How Sam Dastyari voted compared to someone who agrees that the federal government should introduce mandatory drug testing for people who receive certain welfare payments

Most important divisions relevant to this policy

These are the most important divisions related to the policy “for drug testing welfare recipients” which Sam Dastyari could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Sam Dastyari on this policy.

Division Sam Dastyari Supporters vote

7th Dec 2017, 5:59 PM – Senate Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Agree with 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 drug testing welfare recipients” which Sam Dastyari could have attended.

Division Sam Dastyari Supporters vote

14th Jun 2017, 4:09 PM – Senate Motions - Budget - Abandon drug testing income support

No No

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

Sam Dastyari 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.