Compare how Brian Burston and David Smith voted on increasing surveillance powers

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Brian Burston

Former United Australia Party Senator for NSW June 2018 – July 2019

Voted a mixture of for and against increasing surveillance powers
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David Smith

Australian Labor Party Representative for Bean since May 2019

Voted consistently for increasing surveillance powers

How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should introduce legislation to increase the powers of intelligence and law enforcement agencies to intercept and retain communications related to persons of interest. These agencies include the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) and the Australian Federal Police (AFP).

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 increasing surveillance powers” which either Brian Burston or David Smith could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Brian Burston and David Smith 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 Brian Burston David Smith Supporters vote

6th Dec 2018, 7:22 PM – Senate Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018 - Third Reading - Pass the bill

Yes Yes Yes

6th Dec 2018, 7:09 PM – Senate Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea

No Yes Yes

8th Nov 2016, 7:24 PM – Senate Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2016 - Second Reading - Agree to the bill's main idea

absent - Yes

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for increasing surveillance powers” which either Brian Burston or David Smith 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 Brian Burston David Smith Supporters vote

20th Sep 2018, 12:27 PM – Senate Motions - Right to Privacy - Protect

absent No No