Compare how Eric Abetz and Michaelia Cash voted on changing the date of Australia Day
Eric Abetz
Former Liberal Party Senator for Tasmania February 1994 – May 2022
Michaelia Cash
Liberal Party Senator for WA since July 2008
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the date of Australia Day should be changed from 26 January, which was the day the First Fleet arrived at Port Jackson, Sydney, and is a day of mourning for many Australians
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 changing the date of Australia Day” which either Eric Abetz or Michaelia Cash could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Eric Abetz and Michaelia Cash 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 | Eric Abetz | Michaelia Cash | Supporters vote | |||
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Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for changing the date of Australia Day” which either Eric Abetz or Michaelia Cash 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 | Eric Abetz | Michaelia Cash | Supporters vote |
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8th Feb 2018, 11:58 AM – Senate Motions - Australia Day - Change the date |
No | No | Yes |
6th Dec 2017, 4:05 PM – Senate Motions - Australia Day - Consultation on changing the date |
No | absent | Yes |
29th Nov 2017, 4:19 PM – Senate Motions - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Triple J's Hottest 100 + Australia Day |
Yes | Yes | No |
29th Nov 2017, 3:52 PM – Senate Motions - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Triple J's Hottest 100 + Australia Day |
absent | absent | Yes |
13th Nov 2017, 7:53 PM – Senate Regulations - Citizenship (Authorisation) Revocation and Authorisation Instrument 2017 and another - Disallow |
No | No | Yes |
17th Aug 2017, 12:45 PM – Senate Motions - Australia Day - City of Yarra Council |
Yes | Yes | No |
9th Feb 2017, 12:39 PM – Senate Motions - Australia Day - Change the date |
No | No | Yes |