How Bob Carr voted compared to someone who agrees that the federal government should increase scrutiny of unions and employer organisations by, for example, creating a commission to monitor them and applying the same standards of disclosure to them as to corporations as well as the same penalties for misconduct

Most important divisions relevant to this policy

These are the most important divisions related to the policy “for increasing scrutiny of unions” which Bob Carr could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Bob Carr on this policy.

Division Bob Carr Supporters vote
no votes listed

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for increasing scrutiny of unions” which Bob Carr could have attended.

Division Bob Carr Supporters vote

20th Aug 2012, 3:54 PM – Senate Motions - Health Services Union - Greater penalties for misconduct

No Yes

18th Jun 2012, 4:23 PM – Senate Motions - Registered Organisations - Accountability & transparency

absent Yes

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

Bob Carr has only voted once on this policy and it wasn't on a "strong" vote. So it's not possible to draw a clear conclusion about their position.

This could be because there were simply not many relevant divisions (formal votes) during the time they've been in parliament (most votes happen on "the voices", so we simply have no decent record) or they were absent for votes that could have contributed to their voting record.