House of Representatives
Tanya Plibersek
Tanya Plibersek is the Australian Labor Party MP for Sydney. First elected 3 October 1998.
- 1998 Won Sydney, entered parliament
- 2007 Became housing minister
- 2010 Became human services minister
- 2011 Became health minister
- 2013 Left cabinet after election
- 2013 Became deputy Labor leader
- 2019 Left deputy leadership
- 2022 Became environment 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.
421 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. 27.8 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. 18 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 2026 includes support for the social security technical changes bill, which she said resolves historical legal and compliance issues and strengthens confidence in social security, family payment and child support systems. On 13 May, she supported The Survivors Law, highlighting its 12-month unpaid-compensation threshold, court-order pathway and government commitment to holding perpetrators accountable. In February, she supported the permanent commission for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people, linking it to independent accountability and persistent inequalities. She separately supported the transitional provisions, specifically as legislation moving the existing agency and commissioner into the permanent commission.
When do they vote against their party?
Tanya recorded no votes against the Labor position across 421 recorded votes.
What do they say in debate?
32 tracked speeches across 24 bills.
- 32 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.