Compare how Tony Smith and Sarah Henderson voted on increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts
Tony Smith
Former Liberal Party Representative for Casey November 2021 – May 2022
Sarah Henderson
Liberal Party Senator for Victoria since September 2019
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that Higher Education Loan Programme (HELP) debts - also known as HECS-HELP debts - should be indexed in line with the ten-year bond rate, capped at six per cent, instead of the generally lower rate of the Consumer Price Index (CPI)
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 indexation of HECS-HELP debts” which either Tony Smith or Sarah Henderson could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Tony Smith and Sarah Henderson 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 | Tony Smith | Sarah Henderson | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
25th Feb 2015, 10:21 AM – Representatives Higher Education and Research Reform Bill 2014 - Third Reading - Pass the bill |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
4th Sep 2014, 1:12 PM – Representatives Higher Education and Research Reform Amendment Bill 2014 - Consideration in Detail - Agree to the bill |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
4th Sep 2014, 12:40 PM – Representatives Higher Education and Research Reform Amendment Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Agree with the main idea of the bill |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts” which either Tony Smith or Sarah Henderson 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 | Tony Smith | Sarah Henderson | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
20th Jun 2023, 12:43 PM – Senate Education Legislation Amendment (Startup Year and Other Measures) Bill 2023 - in Committee - Abolishing indexation |
- | No | No |