Compare how Anne Ruston and Dean Smith voted on a Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability
Anne Ruston
Liberal Party Senator for SA since September 2012
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 establish a Royal Commission to investigate and report on violence and abuse against people with disability in light of the the disproportionately high number of reports of abuse of Australians with a disability by people who are meant to care for them
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 a Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability” which either Anne Ruston or Dean Smith could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Anne Ruston 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 | Anne Ruston | Dean Smith | Supporters vote | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for a Royal Commission into Violence and Abuse against People with Disability” which either Anne Ruston 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 | Anne Ruston | Dean Smith | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
14th Feb 2019, 12:13 PM – Senate Motions - Disability Services - Establish a royal commission |
No | No | Yes |
4th Dec 2018, 4:25 PM – Senate Motions - Disability Services - Establish a royal commission |
No | absent | Yes |
19th Sep 2018, 4:47 PM – Senate Motions - Aged Care - Royal Commission and people with disability |
No | No | Yes |
29th Mar 2017, 4:14 PM – Senate Motions - Institutional Care - For a royal commission |
No | No | Yes |