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Amanda Rishworth

Amanda Rishworth is the Australian Labor Party MP for Kingston. First elected 24 November 2007.

2007 Won Kingston, entered parliament
2013 Held Kingston narrowly
2022 Became social services minister
2007 May 2026
  1. 2007 Won Kingston, entered parliament
  2. 2013 Held Kingston narrowly
  3. 2022 Became social services minister
  • Australian Labor Party

What do they focus on?

Not enough tracked speeches or amendments to say yet.

  • Welfare & housing 28
  • Budget, tax & economy 5
  • Work & employment 5
  • Health, care & disability 2
  • Climate, energy & environment 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 73%
  • Coalition 16%
  • One Nation 0%

418 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. 18.6 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. 24 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.
Amanda 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?

In June 2026, Rishworth spoke in support of workplace relations reform, citing better Fair Work Commission processes, good-faith bargaining and protections for road transport contractors. She voted Aye on stronger workplace-determination terms, carried 97-42, and No on two procurement-discrimination proposals, defeated 8-73 and 44-88.

In March 2026, she supported Fairer Fuel, saying faster Fair Work Commission action could help truck drivers and small operators during fuel-price shocks. She voted No on criticism of permanent fuel-crisis powers, defeated 43-93. In May 2026, she also spoke in support of coal miners’ long-service leave changes.

When do they vote against their party?

Amanda recorded no votes against the Labor position across 418 recorded votes.

What do they say in debate?

47 tracked speeches across 29 bills.

  • 47 backing a bill
  • 0 with reservations
  • 0 against
  • 0 no clear position

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.