Compare how Joel Fitzgibbon and Russell Matheson voted on letting environmental groups challenge the legality of certain government decisions
Joel Fitzgibbon
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Hunter March 1996 – May 2022
Russell Matheson
Former Liberal Party Representative for Macarthur August 2010 – July 2016
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that environmental and conservation groups should be able to challenge the legality of federal government decisions made under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) (in other words, they should have standing to seek judicial review under that Act)
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 letting environmental groups challenge the legality of certain government decisions” which either Joel Fitzgibbon or Russell Matheson could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Joel Fitzgibbon and Russell Matheson 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 | Joel Fitzgibbon | Russell Matheson | Supporters vote |
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10th Sep 2015, 1:29 PM – Representatives Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Standing) Bill 2015 - Third Reading - Pass the bill |
No | Yes | No |
10th Sep 2015, 1:20 PM – Representatives Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Standing) Bill 2015 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea |
No | Yes | No |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for letting environmental groups challenge the legality of certain government decisions” which either Joel Fitzgibbon or Russell Matheson 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 | Joel Fitzgibbon | Russell Matheson | Supporters vote | |||
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no votes listed |