House of Representatives
Bill Shorten
Bill Shorten was the Australian Labor Party MP for Maribyrnong. First elected 24 November 2007.
- 2007 Won Maribyrnong, entered parliament
- 2011 Promoted to cabinet
- 2013 Left federal cabinet
- 2013 Elected Labor leader
- 2019 Resigned as Labor leader
- 2025 Left federal parliament
- Australian Labor Party
What do they focus on?
His nine tracked speeches concentrate on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, public-service oversight, and protections for workers. He supported National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No. 1), which aimed to strengthen the disability insurance scheme and protect participants. He also backed Public Service Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2024, clarifying investigations into current and former agency heads, and Criminal Code Amendment (Protecting Commonwealth Frontline Workers), raising penalties for threats and serious harm against Commonwealth frontline workers.
His tracked votes cover workplace rules, climate and environmental regulation, and housing. Examples include Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes), which addressed workplace loopholes affecting pay and job security; Safeguard Mechanism (Crediting) Amendment, which established an emissions-crediting system; and Housing Australia Future Fund, which created a housing investment fund. The wider list also includes tax and social-security measures, including Treasury Laws Amendment (Support for Small Business and Charities and Other Measures) and Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Repeal of Cashless Debit Card and Other Measures).
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.
280 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. 17.2 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. 2 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.
What have they done lately?
Bill Shorten left parliament on 20 Jan 2025. This card covers their full tracked record.
When do they vote against their party?
Bill recorded no votes against the Labor position across 280 recorded votes.
What do they say in debate?
9 tracked speeches across 6 bills.
- 9 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.