House of Representatives
Melissa Price
Melissa Price is the Liberal Party of Australia MP for Durack. First elected 7 September 2013.
- 2013 Won Durack, entered parliament
- 2017 Became environment assistant
- 2018 Became environment minister
- 2018 Disputed Pacific remarks
- 2019 Became defence industry minister
- 2021 Returned to cabinet
- 2021 Added science portfolio
- 2022 Left the ministry
- Liberal Party of Australia
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.
370 tracked votes while with Liberal.
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. 1 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?
Recent activity is concentrated in June–July 2026. She spoke against the major sporting-events branding bill, supporting brand protection but objecting to delegated instruments and reduced parliamentary transparency. She opposed the Tax Reform No. 1 bill, citing capital-gains and negative-gearing effects, while voting No on two amendment questions and Aye on a call to drop higher taxes; all three were defeated. On the NDIS safeguards bill, she supported integrity and sustainability reforms and voted Aye on a specific safeguards motion, carried 101–7. Separately, she supported the veterans compensation technical bill in a speech about changes needed for the new system.
When do they vote against their party?
1 time across 370 tracked votes. Most recently:
- 03 Aug 2022 House passed the bill
What do they say in debate?
34 tracked speeches across 33 bills.
- 12 backing a bill
- 2 with reservations
- 18 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.