Senate
Ross Cadell
Ross Cadell is a The Nationals senator for New South Wales. First elected 1 July 2022.
- 2022 Entered federal parliament
- The Nationals
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.
590 tracked votes while with The Nationals.
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 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. 2 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. 1 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 late June 2026, Cadell voted No against the workplace relations bill, which passed the Senate 31–25. On the tax reform bill, he voted Aye on calls to index income-tax brackets and criticise rushed scrutiny; both were defeated. He voted No on votes to keep capital-gains-tax and gearing changes and restrict SMSF property borrowing; those carried.
On 22 June, he voted Aye on procedural motions to suspend Senate business rules and proceed with consideration of the NDIS bill; both motions carried.
When do they vote against their party?
2 times across 590 tracked votes. Most recently:
- 01 Dec 2022 Call for tighter assisted-dying drug controls
- 24 Nov 2022 Senate voted on the bill's second reading
What do they say in debate?
28 tracked speeches across 27 bills.
- 12 backing a bill
- 2 with reservations
- 14 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.