Senate
Jane Hume
Jane Hume is a Liberal Party of Australia senator for Victoria. First elected 2 July 2016.
- 2016 Won Senate seat, entered parliament
- 2018 Became assistant minister
- 2021 Promoted to cabinet minister
- 2022 Left ministerial office
- 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.
452 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. 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. 2 avg 0.6 26
- Bills introduced i Bills they introduced to Parliament, counted across the tracked record. 3 avg 2.8 46
- Amendments sponsored i Amendments to bills they put forward during debate, counted across the tracked record. 41 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 in the pack runs to 29 June 2026. On the workplace relations bill, Hume voted No when the Senate passed the bill, 31–25. On the tax reform bill, she voted No on keeping capital-gains and negative-gearing changes and on some proposed amendments, while voting Aye on others; each vote concerned a distinct question, and the third reading was carried. On the competition powers bill, her opposition speech and votes for inquiry and sunset safeguards were unsuccessful. On the Fairer Fuel bill, her speech supported passage conditionally, while votes on inquiry and sunset safeguards were defeated.
When do they vote against their party?
2 times across 452 tracked votes. Most recently:
- 01 Dec 2022 Call for tighter assisted-dying drug controls
- 24 Nov 2022 Senate voted on the bill's second reading
What do they say in debate?
34 tracked speeches across 32 bills.
- 19 backing a bill
- 1 with reservations
- 12 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.