Senate
Carol Brown
Carol Brown is an Australian Labor Party senator for Tasmania. First elected 25 August 2005.
- 2005 Appointed to Senate
- 2007 Won first Senate election
- 2010 Became deputy Senate whip
- 2013 Lost deputy Senate whip
- 2013 Became shadow parliamentary secretary
- 2016 Became shadow minister
- 2019 Became shadow assistant minister
- 2022 Appointed assistant minister
- 2024 Left assistant ministry
- 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.
812 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. 20.9 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
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 and early July 2026, Brown spoke in support of the nurse-prescribing bill and voted No on three amendments to it. She voted Aye for the cooperative workplaces bill. Her tax reform bill speech supported tax cuts for workers and redirecting housing tax breaks toward new homes; she voted Aye to keep CGT and gearing changes and No on several other questions. On the Commonwealth Parole Board bill, she supported independent expert decision-making and voted on board-chairing and ministerial-removal questions.
When do they vote against their party?
Carol recorded no votes against the Labor position across 812 recorded votes.
What do they say in debate?
86 tracked speeches across 80 bills.
- 84 backing a bill
- 0 with reservations
- 2 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.