Compare how Sam McMahon and Mathias Cormann voted on protecting whistleblowers
Sam McMahon
Former Country Liberal Party Senator for NT July 2019 – May 2022
Mathias Cormann
Former Liberal Party Senator for WA June 2007 – November 2020
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should introduce legislation to protect people who disclose information for the benefit of the public interest and protect the journalists who report it
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 protecting whistleblowers” which either Sam McMahon or Mathias Cormann could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Sam McMahon and Mathias Cormann 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 | Sam McMahon | Mathias Cormann | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
14th May 2015, 3:43 PM – Senate Australian Border Force Bill 2015 and related bill - Third Reading - Pass the bill |
- | absent | No |
25th Sep 2014 – Senate National Security Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2014 - in Committee - Against increase in penalty for unauthorised disclosure |
- | absent | Yes |
25th Sep 2014 – Senate National Security Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2014 - in Committee - Remove secrecy provisions |
- | absent | Yes |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for protecting whistleblowers” which either Sam McMahon or Mathias Cormann 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 | Sam McMahon | Mathias Cormann | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
10th Nov 2020, 6:28 PM – Senate Economic Recovery Package (Jobmaker Hiring Credit) Amendment Bill 2020 - in Committee - Transparency |
No | - | Yes |
23rd Jul 2019, 3:46 PM – Senate Committees - Environment and Communications References Committee - Reference |
No | absent | Yes |
22nd Jul 2019, 4:03 PM – Senate Documents - Commissioner of Taxation - Order for the Production of Documents |
No | No | Yes |
4th Jul 2019, 12:49 PM – Senate Committees - Joint Select Committee into the Public's Right to Know and Press Freedom - Appointment |
No | No | Yes |
14th May 2015, 1:58 PM – Senate Australian Border Force Bill 2015 and related bill - in Committee - Public interest amendment |
- | No | Yes |
25th Sep 2014, 9:31 PM – Senate National Security Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2014 - Third Reading - Pass the bill |
- | absent | No |
19th Mar 2013, 3:47 PM – Senate Motions - Public Interest Disclosure - Protect whistle blowers |
- | absent | Yes |