Compare how Simon Birmingham and Larissa Waters voted on increasing the cost of humanities degrees

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Simon Birmingham

Liberal Party Senator for SA since May 2007

Voted consistently for increasing the cost of humanities degrees
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Larissa Waters

Australian Greens Senator for Queensland since September 2018

Voted consistently against increasing the cost of humanities degrees

How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should substantially increase the cost of humanities degrees at university (that is, degrees focussed on the study of human culture and society) in order to discourage students from enrolling in the the subject area and instead enrol in other subject areas, such as mathematics

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 increasing the cost of humanities degrees” 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

8th Oct 2020, 5:41 PM – Senate Higher Education Support Amendment (Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students) Bill 2020 - Third Reading - Pass the bill

Yes No Yes

8th Oct 2020, 1:09 PM – Senate Higher Education Support Amendment (Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students) Bill 2020 - Agree to remaining stages

Yes No Yes

8th Oct 2020, 11:49 AM – Senate Higher Education Support Amendment (Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students) Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea

Yes No Yes

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for increasing the cost of humanities degrees” 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

26th Nov 2024, 7:26 PM – Senate Universities Accord (Student Support and Other Measures) Bill 2024 - in Committee - Date of indexation and Society & Culture

absent Yes No