Compare how Simon Birmingham and Ian Macdonald voted on voluntary student union fees
Simon Birmingham
Liberal Party Senator for SA since May 2007
Ian Macdonald
Former Liberal Party Senator for Queensland July 1990 – July 2019
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that university students should be able to choose whether or not to pay student services and amenities fees (also called student union fees)
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 voluntary student union fees” which either Simon Birmingham or Ian Macdonald could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Simon Birmingham and Ian Macdonald 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 | Ian Macdonald | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
11th Oct 2011 – Senate Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Student Services and Amenities) Bill 2010 - Third Reading - Read a third time |
No | No | No |
18th Aug 2009, 1:40 PM – Senate Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Student Services and Amenities, and Other Measures) Bill 2009 - Third Reading - Read a third time |
No | No | No |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for voluntary student union fees” which either Simon Birmingham or Ian Macdonald 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 | Ian Macdonald | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
17th Oct 2017, 3:52 PM – Senate Motions - Higher Education - Student Services and Amenities Fee |
No | absent | Yes |
17th Oct 2017, 3:48 PM – Senate Motions - Higher Education - Student Services and Amenities Fee |
Yes | absent | Yes |
26th Nov 2015, 12:12 PM – Senate Motions - Student Services and Amenities Fee - Students should have to agree to SSAF |
absent | absent | Yes |
25th Sep 2008, 9:45 AM – Senate Motions - Voluntary Student Unionism - Agree to motion |
No | No | No |
11th Sep 2006, 3:50 PM – Senate Motions - End Voluntary Student Unionism |
- | No | No |