Compare how Penny Wong and Matt Thistlethwaite voted on carbon farming
Penny Wong
Australian Labor Party Senator for SA since July 2002
Matt Thistlethwaite
Australian Labor Party Representative for Kingsford Smith since September 2013
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should introduce a carbon farming initiative that encourages the farming and timber industries to decrease carbon emissions or to increase carbon storage (known as carbon sequestration)
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 carbon farming” which either Penny Wong or Matt Thistlethwaite could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Penny Wong and Matt Thistlethwaite 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 | Penny Wong | Matt Thistlethwaite | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
22nd Aug 2011 – Senate Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011 - In Committee - Agree to the bill |
absent | Yes | Yes |
22nd Aug 2011 – Senate Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011 and related bills - Third Reading - Read a third time |
absent | Yes | Yes |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for carbon farming” which either Penny Wong or Matt Thistlethwaite 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 | Penny Wong | Matt Thistlethwaite | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
18th Aug 2011 – Senate Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011 - In Committee - Greenhouse Friendly program |
absent | No | No |
6th Jul 2011 – Senate Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011 - In Committee - Future act provisions and State/Territory minister consent |
No | No | No |
6th Jul 2011 – Senate Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011 - Second Reading - Consider further after 10 July 2011 |
No | absent | No |
6th Jul 2011 – Senate Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011 - Second Reading - Consider further after regulations laid on the table |
No | absent | No |