Compare how Bob Brown and Mary Fisher voted on protecting the Great Barrier Reef

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Bob Brown

Former Australian Greens Senator for Tasmania July 1996 – June 2012

Voted consistently for protecting the Great Barrier Reef
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Mary Fisher

Former Liberal Party Senator for SA June 2007 – August 2012

Voted almost always against protecting the Great Barrier Reef

How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should make laws and regulations that protect and conserve the health of the Great Barrier Reef for future generations

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 the Great Barrier Reef” which either Bob Brown or Mary Fisher could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Bob Brown and Mary Fisher 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 Bob Brown Mary Fisher Supporters vote
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Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for protecting the Great Barrier Reef” which either Bob Brown or Mary Fisher 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 Bob Brown Mary Fisher Supporters vote

22nd Mar 2012, 1:56 PM – Senate Motions - Great Barrier Reef - Oppose offshore dumping

Yes absent Yes

22nd Mar 2012, 1:53 PM – Senate Motions - Mining - Moratorium on coal seam gas

Yes absent Yes

10th Nov 2011 – Senate Motions - Great Barrier Reef - Suspend applications and approvals until after UNESCO assessment

Yes No Yes

9th Nov 2011 – Senate Motions - Great Barrier Reef - Suspend applications and approvals until after UNESCO assessment

Yes absent Yes

13th Sep 2011 – Senate Motions - Coal Seam Gas - Moratorium on new coal seam gas approvals

Yes absent Yes

24th Jun 2008, 3:48 PM – Senate Motions - Climate Change - Act on conference conclusions

Yes No Yes