How Mathias Cormann voted compared to someone who agrees that the federal government should increase transparency requirements for political parties (for example, requiring full and prompt disclosure of any political donations on easy-to-search public websites)

Most important divisions relevant to this policy

These are the most important divisions related to the policy “for increasing political transparency” which Mathias Cormann could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Mathias Cormann on this policy.

Division Mathias Cormann Supporters vote

11th Mar 2009, 12:19 PM – Senate Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other Measures) Bill 2008 [2009] - Second Reading - Agree to the bill's main idea

absent Yes

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for increasing political transparency” which Mathias Cormann could have attended.

Division Mathias Cormann Supporters vote

24th Feb 2020, 4:11 PM – Senate Motions - Parliament - Transparency

absent Yes

12th Nov 2018, 3:49 PM – Senate Motions - Political Donations - Increase disclosure requirements

absent Yes

16th Aug 2018, 12:06 PM – Senate Motions - Donations to Political Parties - Disclosure

absent Yes

17th Aug 2017, 12:19 PM – Senate Committees - Select Committee into the Political Influence of Donations - Appointment

absent Yes

3rd Dec 2013 – Senate Motions - Political Donations - Disclosure and ban on overseas donations

absent Yes

How "We can't say anything concrete about how they voted on" is worked out

Normally a person's votes count towards a score which is used to work out a simple phrase to summarise their position on a policy. However in this case Mathias Cormann was absent during all divisions for this policy. So, it's impossible to say anything concrete.