Compare how James Paterson and Dave Sharma voted on treating COVID vaccine status as a protected attribute
James Paterson
Liberal Party Senator for Victoria since March 2016
Dave Sharma
Liberal Party Senator for NSW since November 2023
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should introduce anti-discrimination laws so that a person cannot be discriminated against on the basis of their COVID vaccine status
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 treating COVID vaccine status as a protected attribute” which either James Paterson or Dave Sharma could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of James Paterson and Dave Sharma 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 | Dave Sharma | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
14th Aug 2024, 10:12 AM – Senate Covid-19 Vaccination Status (Prevention of Discrimination) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Agree with the main idea of the bill |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
9th Mar 2023, 1:24 PM – Senate Work Health and Safety Amendment Bill 2022 - in Committee - Prohibiting COVID-19 vaccine discrimination |
absent | - | Yes |
1st Dec 2022, 5:37 PM – Senate Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Bill 2022 - in Committee - COVID-19 vaccination status |
absent | - | Yes |
22nd Nov 2021, 11:14 AM – Senate Covid-19 Vaccination Status (Prevention of Discrimination) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea |
No | - | Yes |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for treating COVID vaccine status as a protected attribute” which either James Paterson or Dave Sharma 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 | Dave Sharma | Supporters vote | |||
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