Compare how Scott Ryan and Bill Heffernan voted on refugee family reunification
Scott Ryan
Former President Senator for Victoria November 2017 – October 2021
Bill Heffernan
Former Liberal Party Senator for NSW September 1996 – May 2016
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should ensure that refugees in Australia are able to apply for family reunification visas so that their families can join them in Australia
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 refugee family reunification” which either Scott Ryan or Bill Heffernan could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Scott Ryan and Bill Heffernan 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 | Scott Ryan | Bill Heffernan | Supporters vote |
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19th Mar 2015, 1:58 PM – Senate Migration Amendment (Protection and Other Measures) Bill 2014 - in Committee - Family protection visas |
Yes | absent | No |
17th Jul 2014, 2:21 PM – Senate Regulations and Determinations - Migration Amendment (2014 Measures No. 1) Regulation 2014 - Disallow |
No | No | Yes |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for refugee family reunification” which either Scott Ryan or Bill Heffernan 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 | Scott Ryan | Bill Heffernan | Supporters vote |
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19th Mar 2015 – Senate Migration Amendment (Protection and Other Measures) Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea |
Yes | absent | No |