Compare how Bill Heffernan and Barry O'Sullivan voted on decreasing availability of welfare payments
Bill Heffernan
Former Liberal Party Senator for NSW September 1996 – May 2016
Barry O'Sullivan
Former National Party Senator for Queensland February 2014 – July 2019
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should limit the availability of government social security payments
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 decreasing availability of welfare payments” which either Bill Heffernan or Barry O'Sullivan could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Bill Heffernan and Barry O'Sullivan 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 Heffernan | Barry O'Sullivan | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
3rd Dec 2018, 9:00 PM – Senate Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Promoting Sustainable Welfare) Bill 2018 - Third Reading - Pass the bill |
- | absent | Yes |
3rd Dec 2018, 8:20 PM – Senate Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Promoting Sustainable Welfare) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea |
- | absent | Yes |
23rd Jun 2014, 12:46 PM – Senate Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Measures) Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Read a second time |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
5th Mar 2014, 12:47 PM – Senate Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013 - Third Reading - Read a third time |
absent | Yes | Yes |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for decreasing availability of welfare payments” which either Bill Heffernan or Barry O'Sullivan 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 "-".