Senate
Larissa Waters
Larissa Waters is an Australian Greens senator for Queensland. First elected 1 July 2011.
- 2011 Won Queensland Senate seat
- 2014 Became deputy leader
- 2017 Resigned during citizenship crisis
- 2017 Ruled ineligible for Senate
- 2018 Won election, regained leadership
- 2022 Lost deputy leadership
- Australian Greens
- Out of this seat
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.
1041 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. 13.9 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. 45 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?
Recent activity in June and April 2026 included voting Aye for the workplace relations bill, which passed 31–25. In tax reform bill votes, Waters voted No on a proposal to criticise rushed Senate scrutiny, defeated 24–32; she also voted Aye on a proposal to reinvest tax savings in housing, defeated 11–33. In NDIS bill votes, she voted Aye on two motions allowing Senate consideration to proceed, both carried (29–23 and 29–25). On 1 April, she moved First Nations interpreting services, and the proposal was defeated 12–31.
When do they vote against their party?
Larissa recorded no votes against the Greens position across 1041 recorded votes.
What do they say in debate?
69 tracked speeches across 63 bills.
- 49 backing a bill
- 6 with reservations
- 12 against
- 2 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.