How Eric Abetz voted compared to someone who agrees that Higher Education Loan Programme (HELP) debts - also known as HECS-HELP debts - should be indexed in line with the ten-year bond rate, capped at six per cent, instead of the generally lower rate of the Consumer Price Index (CPI)

Most important divisions relevant to this policy

These are the most important divisions related to the policy “for increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts” which Eric Abetz could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Eric Abetz on this policy.

Division Eric Abetz Supporters vote

2nd Dec 2014, 5:58 PM – Senate Higher Education and Research Reform Amendment Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Agree with the main idea of the bill

absent Yes

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for increasing indexation of HECS-HELP debts” which Eric Abetz could have attended.

Division Eric Abetz Supporters vote
no votes listed

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