House of Representatives
Julie Collins
Julie Collins is the Australian Labor Party MP for Franklin. First elected 24 November 2007.
- 2007 Won Franklin, entered parliament
- 2010 Became parliamentary secretary
- 2011 Promoted to minister
- 2013 Promoted to cabinet minister
- 2013 Left ministry after defeat
- 2022 Returned to cabinet
- 2024 Became agriculture 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.
444 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. 14 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 recorded activity is concentrated in 2026 speeches. On 1 July, she supported Biosecurity Amendment (Improving Operational Efficiency), citing modernised traveller declarations, improved border biosecurity decisions and processing, and a fairer, more transparent approval process for industry participants. She also supported Wine and Other Legislation Amendment for wine-industry transparency and regulation, agricultural research and information sharing, with privacy safeguards. In March, she supported Export Control Amendment (Clarifying Obligations Relating to Registered Establishments) and Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 2) 2025-2026.
When do they vote against their party?
Julie recorded no votes against the Labor position across 444 recorded votes.
What do they say in debate?
21 tracked speeches across 17 bills.
- 21 backing a bill
- 0 with reservations
- 0 against
- 0 no clear position
Go deeper
Every figure links to a cited page.
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.