Compare how Helen Polley and David Smith voted on federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
Helen Polley
Australian Labor Party Senator for Tasmania since July 2005
David Smith
Australian Labor Party Representative for Bean since May 2019
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government needs to support research and conservation initiatives that aim to put a stop to the current trajectory of animal and plant extinctions in 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 federal government action on animal & plant extinctions” which either Helen Polley or David Smith could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Helen Polley and David Smith 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 | Helen Polley | David Smith | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
28th Mar 2023, 8:04 PM – Senate National Reconstruction Fund Corporation Bill 2023 - in Committee - Consider biodiversity |
No | - | Yes |
3rd Sep 2020, 5:40 PM – Representatives Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Streamlining Environmental Approvals) Bill 2020 - Third Reading - Pass the bill |
- | No | No |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for federal government action on animal & plant extinctions” which either Helen Polley or David Smith 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 "-".