Compare how Mike Symon and Robert Oakeshott voted on government administered paid parental leave
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Mike Symon
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Deakin November 2007 – September 2013
![Photo of Robert Oakeshott](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/images/mpsL/10720.jpg)
Robert Oakeshott
Former Independent Representative for Lyne September 2008 – August 2013
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 Mike Symon or Robert Oakeshott could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Mike Symon and Robert Oakeshott 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 | Mike Symon | Robert Oakeshott | Supporters vote |
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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 |
No | 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 |
No | 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 Mike Symon or Robert Oakeshott 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 | Mike Symon | Robert Oakeshott | Supporters vote |
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31st May 2010, 8:32 PM – Representatives Paid Parental Leave Bill 2010, Paid Parental Leave (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2010 - Second Reading - Coalition amendments |
Yes | absent | No |