Compare how James Paterson and David Smith voted on making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use
James Paterson
Liberal Party Senator for Victoria since March 2016
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 should increase water allocations from the Murray-Darling Basin for farmers and other users
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 making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use” which either James Paterson or David Smith could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of James Paterson 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 | James Paterson | David Smith | Supporters vote | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for making more water from Murray-Darling Basin available to use” which either James Paterson 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 "-".
| Division | James Paterson | David Smith | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
25th Feb 2020, 4:15 PM – Senate Motions - Murray-Darling Basin - Protect water |
No | - | No |
11th Sep 2019, 4:01 PM – Senate Motions - Murray-Darling Basin - Moratorium |
No | - | No |
11th Sep 2019, 3:58 PM – Senate Motions - Murray-Darling Basin - Crisis |
No | - | No |
3rd Apr 2019, 1:03 PM – Senate Motions - Murray-Darling Basin - Repeal 1,500 GL limit |
No | Yes | No |
14th Feb 2019 – Senate Motions - Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission - Reform needed |
No | Yes | No |
25th Jun 2018, 9:17 PM – Senate Water Amendment Bill 2018 - Third Reading - Pass the bill |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
25th Jun 2018, 8:36 PM – Senate Water Amendment Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
14th Feb 2018, 7:14 PM – Senate Regulations and Determinations - Basin Plan Amendment Instrument 2017 (No. 1) - Disallow |
No | - | No |