How Patrick Dodson voted compared to someone who agrees that the federal government should increase freedom of political communication in Australia by, for example, protecting people's right to inform others about issues and events in the public interest

Most important divisions relevant to this policy

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

Division Patrick Dodson Supporters vote

25th Nov 2021, 4:04 PM – Senate Regulations and Determinations - Australian Charities and Not-For-Profits Commission Amendment (2021 Measures No. 2) Regulations 2021 - Disallow

absent Yes

28th Jun 2018, 6:25 PM – Senate National Security Legislation Amendment (Espionage and Foreign Interference) Bill 2018 - in Committee - Freedom of speech

absent Yes

Other divisions relevant to this policy

These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for increasing freedom of political communication” which Patrick Dodson could have attended.

Division Patrick Dodson Supporters vote

25th Jun 2018, 3:48 PM – Senate Motions - Charitable Organisations - Be wary of adverse impacts of foreign interference laws

Yes Yes

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

Patrick Dodson has only voted once on this policy and it wasn't on a "strong" vote. So it's not possible to draw a clear conclusion about their position.

This could be because there were simply not many relevant divisions (formal votes) during the time they've been in parliament (most votes happen on "the voices", so we simply have no decent record) or they were absent for votes that could have contributed to their voting record.