Compare how Kimberley Kitching and Marise Payne voted on closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians

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Kimberley Kitching

Former Australian Labor Party Senator for Victoria October 2016 – March 2022

Voted consistently for closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
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Marise Payne

Former Liberal Party Senator for NSW April 1997 – September 2023

Voted almost always against closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians

How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government needs to make closing the gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and other Australians a priority

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 closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians” which either Kimberley Kitching or Marise Payne could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Kimberley Kitching and Marise Payne 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 Kimberley Kitching Marise Payne Supporters vote
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Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians” which either Kimberley Kitching or Marise Payne 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 Kimberley Kitching Marise Payne Supporters vote

1st Sep 2021, 5:18 PM – Senate Matters of Urgency - Covid-19 - Indigenous Australians

absent absent Yes

16th Feb 2021, 5:00 PM – Senate Motions - Closing the Gap - Adequate funding

Yes absent Yes

10th Jun 2020, 3:47 PM – Senate Motions - COVID-19 - First Nations

Yes No Yes

13th Feb 2020, 12:25 PM – Senate Motions - Closing the Gap - Commit

Yes No Yes

18th Sep 2007, 3:57 PM – Senate Motions - National Close the Gap Day - Health equality within 25 years

- No Yes