Compare how John Watson and John Hogg voted on increasing freedom of political communication
John Watson
Former Liberal Party Senator for Tasmania July 1978 – June 2008
John Hogg
Former President Senator for Queensland August 2008 – June 2014
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should increase freedom of political communication in Australia by, for example, protecting people's right to inform others about issues and events in the public interest
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 freedom of political communication” which either John Watson or John Hogg could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of John Watson and John Hogg 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 | John Watson | John Hogg | Supporters vote |
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13th Sep 2007, 12:39 PM – Senate Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Democratic Plebiscites) Bill 2007 - Second Reading - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
No | No | Yes |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for increasing freedom of political communication” which either John Watson or John Hogg 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 | John Watson | John Hogg | Supporters vote |
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14th Nov 2013, 11:34 AM – Senate Motions - Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee Reference - Surveillance |
- | absent | Yes |