Compare how Dean Smith and Mark Furner voted on increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income
Dean Smith
Liberal Party Senator for WA since May 2012
Mark Furner
Former Australian Labor Party Senator for Queensland July 2008 – June 2014
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should allocate 0.7% of Gross National Income (GNI) to foreign aid in line with the United Nations' target
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 increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income” which either Dean Smith or Mark Furner could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Dean Smith and Mark Furner 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 | Mark Furner | Supporters vote | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| no votes listed | ||||||
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for increasing the foreign aid budget to 0.7% of Gross National Income” which either Dean Smith or Mark Furner 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 | Mark Furner | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
4th Dec 2019, 4:27 PM – Senate Motions - Budget: Foreign Aid - Increase |
No | - | Yes |
26th Nov 2018, 4:33 PM – Senate Motions - International Development Assistance - Increase aid budget |
No | - | Yes |
9th May 2017, 3:56 PM – Senate Motions - Military Unmanned Aerial Vehicles - Fund diplomatic network and aid |
No | - | Yes |
14th Mar 2013, 12:17 PM – Senate Motions - International Development Assistance - Increase foreign aid budget to 0.7% of GNI |
No | No | Yes |
25th Jun 2012, 3:42 PM – Senate Motions - Foreign Aid Budget - Increase foreign aid budget to 0.7% of GNI |
absent | No | Yes |
14th Oct 2008, 3:59 PM – Senate Motions - Anti-Poverty Week - Base pension rate + foreign aid budget |
- | No | Yes |