Compare how David Smith and Murray Watt voted on Preventative Detention Orders (PDOs)
David Smith
Australian Labor Party Representative for Bean since May 2019
Murray Watt
Australian Labor Party Senator for Queensland since July 2016
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the police should be able to detain people without charge for a limited period if there is a threat of a terrorist attack or if it is likely that vital evidence will be lost after a terrorist attack takes place
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 Preventative Detention Orders (PDOs)” which either David Smith or Murray Watt could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of David Smith and Murray Watt 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 | Murray Watt | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
14th Nov 2023, 12:22 PM – Senate Counter-Terrorism and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea |
- | Yes | Yes |
12th Aug 2021, 12:53 PM – Senate Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Sunsetting Review and Other Measures) Bill 2021 - Third Reading - Pass the bill |
- | absent | Yes |
16th Aug 2018, 11:38 AM – Senate Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2018 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for Preventative Detention Orders (PDOs)” which either David Smith or Murray Watt 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 | Murray Watt | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
8th Nov 2016, 7:24 PM – Senate Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2016 - Second Reading - Agree to the bill's main idea |
- | Yes | Yes |