How James Paterson voted compared to someone who agrees that the federal government's policies to reduce Australia's greenhouse gas emissions should be "technology neutral", which means all forms of electricity generation should be on the table, including coal with carbon capture and storage and gas

Most important divisions relevant to this policy

These are the most important divisions related to the policy “for technology neutral emission reduction targets” which James Paterson could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of James Paterson on this policy.

Division James Paterson Supporters vote
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Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for technology neutral emission reduction targets” which James Paterson could have attended.

Division James Paterson Supporters vote

1st Dec 2016, 4:30 PM – Senate Motions - Coal Industry - For technology neutral policies

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How "We can't say anything concrete about how they voted on" is worked out

James Paterson has only voted once on this policy and it wasn't on a "strong" vote. So it's not possible to draw a clear conclusion about their position.

This could be because there were simply not many relevant divisions (formal votes) during the time they've been in parliament (most votes happen on "the voices", so we simply have no decent record) or they were absent for votes that could have contributed to their voting record.