How Penny Wong voted compared to someone who agrees that the federal government should increase restrictions on the gambling industry in order to address the issue of problem gambling

Most important divisions relevant to this policy

These are the most important divisions related to the policy “for increasing restrictions on gambling” which Penny Wong could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Penny Wong on this policy.

Division Penny Wong Supporters vote

27th Mar 2018, 12:06 PM – Senate Communications Legislation Amendment (Online Content Services and Other Measures) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Gambling ads

absent Yes

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for increasing restrictions on gambling” which Penny Wong could have attended.

Division Penny Wong Supporters vote

29th Jul 2019, 4:03 PM – Senate Motions - Gambling - A new inquiry

absent Yes

13th Feb 2019, 4:20 PM – Senate Motions - Gambling - Introduced restrictions

absent Yes

26th Mar 2018, 8:51 PM – Senate Communications Legislation Amendment (Online Content Services and Other Measures) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Prohibit betting on lottery outcome

absent Yes

14th Feb 2018, 4:15 PM – Senate Motions - Gambling - Phase out poker machines

absent Yes

29th Mar 2017, 4:24 PM – Senate Motions - Gambling - Apply the National Consumer Protection Framework

absent Yes

12th Sep 2016, 3:59 PM – Senate Motions - Gambling - Against gambling advertising

absent Yes

22nd Sep 2014, 6:08 PM – Senate Omnibus Repeal Day (Autumn 2014) Bill 2014 - in Committee - Interactive Gambling Act and ACMA

absent No

5th Mar 2014, 12:27 PM – Senate Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2013 — In Committee — Keep schedule 1 (on gambling) unchanged

absent No

9th Feb 2012, 12:55 PM – Senate Documents — Gambling; Order for the Production of Documents

No Yes

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

Penny Wong has only voted once on this policy and it wasn't on a "strong" vote. So it's not possible to draw a clear conclusion about their position.

This could be because there were simply not many relevant divisions (formal votes) during the time they've been in parliament (most votes happen on "the voices", so we simply have no decent record) or they were absent for votes that could have contributed to their voting record.