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Gai Brodtmann voted very strongly for an NBN (using fibre to the premises)

How Gai Brodtmann voted compared to someone who believes that the federal government should introduce a National Broadband Network ('NBN') using the fibre to the premises ('FTTP') design

Division Gai Brodtmann Supporters vote Division outcome

18th Nov 2010, 10:08 AM – Representatives National Broadband Network Financial Transparency Bill 2010 — Second Reading — Read a second time

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The majority voted against a motion to read the bill for a second time. This means that the majority rejected the main idea of the bill and that it will not be considered any further.(Read more about the stages that a bill must pass through to become law here. )

Background to the bill

The bill was introduced as a private member's bill by Liberal MP Malcolm Turnbull. It relates to the National Broadband Network ('NBN'), which is a key Labor Government initiative.(Read more about the NBN on Wikipedia here. )

Mr Turnbull explained that the purpose of the bill is to require the NBN Co to produce and publish a detailed 10-year business plan for the roll out of the NBN. It also refers the NBN project to the Productivity Commission for "a thorough cost-benefit analysis".(Read Mr Turnbull's introductory speech explaining the bill here.)

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How "voted very strongly for" is worked out

The MP's votes count towards a weighted average where the most important votes get 50 points, less important votes get 10 points, and less important votes for which the MP was absent get 2 points. In important votes the MP gets awarded the full 50 points for voting the same as the policy, 0 points for voting against the policy, and 25 points for not voting. In less important votes, the MP gets 10 points for voting with the policy, 0 points for voting against, and 1 (out of 2) if absent.

Then, the number gets converted to a simple english language phrase based on the range of values it's within.

No of votes Points Out of
Most important votes (50 points)      
MP voted with policy 0 0 0
MP voted against policy 0 0 0
MP absent 0 0 0
Less important votes (10 points)      
MP voted with policy 1 10 10
MP voted against policy 0 0 0
Less important absentees (2 points)      
MP absent* 0 0 0
Total: 10 10

*Pressure of other work means MPs or Senators are not always available to vote – it does not always indicate they have abstained. Therefore, being absent on a less important vote makes a disproportionatly small difference.

Agreement score = MP's points / total points = 10 / 10 = 100%.

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