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David Shoebridge

David Shoebridge is an Australian Greens senator for New South Wales. First elected 1 July 2022.

2022 Made first Senate speech
2022 May 2026
  1. 2022 Made first Senate speech
  • Australian Greens

Before this: left NSW parliament (2022); won NSW Senate seat (2022).

What do they focus on?

Not enough tracked speeches or amendments to say yet.

  • Law, justice & rights 48
  • Immigration, border & security 31
  • Defence & foreign affairs 23
  • Government & democracy 13
  • Work & employment 13

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.

  • Greens 100%
  • Labor 50%
  • One Nation 18%
  • Coalition 13%

1046 tracked votes while with Greens.

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. 4 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. 4 avg 2.8 46
  • Amendments sponsored i Amendments to bills they put forward during debate, counted across the tracked record. 93 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.
David 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 includes voting Aye for the workplace-relations bill Building Cooperative Workplaces No. 1 on 29 June 2026, and voting Aye on two Senate questions advancing the NDIS bill Securing the NDIS for Future Generations on 22 June. On 14 May, he supported The Survivors Law and moved a second-reading amendment seeking a detailed review of survivor outcomes and related issues. On 31 March, he supported Copyright Amendment while urging access to recorded lessons for students who miss classes.

When do they vote against their party?

David recorded no votes against the Greens position across 1046 recorded votes.

What do they say in debate?

96 tracked speeches across 91 bills.

  • 58 backing a bill
  • 9 with reservations
  • 27 against
  • 2 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.