Senate
Karen Grogan
Karen Grogan is an Australian Labor Party senator for South Australia. First elected 21 September 2021.
- 2021 Appointed to Senate
- 2021 Made first Senate speech
- 2024 Became deputy government whip
- 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.
998 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. 4.8 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?
Recent tracked activity through 6 July 2026 includes a No on a proposal to index income-tax brackets, defeated 24–30 income-tax bracket indexation. On 22 June, she voted No on two procedural questions about suspending Senate business rules and proceeding with the NDIS bill; both carried NDIS Senate procedure. She also voted No on an early environmental-law conflict review for the strategic reserve bill, defeated 27–32 strategic reserve review, and No on inquiry and sunset proposals concerning fuel powers, both defeated fuel-power safeguards. These entries describe votes on specific questions, not blanket positions on each bill.
When do they vote against their party?
Karen recorded no votes against the Labor position across 998 recorded votes.
What do they say in debate?
24 tracked speeches across 24 bills.
- 15 backing a bill
- 0 with reservations
- 8 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.