Senate
Marise Payne
Marise Payne was a Liberal Party of Australia senator for New South Wales. First elected 9 April 1997.
- 1997 Entered Senate
- 2001 Won first Senate election
- 2013 Became Human Services Minister
- 2015 Became Defence Minister
- 2018 Foreign minister; briefly Senate deputy
- 2022 Left cabinet after election
- 2022 Joined shadow cabinet
- 2023 Resigned from Senate
- Liberal Party of Australia
What do they focus on?
Her two tracked speeches cover criminal-law and national-security changes in Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment (Omnibus), and referendum procedures in Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment.
On Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment (Omnibus), she supported passage while seeking proper committee scrutiny. On Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment, she took a generally constructive view but criticised the government’s handling as not persuasive or serious.
Her voting lines include climate legislation in Climate Change (Consequential Amendments), housing funding in Housing Australia Future Fund, and aged-care rollout rules in Aged Care Amendment (Implementing Care Reform). Other listed votes cover workplace bargaining in Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay), Better Pay), cashless income-management rules in Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Repeal of Cashless Debit Card and Other Measures), and privacy enforcement in Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enforcement and Other Measures).
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.
87 tracked votes while with Liberal.
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. 26.5 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. 3 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. Low confidence: fewer recorded votes so far.
What have they done lately?
Marise Payne left parliament on 30 Sept 2023. This card covers their full tracked record.
When do they vote against their party?
3 times across 87 tracked votes. Most recently:
- 01 Dec 2022 Restrict territory euthanasia laws
- 01 Dec 2022 Call for tighter assisted-dying drug controls
- 24 Nov 2022 Senate voted on the bill's second reading
What do they say in debate?
2 tracked speeches across 2 bills.
- 2 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.