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Andrew Giles

Andrew Giles is the Australian Labor Party MP for Scullin. First elected 7 September 2013.

2013 Won Scullin, entered parliament
2016 Became shadow assistant minister
2019 Became shadow minister
2022 Became immigration minister
2024 Moved to skills ministry
2013 May 2026
  1. 2013 Won Scullin, entered parliament
  2. 2016 Became shadow assistant minister
  3. 2019 Became shadow minister
  4. 2022 Became immigration minister
  5. 2024 Moved to skills ministry
  • Australian Labor Party

What do they focus on?

Not enough tracked speeches or amendments to say yet.

  • Immigration, border & security 13
  • Education & skills 4
  • Government & democracy 2

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.

  • Labor 100%
  • Greens 62%
  • Coalition 24%
  • One Nation 0%

476 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. 12.8 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. 9 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
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.
Andrew 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?

The three most recent listed speeches are on education and training: in February 2026, Giles supported the Universities Accord implementation package, saying it would improve higher-education stewardship, access and long-term skills planning. In October 2025, he supported a VET Student Loans validation measure concerning tax-file-number handling. In February 2025, he supported the Free TAFE bill, describing permanent Free TAFE as cost-of-living relief that helps address skills shortages and provides training without debt. Other recent listed activity includes migration, including migration-removal measures.

When do they vote against their party?

Andrew recorded no votes against the Labor position across 476 recorded votes.

What do they say in debate?

19 tracked speeches across 14 bills.

  • 17 backing a bill
  • 0 with reservations
  • 2 against
  • 0 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.