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Linda Burney

Linda Burney was the Australian Labor Party MP for Barton. First elected 2 July 2016.

2016 Won Barton, entered parliament
2022 Became Indigenous affairs minister
2024 Resigned as Indigenous affairs minister
2025 Left parliament
2016 May 2026
  1. 2016 Won Barton, entered parliament
  2. 2022 Became Indigenous affairs minister
  3. 2024 Resigned as Indigenous affairs minister
  4. 2025 Left parliament
  • Australian Labor Party

What do they focus on?

Her three tracked speeches addressed Free TAFE Free TAFE, the proposed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023, and referendum safeguards for that proposal Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment. Her tracked votes also covered workplace rules in Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes), emissions policy in the Safeguard Mechanism (Crediting) Amendment Safeguard Mechanism (Crediting) Amendment, and migration rules in Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures).

  • Education & skills 1
  • Government & democracy 1
  • Culture, sport & community 1

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 64%
  • Coalition 29%

335 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. 8.7 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
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.
Linda 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?

Linda Burney left parliament on 28 Mar 2025. This card covers their full tracked record.

When do they vote against their party?

Linda recorded no votes against the Labor position across 335 recorded votes.

What do they say in debate?

3 tracked speeches across 3 bills.

  • 3 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.