Senate
Penny Wong
Penny Wong is an Australian Labor Party senator for South Australia. First elected 1 July 2002.
- 2002 Won SA Senate seat
- 2007 Became Climate Minister
- 2010 Became Finance Minister
- 2013 Became Senate opposition leader
- 2022 Became Foreign Minister
- 2022 Led government in Senate
- Australian Labor Party
What do they focus on?
Not enough tracked speeches or amendments to say yet.
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.
204 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 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. 0 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
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. Medium confidence: fewer recorded votes so far.
What have they done lately?
Recent activity is concentrated in early and mid-2026. On 20 January, she spoke in support of the criminal and migration hate-extremism bill and voted Aye on its second reading, while voting No on several inquiry and amendment proposals linked to it. On 31 March, she urged passage of the strategic-reserve export-finance bill, saying expanded reserve and financing powers would protect businesses and households.
On 22 June, she voted No on two motions to speed Senate handling of the NDIS bill; both motions carried.
When do they vote against their party?
Penny recorded no votes against the Labor position across 204 recorded votes.
What do they say in debate?
5 tracked speeches across 5 bills.
- 5 backing a bill
- 0 with reservations
- 0 against
- 0 no clear position
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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.