Compare how Christopher Back and Matt Thistlethwaite voted on decreasing ABC and SBS funding
Christopher Back
Former Liberal Party Senator for WA March 2009 – July 2017
Matt Thistlethwaite
Australian Labor Party Representative for Kingsford Smith since September 2013
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should decrease funding for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS)
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 decreasing ABC and SBS funding” which either Christopher Back or Matt Thistlethwaite could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Christopher Back and Matt Thistlethwaite 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 | Christopher Back | Matt Thistlethwaite | Supporters vote | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| no votes listed | ||||||
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for decreasing ABC and SBS funding” which either Christopher Back or Matt Thistlethwaite 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 | Christopher Back | Matt Thistlethwaite | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
10th May 2017, 5:41 PM – Senate Motions - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Reduce funding |
absent | - | Yes |
29th Nov 2016, 4:03 PM – Senate Motions - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Opposes cuts |
No | - | No |
24th Jun 2015, 12:20 PM – Senate Communications Legislation Amendment (Sbs Advertising Flexibility and Other Measures) Bill 2015 - Second Reading - Agree to bill's main idea |
Yes | - | Yes |
26th May 2015, 8:27 PM – Representatives Communications Legislation Amendment (Sbs Advertising Flexibility and Other Measures) Bill 2015 - Second Reading - Agree to bill's main idea |
- | No | Yes |
24th Nov 2014, 4:38 PM – Senate Motions - ABC and SBS - Against budget cuts |
No | - | No |
18th Jun 2013, 4:02 PM – Senate Motions - Public Broadcasting - Properly fund ABC and SBS |
No | Yes | No |