Compare how John Madigan and Sam Dastyari voted on landholders' right to say no to mining and gas exploration

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John Madigan

Former Independent Senator for Victoria September 2014 – May 2016

Voted almost always for landholders' right to say no to mining and gas exploration
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Sam Dastyari

Former Australian Labor Party Senator for NSW August 2013 – January 2018

Voted consistently against landholders' right to say no to mining and gas exploration

How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that landholders, particularly farmers, should be able to say no to mining and gas exploration on their land (in other words, they should be able to lock the gate)

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 landholders' right to say no to mining and gas exploration” which either John Madigan or Sam Dastyari could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of John Madigan and Sam Dastyari 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 Madigan Sam Dastyari Supporters vote

6th Mar 2014, 11:40 AM – Senate Landholders' Right to Refuse (Gas and Coal) Bill 2013 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea

Yes No Yes

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for landholders' right to say no to mining and gas exploration” which either John Madigan or Sam Dastyari 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 Madigan Sam Dastyari Supporters vote

24th Nov 2015, 3:56 PM – Senate Motions - Coal Seam Gas - Landholders' right to say "no"

absent No Yes

5th Mar 2015 – Senate Motions — Coal Seam Gas

Yes No Yes

9th Jul 2014, 3:51 PM – Senate Motions - Coal Seam Gas - Right to say no

absent No Yes

15th May 2014, 12:14 PM – Senate Motions - Coal Seam Gas - Bentley blockade

Yes No Yes

6th Mar 2014, 12:31 PM – Senate Motions - Lock the Gate Alliance - Act on concerns of the Alliance

Yes No Yes

13th Feb 2014, 12:23 PM – Senate Motions - Coal Seam Gas - Landholders' right to refuse

No No Yes

14th Nov 2013, 11:23 AM – Senate Motions - Agriculture - Coal seam gas wells

Yes No Yes