Compare how Ben Small and David Van voted on protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
Ben Small
Former Liberal Party Senator for WA November 2020 – May 2022
David Van
Independent Senator for Victoria since June 2023
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should protect threatened forest and bushland habitats from logging.
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 protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats” which either Ben Small or David Van could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Ben Small and David Van 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 | Ben Small | David Van | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
11th Sep 2024, 10:07 AM – Senate Ending Native Forest Logging Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea |
- | absent | Yes |
15th Jun 2023, 10:10 AM – Senate Ending Native Forest Logging Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea |
- | absent | Yes |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats” which either Ben Small or David Van 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 "-".