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Jess Walsh

Jess Walsh is an Australian Labor Party senator for Victoria. First elected 1 July 2019.

2019 Won Victoria, entered Senate
2020 Became temporary chair
2022 Became economics chair
2019 May 2026
  1. 2019 Won Victoria, entered Senate
  2. 2020 Became temporary chair
  3. 2022 Became economics chair
  • Australian Labor Party

What do they focus on?

Not enough tracked speeches or amendments to say yet.

  • Budget, tax & economy 13
  • Work & employment 8
  • Education & skills 4
  • Government & democracy 4
  • Welfare & housing 3

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%
  • Coalition 53%
  • Greens 51%
  • One Nation 33%

917 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. 7 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. 0 avg 2.8 46
  • Amendments sponsored i Amendments to bills they put forward during debate, counted across the tracked record. 1 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.
Jess 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 in July 2026 included a speech supporting major sporting-event protections and another opposing reversing Job-ready Graduates fee settings. On 29 June, Walsh voted Aye for building cooperative workplaces, which passed 31–25. On 25 June, she voted No on a call to index income-tax brackets, defeated 24–30. On 22 June, she voted No on two Senate procedure questions concerning the NDIS bill; both carried. The Fairer Fuel support speech was on 26 March 2026; its listed votes were recorded on 30 March.

When do they vote against their party?

Jess recorded no votes against the Labor position across 917 recorded votes.

What do they say in debate?

41 tracked speeches across 39 bills.

  • 37 backing a bill
  • 0 with reservations
  • 4 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.