Compare how Dean Smith and David Shoebridge voted on decreasing government funding for private schools
Dean Smith
Liberal Party Senator for WA since May 2012
David Shoebridge
Australian Greens Senator for NSW since May 2022
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that private schools (also known as independent or non-government schools) should not receive significant funding from the government
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 government funding for private schools” which either Dean Smith or David Shoebridge could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Dean Smith and David Shoebridge 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 | Dean Smith | David Shoebridge | Supporters vote | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| no votes listed | ||||||
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for decreasing government funding for private schools” which either Dean Smith or David Shoebridge 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 | Dean Smith | David Shoebridge | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
8th Nov 2023, 5:16 PM – Senate Regulations and Determinations - Australian Education Amendment (2023 Capital Funding) Regulations 2023 - Disallowance |
No | Yes | Yes |
26th Oct 2022, 4:23 PM – Senate Regulations and Determinations - Australian Education Amendment (2022 Capital Funding Indexation) Regulations 2022 - Disallowance; private school funding |
No | Yes | Yes |
17th Oct 2018, 3:42 PM – Senate Motions - Schools - Fund public schools |
No | - | Yes |
13th Feb 2017, 4:24 PM – Senate Motions - Schools - Needs-based funding model |
absent | - | Yes |