How Brian Burston voted compared to someone who agrees that the federal government should encourage Australian-based industry and secure the jobs these industries create by, for example, providing incentives for companies to stay in Australia (note that there are specific policies in respect to the timber, dairy, shipping, coal, and film & TV industries, which means that votes specific to those subjects are not included here)

Most important divisions relevant to this policy

These are the most important divisions related to the policy “for encouraging Australian-based industry” which Brian Burston could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Brian Burston on this policy.

Division Brian Burston Supporters vote
no votes listed

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for encouraging Australian-based industry” which Brian Burston could have attended.

Division Brian Burston Supporters vote

7th Feb 2018, 4:05 PM – Senate Motions - Rail Industry - Rail manufacturing

absent Yes

16th Feb 2017, 12:04 PM – Senate Motions - Imports - Anti-dumping system

Yes Yes

How "We can't say anything concrete about how they voted on" is worked out

Brian Burston has only voted once on this policy and it wasn't on a "strong" vote. So it's not possible to draw a clear conclusion about their position.

This could be because there were simply not many relevant divisions (formal votes) during the time they've been in parliament (most votes happen on "the voices", so we simply have no decent record) or they were absent for votes that could have contributed to their voting record.