Compare how Michael Ferguson and David Fawcett voted on increasing the diversity of media ownership
Michael Ferguson
Former Liberal Party Representative for Bass October 2004 – November 2007
David Fawcett
Liberal Party Senator for SA since July 2011
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should use regulation to increase the diversity of publishers and broadcasters in Australia's media industry by, for example, setting a threshold for the maximum market share of any one company.
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 increasing the diversity of media ownership” which either Michael Ferguson or David Fawcett could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Michael Ferguson and David Fawcett 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 "-".
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for increasing the diversity of media ownership” which either Michael Ferguson or David Fawcett 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 | Michael Ferguson | David Fawcett | Supporters vote |
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23rd Feb 2021, 7:07 PM – Senate Treasury Laws Amendment (News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Media diversity and funding |
- | No | Yes |
9th May 2018, 7:02 PM – Senate Communications Legislation Amendment (Regional and Small Publishers Innovation Fund) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Media diversity |
- | No | Yes |