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Catherine King

Catherine King is the Australian Labor Party MP for Ballarat. First elected 10 November 2001.

2001 Won Ballarat, entered parliament
2007 Appointed parliamentary secretary
2013 Became regional minister
2019 Became shadow infrastructure minister
2022 Became infrastructure minister
2001 May 2026
  1. 2001 Won Ballarat, entered parliament
  2. 2007 Appointed parliamentary secretary
  3. 2013 Became regional minister
  4. 2019 Became shadow infrastructure minister
  5. 2022 Became infrastructure minister
  • Australian Labor Party

What do they focus on?

Not enough tracked speeches or amendments to say yet.

  • Industry, agriculture & resources 14
  • Culture, sport & community 7
  • Transport & communications 4
  • Budget, tax & economy 2
  • Climate, energy & environment 2

Bars show tracked speeches and amendments by policy area.

How do they vote?

Share of recorded votes on the same side as each party's majority.

  • Labor 100%
  • Greens 68%
  • Coalition 18%
  • One Nation 0%

442 tracked votes while with Labor.

How do they compare?

  • Years in parliament i Total time served across every stint in either chamber, up to the end of the tracked record. 24.7 yrs 0.2 avg 8.5 yrs 33.3
  • Votes against their party i Recorded votes cast against their own party's majority side. The average is across party members only. 0 avg 0.6 26
  • Bills introduced i Bills they introduced to Parliament, counted across the tracked record. 18 avg 2.8 46
  • Amendments sponsored i Amendments to bills they put forward during debate, counted across the tracked record. 0 avg 7.9 226
Where their votes sit, left to right i Built from votes alone: party members sit at their party's mark and move only by votes cast against their own party toward a neighbouring one. Independents are placed by their side on the votes where the parties disagreed.
Catherine Greens Labor Coalition One Nation

The marker starts at their party’s position and shifts only for floor-crossings towards a neighbouring party. No topic strip is shown because their economic, social and environment votes followed the party line.

What have they done lately?

Recent activity runs through June 2026. On fuel-excise relief, King spoke in support of temporary fuel-excise and heavy-vehicle-charge relief. On aviation consumer protection, she spoke in support of stronger passenger protections, but voted No on a separate proposal requiring automatic compensation and published passenger standards, defeated 47–86. She also voted No on a fuel-tax-credit cap, defeated 11–74. These votes concern the specific recorded questions and do not alone establish opposition to either bill as a whole.

When do they vote against their party?

Catherine recorded no votes against the Labor position across 442 recorded votes.

What do they say in debate?

36 tracked speeches across 25 bills.

  • 36 backing a bill
  • 0 with reservations
  • 0 against
  • 0 no clear position

About these numbers

Based on 766 tracked bills from the 47th and 48th Parliaments, current to 6 July 2026. This is a sample of parliamentary activity, not the complete record.

Career markers come from dated public records. Voting figures use division lists only. For party members, the left-to-right marker begins at the party position. It moves only when the member votes against that party and on the same side as a neighbouring party; other cross-party combinations do not affect it. Independents and minor-party members are placed by their votes in divisions where the Greens and the Coalition took opposite sides. If this position differs from a member’s broader public politics, a note appears below the strip.