Compare how Penny Wong and Barnaby Joyce voted on government administered paid parental leave

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Penny Wong

Australian Labor Party Senator for SA since July 2002

Voted generally against government administered paid parental leave
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Barnaby Joyce

National Party Representative for New England since December 2017

Voted consistently for government administered paid parental leave

How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should administer the paid parental leave scheme rather than employers

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 government administered paid parental leave” which either Penny Wong or Barnaby Joyce could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Penny Wong and Barnaby Joyce 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 Barnaby Joyce Supporters vote

17th Jun 2010, 12:09 PM – Senate Paid Parental Leave Bill 2010, Paid Parental Leave (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2010 - In Committee - Administration of payment

Yes No No

16th Jun 2010, 6:29 PM – Senate Paid Parental Leave Bill 2010, Paid Parental Leave (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2010 - In Committee - Administration of payment

absent No No

16th Jun 2010, 6:20 PM – Senate Paid Parental Leave Bill 2010, Paid Parental Leave (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2010 - In Committee - Administration of Payment

absent Yes Yes

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for government administered paid parental leave” which either Penny Wong or Barnaby Joyce 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 Barnaby Joyce Supporters vote

14th Jun 2007, 9:45 AM – Senate Motions - Paid Maternity Leave - Government funded paid maternity leave

absent absent Yes