Compare how Bill Shorten and Sharon Bird voted on the Intervention in the Northern Territory
Bill Shorten
Australian Labor Party Representative for Maribyrnong since November 2007
Sharon Bird
Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Cunningham October 2004 – May 2022
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 Bill Shorten or Sharon Bird could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Bill Shorten 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 | Bill Shorten | Sharon Bird | 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 Bill Shorten 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 | Bill Shorten | Sharon Bird | 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 | No | 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 | Yes | No |