Compare how John Watson and Ruth Webber voted on increasing freedom of political communication
John Watson
Former Liberal Party Senator for Tasmania July 1978 – June 2008
Ruth Webber
Former Australian Labor Party Senator for WA July 2002 – June 2008
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should increase freedom of political communication in Australia by, for example, protecting people's right to inform others about issues and events in the public interest
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 increasing freedom of political communication” which either John Watson or Ruth Webber could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of John Watson and Ruth Webber 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 | John Watson | Ruth Webber | Supporters vote |
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13th Sep 2007, 12:39 PM – Senate Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Democratic Plebiscites) Bill 2007 - Second Reading - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
No | No | Yes |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for increasing freedom of political communication” which either John Watson or Ruth Webber 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 | John Watson | Ruth Webber | Supporters vote | |||
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no votes listed |