Compare how Josh Burns and Dave Sharma voted on a character test for Australian visas

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Josh Burns

Australian Labor Party Representative for Macnamara since May 2019

Voted generally against a character test for Australian visas
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Dave Sharma

Liberal Party Senator for NSW since November 2023

Voted consistently for a character test for Australian visas

How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should impose a character test on all non-citizens holding or applying for an Australian visa which would give the minister the power to cancel or refuse a visa under certain character-related circumstances as set out in the relevant legislation

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 a character test for Australian visas” which either Josh Burns or Dave Sharma could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Josh Burns and Dave Sharma 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 Josh Burns Dave Sharma Supporters vote

13th Feb 2023, 4:41 PM – Representatives Migration Amendment (Aggregate Sentences) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Agree with the bill

Yes - Yes

18th Sep 2019, 7:30 PM – Representatives Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea

No Yes Yes

18th Sep 2019, 7:24 PM – Representatives Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Refuse a second reading

Yes No No

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for a character test for Australian visas” which either Josh Burns or Dave Sharma 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 Josh Burns Dave Sharma Supporters vote
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