Compare how Simon Birmingham and Matt Thistlethwaite voted on decreasing the private health insurance rebate
Simon Birmingham
Liberal Party Senator for SA since May 2007
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 decrease the private health insurance rebate that eligible taxpayers are entitled to
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 decreasing the private health insurance rebate” which either Simon Birmingham or Matt Thistlethwaite could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Simon Birmingham 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 | Simon Birmingham | Matt Thistlethwaite | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
15th Mar 2012, 6:13 PM – Senate Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives Bill 2012 and related bills - Third Reading - Read a third time |
No | Yes | Yes |
15th Mar 2012, 6:04 PM – Senate Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives Bill 2012 and related bills - Second Reading - Read a second time |
No | Yes | Yes |
9th Mar 2010, 5:51 PM – Senate Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives Bill 2009 [No. 2] - Second Reading - Read a second time |
No | - | Yes |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for decreasing the private health insurance rebate” which either Simon Birmingham 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 | Simon Birmingham | Matt Thistlethwaite | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
27th Jun 2013, 11:03 PM – Senate Private Health Insurance Amendment (Lifetime Health Cover Loading and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - Third Reading - Read a third time |
No | Yes | Yes |
27th Jun 2013, 10:59 PM – Senate Private Health Insurance Amendment (Lifetime Health Cover Loading and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Keep schedule 1 unchanged |
No | Yes | Yes |
13th Mar 2012, 6:35 PM – Senate Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives Bill 2012 and related bills - Reference to Committee - Refer to the Economics Legislation Committee |
Yes | No | No |
9th Sep 2009, 7:06 PM – Senate Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives Bill 2009 and related bills - Second Reading - Read a second time |
No | - | Yes |