House of Representatives
Kate Thwaites
Kate Thwaites is the Australian Labor Party MP for Jagajaga. First elected 18 May 2019.
- 2019 Won Jagajaga, entered parliament
- 2022 Re-elected in Jagajaga
- 2024 Became assistant minister
- 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.
563 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. 1 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 in the pack includes support for the parliamentary funding package on 25 May 2026, which she linked to cost-of-living relief, Medicare, housing affordability and resilience. On 26 March, she supported the ACCC penalty increase bill and said higher maximum penalties would create real consequences for corporate misconduct, while voting No on a separate motion condemning rushed permanent fair-fuel provisions. She also supported the large-balance super tax bill and the higher-education regulator package, citing fairness, sustainability and long-term skills planning.
When do they vote against their party?
Kate recorded no votes against the Labor position across 563 recorded votes.
What do they say in debate?
44 tracked speeches across 44 bills.
- 43 backing a bill
- 0 with reservations
- 0 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.