House of Representatives
Kate Chaney
Kate Chaney is the Independent MP for Curtin. First elected 21 May 2022.
- 2022 Won Curtin, entered parliament
- 2025 Retained Curtin
- Independent
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?
With no party line, this shows how often their votes matched each party's majority.
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 Independents have no party line, so crossing it can't be counted for them.
No party line to cross — see how they vote.
- Bills introduced i Bills they introduced to Parliament, counted across the tracked record. 6 avg 2.8 46
- Amendments sponsored i Amendments to bills they put forward during debate, counted across the tracked record. 25 avg 7.9 226
Her progressive but pragmatic politics produce a broadly centre-left voting record, alongside repeated civil-liberties, transparency and rushed-process dissents. Topic strips exclude accountability and process votes; read small counts loosely.
What have they done lately?
Through the pack’s 6 July 2026 coverage, the newest activity is concentrated in late June and 1 July. On the social-media minimum-age bill, Chaney voted Aye on a motion criticising age restrictions and calling for wider child-safety action; it was defeated 43-92. On the NDIS reform bill, she voted Aye on several participant-protection amendments, including accessible disability tests, consultation and automated-decision safeguards; all listed amendments were defeated except contact-attempts and plan-manager safeguards, carried 101-7. On the workplace-relations bill, she voted Aye on stronger workplace determination terms, carried 97-42, while her speech opposed the bill overall unless procurement discrimination provisions were removed. The record also shows opposition to the tax reform bill in its current form.
When do they vote against their party?
Not applicable. As an independent, Kate has no party line. The alignment figures show how often their votes matched each party’s majority.
What do they say in debate?
103 tracked speeches across 99 bills.
- 70 backing a bill
- 14 with reservations
- 14 against
- 5 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.