Compare how Sean Edwards and Dean Smith voted on protecting whistleblowers
Sean Edwards
Former Liberal Party Senator for SA July 2011 – May 2016
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 introduce legislation to protect people who disclose information for the benefit of the public interest and protect the journalists who report it
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 protecting whistleblowers” which either Sean Edwards or Dean Smith could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Sean Edwards 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 | Sean Edwards | Dean Smith | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
15th Jun 2023, 10:35 AM – Senate Public Interest Disclosure Amendment (Review) Bill 2022 - in Committee - Meaning of public interest disclosure |
- | absent | Yes |
14th May 2015, 3:43 PM – Senate Australian Border Force Bill 2015 and related bill - Third Reading - Pass the bill |
Yes | Yes | No |
25th Sep 2014 – Senate National Security Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2014 - in Committee - Against increase in penalty for unauthorised disclosure |
No | No | Yes |
25th Sep 2014 – Senate National Security Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2014 - in Committee - Remove secrecy provisions |
absent | No | Yes |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for protecting whistleblowers” which either Sean Edwards 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 "-".