Compare how Simon Birmingham and Larissa Waters voted on a Free Trade Agreement with China

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Simon Birmingham

Liberal Party Senator for SA since May 2007

Voted generally for a Free Trade Agreement with China
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Larissa Waters

Australian Greens Senator for Queensland since September 2018

Voted consistently against a Free Trade Agreement with China

How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should enter into a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China to create more favourable trading conditions between China and Australia

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 a Free Trade Agreement with China” which either Simon Birmingham or Larissa Waters could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Simon Birmingham and Larissa Waters 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 Larissa Waters Supporters vote

9th Nov 2015, 6:14 PM – Senate Customs Amendment (China-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2015 and related bill - Third Reading - Pass the bills

absent No Yes

9th Nov 2015, 1:48 PM – Senate Customs Amendment (China-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2015 and related bill - Second Reading - Agree with bills' main idea

Yes No Yes

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for a Free Trade Agreement with China” which either Simon Birmingham or Larissa Waters 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 Larissa Waters Supporters vote

5th Dec 2019, 12:35 PM – Senate Motions - Trade - Commend entry into FTAs

absent No Yes

20th Aug 2015, 12:25 PM – Senate Motions - China-Australia Free Trade Agreement - Renegotiate or abandon

absent Yes No