House of Representatives
Josh Burns
Josh Burns is the Australian Labor Party MP for Macnamara. First elected 18 May 2019.
- 2019 Won Macnamara, entered parliament
- 2022 Retained Macnamara
- 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.
534 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. 7.1 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
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?
In June 2026, Burns spoke in support of the income-tax rates bill income-tax rates bill and Treasury tax-reform bill Treasury tax-reform bill. On 25 June he voted Aye on a proposed amendment to the Treasury bill, which carried 98–39; on 4 June he voted No on several specific proposed amendments and calls under the income-tax bill, all defeated. In January 2026, he spoke in support of the hate-and-extremism criminal and migration bill hate-and-extremism bill but voted No on a specific proposal to criminalise burning the Australian flag, defeated 45–94. In November 2025, he voted No on several specific environmental proposals under the restoration-charge bill environment restoration-charge bill, including adding climate tests to approvals.
When do they vote against their party?
Josh recorded no votes against the Labor position across 534 recorded votes.
What do they say in debate?
34 tracked speeches across 32 bills.
- 32 backing a bill
- 0 with reservations
- 1 against
- 1 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.