Senate
Tony Sheldon
Tony Sheldon is an Australian Labor Party senator for New South Wales. First elected 1 July 2019.
- 2020 Chaired job security inquiry
- 2022 Named disaster recovery envoy
- 2022 Chaired employment committee
- 2024 Chaired AI inquiry
- Australian Labor Party
Before this: won NSW Senate seat (2019).
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.
854 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. 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. 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.
What have they done lately?
On 30 March 2026, Sheldon spoke in support of Fairer Fuel, calling it an urgent change for fuel-price shocks and supply chains. He voted No on proposals to refer the bill to inquiry, call for fuel-tax cuts, add review and sunset safeguards, and protect existing workplace terms; these were specific questions, not automatically a whole-bill position. On 20 January 2026, he spoke in support of firearms and customs laws and criminal and migration laws, while voting on several recorded inquiry, safeguard and licensing questions.
When do they vote against their party?
Tony recorded no votes against the Labor position across 854 recorded votes.
What do they say in debate?
39 tracked speeches across 37 bills.
- 32 backing a bill
- 0 with reservations
- 6 against
- 1 no clear position
Go deeper
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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.