Compare how Simon Birmingham and Larissa Waters voted on turning back asylum boats when possible

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Simon Birmingham

Liberal Party Senator for SA since May 2007

Voted consistently for turning back asylum boats when possible
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Larissa Waters

Australian Greens Senator for Queensland since September 2018

Voted consistently against turning back asylum boats when possible

How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should issue instructions for border protection forces to turn back boats carrying asylum seekers to Australia where it is safe to do so

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 turning back asylum boats when possible” 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

4th Dec 2014, 8:58 PM – Senate Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea

Yes No Yes

4th Dec 2014, 12:15 AM – Senate Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014 - Third Reading - Pass the bill

Yes No Yes

4th Dec 2014, 12:11 AM – Senate Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014 - in Committee - Agree with the amended bill

Yes No Yes

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for turning back asylum boats when possible” 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

29th Mar 2017 – Senate Motions - Asylum Seekers - End detention on Nauru and Manus Island

absent absent No

12th Sep 2012, 11:40 AM – Senate Motions — Republic of Nauru - Coalition policies

absent No Yes

16th Aug 2012, 5:17 PM – Senate Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Coalition policies (b)

absent No Yes