Compare how Simon Birmingham and Larissa Waters voted on offshore processing for people seeking asylum in Australia

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Simon Birmingham

Liberal Party Senator for SA since May 2007

Voted almost always for offshore processing for people seeking asylum in Australia
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Larissa Waters

Australian Greens Senator for Queensland since September 2018

Voted consistently against offshore processing for people seeking asylum in Australia

How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that people seeking asylum in Australia, who arrive without a visa and particularly those who arrive by boat, should be held offshore in an Australian territory like Christmas Island while their application is processed (See the policy "For regional processing of asylum seekers" for more on processing asylum claims in other countries, like Nauru)

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 offshore processing for people seeking asylum in Australia” 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
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Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for offshore processing for people seeking asylum in Australia” 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

23rd Jun 2021, 4:22 PM – Senate Motions - Immigration Detention - Let Murugappan family return to Biloela

absent Yes No

17th Jun 2020, 4:13 PM – Senate Motions - Asylum Seekers - Resettlement

No Yes No

28th Nov 2017 – Senate Motions - Immigration Detention - End offshore processing and detention

absent - No

25th Aug 2011 – Senate Motions - Immigration: MV Tampa - End offshore processing

No Yes No

25th Nov 2009, 4:05 PM – Senate Motions - Asylum Seekers - Stop excising territory

No - No