Senate
Murray Watt
Murray Watt is an Australian Labor Party senator for Queensland. First elected 2 July 2016.
- 2016 Won Queensland Senate seat
- 2022 Joined cabinet as agriculture minister
- Australian Labor Party
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.
713 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. 10 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?
On 29 June 2026, Watt voted Aye for the workplace relations bill, which the Senate passed 31–25. On 25 June, he spoke against My Face, My Rights, saying the government shared its concerns but opposed its piecemeal approach because it could create regulatory and enforcement overlap.
On 14 May, he opposed Banning Dirty Donations, arguing that Labor had already passed a major electoral reform package. On 23 March, he strongly supported High Seas Biodiversity, saying it would help Australia ratify an international ocean-conservation treaty.
When do they vote against their party?
Murray recorded no votes against the Labor position across 713 recorded votes.
What do they say in debate?
67 tracked speeches across 60 bills.
- 57 backing a bill
- 0 with reservations
- 10 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.