Compare how Lidia Thorpe and Anne Ruston voted on increasing consumer protections
Lidia Thorpe
Independent Senator for Victoria since February 2023
Anne Ruston
Liberal Party Senator for SA since September 2012
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should introduce legislation that increases consumer protections by, for example, encouraging competition
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 consumer protections” which either Lidia Thorpe or Anne Ruston could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Lidia Thorpe and Anne Ruston 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 | Lidia Thorpe | Anne Ruston | Supporters vote | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for increasing consumer protections” which either Lidia Thorpe or Anne Ruston 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 | Lidia Thorpe | Anne Ruston | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
11th May 2021, 3:59 PM – Senate Motions - Banking and Financial Services - Protect consumers |
Yes | absent | Yes |
2nd Dec 2020, 3:45 PM – Senate Motions - Banking and Financial Services - Keep responsible lending obligations |
Yes | No | Yes |
10th Feb 2020, 9:48 PM – Senate Treasury Laws Amendment (2018 Measures No. 2) Bill 2019 - in Committee - Limit the exemption |
- | No | Yes |
12th Nov 2019, 1:07 PM – Senate Treasury Laws Amendment (Prohibiting Energy Market Misconduct) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea |
- | absent | Yes |
23rd Aug 2018, 12:27 PM – Senate Motions - Australian Consumer Law - Protect consumers |
- | No | Yes |