Compare how Julie Bishop and Sharon Bird voted on government administered paid parental leave

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Julie Bishop

Former Liberal Party Representative for Curtin October 1998 – May 2019

Voted consistently for government administered paid parental leave
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Sharon Bird

Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Cunningham October 2004 – May 2022

Voted consistently against government administered paid parental leave

How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should administer the paid parental leave scheme rather than employers

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 government administered paid parental leave” which either Julie Bishop or Sharon Bird could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Julie Bishop and Sharon Bird 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 Julie Bishop Sharon Bird Supporters vote

24th May 2012, 12:03 PM – Representatives Paid Parental Leave and Other Legislation Amendment (Dad and Partner Pay and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - Consideration in Detail - Amendment to administration of payment

Yes No Yes

24th Feb 2011, 10:11 AM – Representatives Paid Parental Leave (Reduction of Compliance Burden for Employers) Amendment Bill 2010 - Second Reading - Read a second time

Yes No Yes

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for government administered paid parental leave” which either Julie Bishop or Sharon Bird 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 Julie Bishop Sharon Bird Supporters vote

31st May 2010, 8:32 PM – Representatives Paid Parental Leave Bill 2010, Paid Parental Leave (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2010 - Second Reading - Coalition amendments

No Yes No