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Cassandra Fernando

Cassandra Fernando is the Australian Labor Party MP for Holt. First elected 21 May 2022.

2022 Won Holt, entered parliament
2022 May 2026
  1. 2022 Won Holt, entered parliament
  • Australian Labor Party

What do they focus on?

Not enough tracked speeches or amendments to say yet.

  • Education & skills 8
  • Budget, tax & economy 7
  • Work & employment 4
  • Law, justice & rights 2
  • Immigration, border & security 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 54%
  • Coalition 38%
  • One Nation 23%

503 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. 4.1 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. 1 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.
Cassandra 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?

In 2026, Fernando spoke in support of unfair trading protections, saying the bill would protect consumers from hidden fees, subscription traps and manipulative sales practices while giving honest businesses a fairer marketplace. The next day, she voted No on a motion seeking further Senate scrutiny of business costs; that was a position on the recorded question, not necessarily on the bill as a whole. She also supported private-health cost transparency and fairer superannuation tax, linking them to clearer patient price comparisons and fairer retirement outcomes.

When do they vote against their party?

1 time across 503 tracked votes. Most recently:

What do they say in debate?

30 tracked speeches across 29 bills.

  • 30 backing a bill
  • 0 with reservations
  • 0 against
  • 0 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.