers Innovation Fund) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Media diversity

Yes absent Yes