How Penny Wong voted compared to someone who agrees that the federal government should not put asylum seeker children into immigration detention and should release all children now in detention

Most important divisions relevant to this policy

These are the most important divisions related to the policy “for removing children from immigration detention” 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

4th Dec 2014, 8:58 PM – Senate Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea

absent No

4th Dec 2014, 8:55 PM – Senate Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Process unprocessed claims and release detained children

absent Yes

4th Dec 2014, 12:15 AM – Senate Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014 - Third Reading - Pass the bill

absent No

4th Dec 2014, 12:11 AM – Senate Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014 - in Committee - Agree with the amended bill

absent No

16th May 2013, 12:02 PM – Senate Migration Amendment (Unauthorised Maritime Arrivals and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - In Committee - Vulnerable persons

absent Yes

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for removing children from immigration detention” which Penny Wong could have attended.

Division Penny Wong Supporters vote

23rd Jun 2021, 4:22 PM – Senate Motions - Immigration Detention - Let Murugappan family return to Biloela

absent Yes

8th Dec 2020, 5:17 PM – Senate Motions - Asylum Seekers - Return family to Biloela

absent Yes

26th Nov 2018, 3:42 PM – Senate Motions - Universal Children's Day - Children in detention

absent Yes

17th Oct 2018, 4:13 PM – Senate Motions - Immigration Detention - Remove children from Nauru

absent Yes

17th Oct 2018, 4:09 PM – Senate Motions - Immigration Detention - Congratulating Liberal members for stance against children in detention

absent Yes

6th Dec 2017, 4:13 PM – Senate Motions - Human Rights Day - Refugee resettlement and children

absent Yes

25th Jun 2015, 5:02 PM – Senate Migration Amendment (Regional Processing Arrangements) Bill 2015 - in Committee - Detention of children

absent Yes

27th Aug 2008, 4:21 PM – Senate Motions - MV Tampa: Seventh Anniversary - Inquiry into immigration detention

absent Yes

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 Penny Wong was absent during all divisions for this policy. So, it's impossible to say anything concrete.