Penny Wong
Senator for SA · Australian Labor Party
Minister for Foreign Affairs · Leader of the Government in the Senate
Attendance
29%
1,984 of 6,868 divisions
Voted against their party
1
times on record
Policy areas voted on
178
scored by They Vote For You
Voted consistently for
95% or more of their votes supported these positions.
- stem cell research
- increasing availability of abortion drugs
- revoking citizenship of dual nationals involved with terrorism offences by the minister
- a citizenship test
- universal access to abortion services
- the territories being able to legalise euthanasia
- Temporary Exclusion Orders
- reproductive bodily autonomy
Voted consistently against
5% or fewer of their votes supported these positions.
- civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
- getting rid of the Gold Travel Pass
- requiring a warrant to access citizens’ telecommunications records
- reducing the corporate tax rate
- net zero emissions by 2035
- an emissions reduction fund
- deregulating undergraduate university fees
- charging postgraduate research students fees
Voted both ways
Positions where Penny’s votes fall on both sides. Each of these policies groups dozens of divisions across many years, including procedural motions and narrow amendments. Follow a link to see the votes.
Work expenses
all expenses$2,056,226 claimed over 4 quarters (Apr–Jun 2025 to Jan–Mar 2026), 3.67× the median for SA.
- Employee Travel$1.1M
- Office Facilities$352k
- International Travel$260k
- Scheduled Commercial Transport$102k
- Office Administration$101k
- Other Car Costs$45k
How to read this
- They Vote For You groups related divisions into plain-language "policies" and scores how often each member voted with that position. Those groupings are editorial judgements made by the OpenAustralia Foundation, not official parliamentary categories.
- An agreement score in the middle of the range means the member voted on both sides of that policy over time. That is normal: policies aggregate dozens of divisions across many years, including procedural motions and narrow amendments. We deliberately publish no "flip-flop" score, because when we measured it, almost every member qualified — it reflects how the scoring works, not anyone's conduct.
- Attendance excludes periods before a member was elected, but members may be absent for legitimate reasons including illness, parental leave, or official duties. A low rate is not by itself evidence of anything.
- Only members currently serving are included. A vote is recorded against the person, not the seat.
- Work expenses cover offices, staff, travel and communications. Claims are certified by the parliamentarian and administered by IPEA.
- Totals are not directly comparable between members. Electorate size drives travel costs, and ministers travel more than backbenchers. Members are therefore compared against the median for their own state or territory.
- Former parliamentarians — including former prime ministers, who retain certain entitlements — are reported separately and excluded from member comparisons.
- IPEA publishes quarterly and later issues adjustments for administrative errors. Figures for recent quarters may change slightly.
Full record for Penny Wong at They Vote For You, licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL). Retrieved 2026-07-22.