Compare how Meryl Swanson and Dave Sharma voted on political intervention in research funding grants
Meryl Swanson
Australian Labor Party Representative for Paterson since July 2016
Dave Sharma
Liberal Party Senator for NSW since November 2023
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should be able to intervene in the research grant process with the Australian Research Council (ARC) by, for example, vetoing certain grant application where considered appropriate
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 political intervention in research funding grants” which either Meryl Swanson or Dave Sharma could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Meryl Swanson 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 | Meryl Swanson | Dave Sharma | Supporters vote | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for political intervention in research funding grants” which either Meryl Swanson 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 | Meryl Swanson | Dave Sharma | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
18th Mar 2024, 2:57 PM – Senate Australian Research Council Amendment (Review Response) Bill 2023 - in Committee - Removing international relations veto |
- | absent | No |
18th Mar 2024, 2:34 PM – Senate Australian Research Council Amendment (Review Response) Bill 2023 - in Committee - Designated research programs |
- | absent | Yes |
18th Mar 2024, 2:30 PM – Senate Australian Research Council Amendment (Review Response) Bill 2023 - in Committee - Designated research programs |
- | absent | No |
26th Nov 2019, 5:12 PM – Representatives Australian Research Council Amendment Bill 2019 - Consideration in Detail - Anouncement process |
No | No | No |
26th Nov 2019, 4:51 PM – Representatives Australian Research Council Amendment Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Research cuts |
Yes | No | No |