How Ian Macdonald voted compared to someone who agrees that the federal government should make it an offence punishable by imprisonment for Immigration and Border Protection employees, consultants and contractors to record or disclose information that they obtained while working in Australia's immigration detention centres

Most important divisions relevant to this policy

These are the most important divisions related to the policy “for imprisoning immigration detention workers who record or reveal information from their work” which Ian Macdonald could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Ian Macdonald on this policy.

Division Ian Macdonald Supporters vote

14th May 2015, 3:43 PM – Senate Australian Border Force Bill 2015 and related bill - Third Reading - Pass the bill

absent Yes

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for imprisoning immigration detention workers who record or reveal information from their work” which Ian Macdonald could have attended.

Division Ian Macdonald Supporters vote

16th Oct 2017, 11:11 AM – Senate Australian Border Force Amendment (Protected Information) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Unauthorised disclosure

absent No

16th Oct 2017, 10:53 AM – Senate Australian Border Force Amendment (Protected Information) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Section 42

absent No

14th May 2015, 1:58 PM – Senate Australian Border Force Bill 2015 and related bill - in Committee - Public interest amendment

absent No

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

Normally a person's votes count towards a score which is used to work out a simple phrase to summarise their position on a policy. However in this case Ian Macdonald was absent during all divisions for this policy. So, it's impossible to say anything concrete.