How Arthur Sinodinos voted compared to someone who agrees that the federal government should address the issue of foreign interference in Australia by, for example, introducing new offences against acts such as sabotage, treason and espionage

Most important divisions relevant to this policy

These are the most important divisions related to the policy “for targeting foreign interference in Australia” which Arthur Sinodinos could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Arthur Sinodinos on this policy.

Division Arthur Sinodinos Supporters vote

28th Jun 2018, 7:22 PM – Senate Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Bill 2018 and another - Third Reading - Pass the bills

absent Yes

28th Jun 2018, 10:21 AM – Senate National Security Legislation Amendment (Espionage and Foreign Interference) Bill 2018 and another - Second Reading - Agree with bills' main idea

absent Yes

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for targeting foreign interference in Australia” which Arthur Sinodinos could have attended.

Division Arthur Sinodinos Supporters vote

15th Aug 2018, 4:01 PM – Senate Motions - Confucius Institute - Foreign influence

absent Yes

28th Jun 2018, 6:20 PM – Senate National Security Legislation Amendment (Espionage and Foreign Interference) Bill 2018 - in Committee - Support the new offence of sabotage

absent Yes

27th Jun 2018, 9:51 AM – Senate National Security Legislation Amendment (Espionage and Foreign Interference) Bill 2017 and another - First Reading - Consider bills together

absent Yes

14th Jun 2017, 4:26 PM – Senate Motions - Influence of Foreign Agents - Royal Commission

absent Yes

How "We can't say anything concrete about how they voted on" is worked out

Normally a person's votes count towards a score which is used to work out a simple phrase to summarise their position on a policy. However in this case Arthur Sinodinos was absent during all divisions for this policy. So, it's impossible to say anything concrete.