Compare how David Smith and Mehreen Faruqi voted on decreasing ABC and SBS funding

Photo of David Smith

David Smith

Australian Labor Party Representative for Bean since May 2019

Voted generally against decreasing ABC and SBS funding
Photo of Mehreen Faruqi

Mehreen Faruqi

Australian Greens Senator for NSW since August 2018

Voted consistently against decreasing ABC and SBS funding

How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should decrease funding for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS)

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 decreasing ABC and SBS funding” which either David Smith or Mehreen Faruqi could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of David Smith and Mehreen Faruqi 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 David Smith Mehreen Faruqi Supporters vote
no votes listed

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for decreasing ABC and SBS funding” which either David Smith or Mehreen Faruqi 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 David Smith Mehreen Faruqi Supporters vote

23rd Feb 2021, 7:03 PM – Senate Treasury Laws Amendment (News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - ABC funding

- Yes No

2nd Sep 2020, 3:46 PM – Senate Motions - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Guarantee funding

- Yes No

11th Jun 2020, 4:42 PM – Senate Motions - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Restore funding

- Yes No

11th Jun 2020, 4:01 PM – Senate Motions - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Properly fund

- Yes No

31st Jul 2019, 4:13 PM – Senate Motions - Media - Funding for public broadcasters

- Yes No

14th Nov 2018, 4:00 PM – Senate Motions - Australia Network - Reinstate and award funding

No Yes No

19th Jun 2018, 4:28 PM – Senate Motions - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Cuts and privatisation

Yes - No

19th Jun 2018, 4:15 PM – Senate Motions - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Restructure and calls for privatisation

No - Yes