Compare how Dean Smith and Gerard Rennick voted on offshore processing for people seeking asylum in Australia
Dean Smith
Liberal Party Senator for WA since May 2012
Gerard Rennick
Independent Senator for Queensland since August 2024
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that people seeking asylum in Australia, who arrive without a visa and particularly those who arrive by boat, should be held offshore in an Australian territory like Christmas Island while their application is processed (See the policy "For regional processing of asylum seekers" for more on processing asylum claims in other countries, like Nauru)
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 offshore processing for people seeking asylum in Australia” which either Dean Smith or Gerard Rennick could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Dean Smith and Gerard Rennick 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 | Dean Smith | Gerard Rennick | Supporters vote | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| no votes listed | ||||||
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for offshore processing for people seeking asylum in Australia” which either Dean Smith or Gerard Rennick 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 | Dean Smith | Gerard Rennick | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
23rd Jun 2021, 4:22 PM – Senate Motions - Immigration Detention - Let Murugappan family return to Biloela |
No | No | No |
17th Jun 2020, 4:13 PM – Senate Motions - Asylum Seekers - Resettlement |
No | No | No |
28th Nov 2017 – Senate Motions - Immigration Detention - End offshore processing and detention |
No | - | No |