Compare how David Smith and Helen Polley voted on increasing government support for the dairy industry
David Smith
Australian Labor Party Representative for Bean since May 2019
Helen Polley
Australian Labor Party Senator for Tasmania since July 2005
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should increase their support of Australia's dairy industry by, for example, regulating increased milk prices
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 government support for the dairy industry” which either David Smith or Helen Polley could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of David Smith and Helen Polley 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 | Helen Polley | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
11th Nov 2019, 1:40 PM – Senate Protecting Australian Dairy Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea |
- | Yes | Yes |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for increasing government support for the dairy industry” which either David Smith or Helen Polley 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 | Helen Polley | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
3rd Dec 2019, 4:28 PM – Senate Documents - Dairy Industry - Order for the Production of Documents |
- | Yes | Yes |
17th Oct 2019, 12:12 PM – Senate Committees - Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee - Reference |
- | Yes | Yes |
15th Oct 2019, 7:24 PM – Senate Matters of Urgency - Dairy Industry - Fair price |
- | Yes | Yes |
15th Oct 2019, 5:50 PM – Senate Motions - Dairy Industry - Support |
- | Yes | Yes |
13th Sep 2018, 12:18 PM – Senate Motions - Dairy Industry - Introduce protections |
No | No | Yes |
14th Aug 2018, 3:53 PM – Senate Motions - Dairy Industry - Raise price of milk to help farmers |
No | No | Yes |