Compare how James Paterson and Eric Abetz voted on assisting Australians trying to return from overseas
James Paterson
Liberal Party Senator for Victoria since March 2016
Eric Abetz
Former Liberal Party Senator for Tasmania February 1994 – May 2022
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should assist returning Australians stranded overseas due to COVID-19 by, for example, increasing the numbers of permitted arrivals under international flight caps and targetting price gauging so that return airline tickets are affordable
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 assisting Australians trying to return from overseas” which either James Paterson or Eric Abetz could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of James Paterson and Eric Abetz 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 | Eric Abetz | Supporters vote | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| no votes listed | ||||||
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for assisting Australians trying to return from overseas” which either James Paterson or Eric Abetz 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 | Eric Abetz | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
23rd Jun 2021, 10:44 AM – Senate Biosecurity Amendment (Strengthening Penalties) Bill 2021 - in Committee |
No | absent | Yes |
11th May 2021, 5:06 PM – Senate Matters of Urgency - Covid-19: Quarantine - Help Australians in India |
absent | absent | Yes |
15th Feb 2021, 5:49 PM – Senate Motions - COVID-19 - Repatriation |
No | absent | Yes |
30th Nov 2020, 4:45 PM – Senate Motions - Covid-19: Repatriation - Bring stranded Australians home |
absent | absent | Yes |
12th Nov 2020, 12:09 PM – Senate Documents - Covid-19: International Travel - Order for the Production of Documents |
No | No | Yes |
10th Nov 2020 – Senate Motions - Covid-19; International Travel - Bring Australians home |
absent | No | Yes |
6th Oct 2020, 5:02 PM – Senate Motions - Covid-19 - Repatriation |
absent | No | Yes |