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Jason Clare

Jason Clare is the Australian Labor Party MP for Blaxland. First elected 24 November 2007.

2007 Won Blaxland, entered parliament
2010 Appointed justice minister
2011 Became Home Affairs minister
2013 Became Resources minister
2013 Left cabinet after election
2022 Became Education minister
2007 May 2026
  1. 2007 Won Blaxland, entered parliament
  2. 2010 Appointed justice minister
  3. 2011 Became Home Affairs minister
  4. 2013 Became Resources minister
  5. 2013 Left cabinet after election
  6. 2022 Became Education minister
  • Australian Labor Party

What do they focus on?

Not enough tracked speeches or amendments to say yet.

  • Education & skills 35
  • Work & employment 2
  • Health, care & disability 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 74%
  • Coalition 11%
  • One Nation 0%

396 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. 19 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.
Jason 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?

From July 2025 to June 2026, Clare supported a series of education measures. He backed cutting student debt by 20 per cent and repayment changes, supported stronger early-childhood safety regulation, and supported creating the Australian Tertiary Education Commission. In June 2026, he supported widening university access through more Commonwealth supported places and managed growth for students from poorer, regional and remote areas.

When do they vote against their party?

Jason recorded no votes against the Labor position across 396 recorded votes.

What do they say in debate?

39 tracked speeches across 25 bills.

  • 38 backing a bill
  • 0 with reservations
  • 0 against
  • 1 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.