Compare how Penny Wong and David Smith voted on increasing accessibility of government data and documents
Penny Wong
Australian Labor Party Senator for SA since July 2002
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 make its data and documents more accessible for the general public and Parliament
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 increasing accessibility of government data and documents” which either Penny Wong or David Smith could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Penny Wong 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 | Penny Wong | David Smith | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
9th Aug 2021, 11:49 AM – Senate Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Waiver of Debt and Act of Grace Payments) Bill 2019 - Third Reading - Pass the bill |
absent | - | Yes |
9th Aug 2021, 11:42 AM – Senate Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Waiver of Debt and Act of Grace Payments) Bill 2019 - 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 increasing accessibility of government data and documents” which either Penny Wong 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 "-".