How Bill Heffernan voted compared to someone who agrees that the federal government should enter into a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China to create more favourable trading conditions between China and Australia

Most important divisions relevant to this policy

These are the most important divisions related to the policy “for a Free Trade Agreement with China” which Bill Heffernan could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Bill Heffernan on this policy.

Division Bill Heffernan Supporters vote

9th Nov 2015, 6:14 PM – Senate Customs Amendment (China-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2015 and related bill - Third Reading - Pass the bills

absent Yes

9th Nov 2015, 1:48 PM – Senate Customs Amendment (China-Australia Free Trade Agreement Implementation) Bill 2015 and related bill - 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 a Free Trade Agreement with China” which Bill Heffernan could have attended.

Division Bill Heffernan Supporters vote

20th Aug 2015, 12:25 PM – Senate Motions - China-Australia Free Trade Agreement - Renegotiate or abandon

absent No

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 Bill Heffernan was absent during all divisions for this policy. So, it's impossible to say anything concrete.