Compare how David Johnston and Matt Thistlethwaite voted on protecting citizens' privacy
David Johnston
Former Liberal Party Senator for WA July 2002 – May 2016
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 respect its citizens' right to privacy and make sure all sensitive information it does have access to (such as medical, census or tax data) is kept secure
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 citizens' privacy” which either David Johnston or Matt Thistlethwaite could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of David Johnston 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 | David Johnston | Matt Thistlethwaite | Supporters vote | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for protecting citizens' privacy” which either David Johnston 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 | David Johnston | Matt Thistlethwaite | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
18th Jun 2013, 4:07 PM – Senate Motions - PRISM - Australia's vulnerability |
No | No | Yes |
27th Feb 2013, 4:11 PM – Senate Motions - National Security Inquiry - Abandon plan to retain data for up to two years |
absent | No | Yes |
26th Feb 2007, 3:49 PM – Senate Motions - Smartcard - Privacy |
No | - | Yes |