Compare how Melissa Parke and Pat Farmer voted on the Intervention in the Northern Territory
Melissa Parke
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Fremantle November 2007 – May 2016
Pat Farmer
Former Liberal Party Representative for Macarthur November 2001 – August 2010
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the Federal Government should respond to reports about high levels of child sexual abuse in some Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory by introducing the Northern Territory National Emergency Response or the very similar Stronger Futures Policy, also referred to as "the intervention"
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 the Intervention in the Northern Territory” which either Melissa Parke or Pat Farmer could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Melissa Parke and Pat Farmer 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 | Melissa Parke | Pat Farmer | Supporters vote | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for the Intervention in the Northern Territory” which either Melissa Parke or Pat Farmer 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 | Melissa Parke | Pat Farmer | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
2nd Sep 2008, 5:46 PM – Representatives Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Emergency Response Consolidation) Bill 2008 - Consideration in Detail - Maintain the strength of the Intervention |
No | Yes | Yes |
1st Sep 2008, 8:26 PM – Representatives Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Emergency Response Consolidation) Bill 2008 - Second Reading - Ban pornography completely and retain permit system |
Yes | No | No |