Compare how Anne Ruston and David Smith voted on reducing taxes for middle-income earners
Anne Ruston
Liberal Party Senator for SA since September 2012
David Smith
Australian Labor Party Representative for Bean since May 2019
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should reduce income tax for middle-income earners (those who earn more than $80,000 per year)
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 reducing taxes for middle-income earners” which either Anne Ruston or David Smith could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Anne Ruston 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 | Anne Ruston | David Smith | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
4th Jul 2019, 5:39 PM – Senate Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Relief So Working Australians Keep More of Their Money) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea |
Yes | - | Yes |
4th Jul 2019 – Senate Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Relief So Working Australians Keep More of Their Money) Bill 2019 - Third Reading - Pass the bill |
Yes | - | Yes |
11th Oct 2016, 1:56 PM – Senate Treasury Laws Amendment (Income Tax Relief) Bill 2016 - Second Reading - Agree with the main idea of the bill |
absent | - | Yes |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for reducing taxes for middle-income earners” which either Anne Ruston 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 | Anne Ruston | David Smith | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
20th Jun 2018, 7:14 PM – Senate Treasury Laws Amendment (Personal Income Tax Plan) Bill 2018 - In committee - Changes to tax rates |
No | Yes | Yes |
20th Jun 2018, 7:05 PM – Senate Treasury Laws Amendment (Personal Income Tax Plan) Bill 2018 - in Committee - Low and Middle Income Tax Offset |
No | Yes | Yes |
20th Jun 2018, 6:48 PM – Senate Treasury Laws Amendment (Personal Income Tax Plan) Bill 2018 - in Committee - Senator Storer's amendments |
No | Yes | Yes |