Compare how Christopher Back and Stephen Parry voted on changing the wording of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act
Christopher Back
Former Liberal Party Senator for WA March 2009 – July 2017
Stephen Parry
Former President Senator for Tasmania July 2014 – November 2017
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should change section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act so that the words "insult", "offend", "humiliate" are replaced with the word "harass"
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 changing the wording of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act” which either Christopher Back or Stephen Parry could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Christopher Back and Stephen Parry 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 | Stephen Parry | Supporters vote |
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30th Mar 2017, 8:45 PM – Senate Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for changing the wording of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act” which either Christopher Back or Stephen Parry 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 | Stephen Parry | Supporters vote |
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30th Mar 2017, 10:04 PM – Senate Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 - in Committee - Change 18C wording |
Yes | Yes | Yes |