Compare how John Williams and Dean Smith voted on revoking citizenship of dual nationals involved with terrorism offences by the minister
John Williams
Former National Party Senator for NSW July 2008 – July 2019
Dean Smith
Liberal Party Senator for WA since May 2012
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should give the immigration minister the power to revoke the citizenship of people who have dual nationality (that is, are also citizens of another country) if they take part in certain terrorism-related offences [NOTE: following a High Court decision that ruled that the Minister did not have the power to revoke citizenship in this manner, there is now a new policy titled "Revoking citizenship of dual nationals involved with terrorism offences by the courts", which involves giving the citizenship-revoking power to the courts rather than the Minister themself]
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 revoking citizenship of dual nationals involved with terrorism offences by the minister” which either John Williams or Dean Smith could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of John Williams and Dean 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 | John Williams | Dean Smith | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
1st Dec 2015, 9:01 PM – Senate Australian Citizenship Amendment (Allegiance to Australia) Bill 2015 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for revoking citizenship of dual nationals involved with terrorism offences by the minister” which either John Williams or Dean 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 | John Williams | Dean Smith | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
3rd Sep 2020, 4:22 PM – Senate Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Cessation) Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea |
- | absent | Yes |