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Mike Freelander

Mike Freelander is the Australian Labor Party MP for Macarthur. First elected 2 July 2016.

2016 Won Macarthur, entered parliament
2019 Narrowly retained Macarthur
2022 Retained Macarthur
2016 May 2026
  1. 2016 Won Macarthur, entered parliament
  2. 2019 Narrowly retained Macarthur
  3. 2022 Retained Macarthur
  • Australian Labor Party

What do they focus on?

Not enough tracked speeches or amendments to say yet.

  • Health, care & disability 14
  • Budget, tax & economy 6
  • Climate, energy & environment 2
  • Work & employment 2
  • Transport & communications 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 61%
  • Coalition 29%
  • One Nation 4%

479 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. 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
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.
Mike 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?

On 1 July 2026, he voted No on a vote concerning social-media minimum-age enforcement that criticised age restrictions and called for wider child-safety action; it was defeated 43-92. On 25 June, he voted No on two private-health transparency measures about insurance-product deadlines and specialist costs, both defeated 10-71. On 28 May, he voted No on four NDIS long-term reform measures, including a four-week consultation period and safeguards for automated decisions; each was defeated, with results ranging from 11-85 to 52-90.

When do they vote against their party?

Mike recorded no votes against the Labor position across 479 recorded votes.

What do they say in debate?

33 tracked speeches across 33 bills.

  • 31 backing a bill
  • 0 with reservations
  • 0 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.