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Andrew Bragg

Liberal Party · Senate · NSW · incumbent

Early life & education encyclopedia

Andrew James Bragg was born on 11 July 1984, born in Melbourne and grew up in Shepparton, Victoria. He attended local Catholic schools before studying accounting at the Australian National University, later completing a Master of Financial Regulation from Macquarie University. Prior to politics he worked for the Financial Services Council. He became a Senator for New South Wales in 2019 as a member of the Liberal Party.

Background official record

Trained accountant who worked in internal audit at Ernst & Young, then spent seven years at the Financial Services Council, including as Director of Policy and Global Markets 2014-2016; acting federal director of the Liberal Party in 2017. Shadow Minister for Housing and Homelessness from 28 May 2025 and Shadow Minister for Environment from 17 February 2026.

Elected 2025 · NSW BRAGG, Andrew (Liberal) was declared elected 2nd of 6 at the 2025 federal election. [AEC results]

Sourced positions

Each position is the member's own stated view or vote, supported by the listed sources. The badge says what kind of source backs it — official record (Hansard, a parliament, a government or an electoral commission), own statement (their own site or their party's), news report (journalism or a third-party organisation) or encyclopedia. That is a statement about the evidence, not about how much we believe it. This page records public statements and conduct only — see methodology.

AyeNoPairedDid not vote

Immigration own statement

In a December 2025 address to the Centre for Independent Studies on housing, Bragg said 'cutting migration will not singularly fix the housing crisis, but reducing it will help demand,' and argued migration policy should prioritise bringing in people 'who can actually build homes,' noting Australia is short 80,000 tradies while receiving only 4,000 on visas in the prior year.

Votes on record · 4

Economic nationalism encyclopedia

In his 2019 maiden speech, Andrew Bragg argued against protectionism, saying "this nation will never have enough domestic capital to meet our high ambitions" and that "the argument that we should close down foreign investment is akin to raising the tariff walls." He said "almost one-quarter of our economy is exports... we simply cannot afford to take protectionist risks," while adding Australia "must maintain a liberal approach to trade and foreign investment whilst ensuring we do all the appropriate due diligence, and reserve the right to legislate to protect Australia's security, economic and social interests."

Foreign policy & aid recorded votes

Votes on record · 2

Citizenship (s44 eligibility) encyclopedia

Bragg was a British citizen by descent (his father and three grandparents were born in the United Kingdom) until renouncing it in December 2017, before his 2019 election to the Senate.

Economy & tax recorded votes

Votes on record · 8

Welfare & social services recorded votes

Votes on record · 3

Workplace & industrial relations recorded votes

Votes on record · 2

Freedom of speech recorded votes

Votes on record · 2

Drugs & law and order recorded votes

Votes on record · 7

Gambling & gaming reform recorded votes

Votes on record · 1

First Nations & treaty recorded votes

Votes on record · 2

Integrity & anti-corruption recorded votes

Votes on record · 9

Housing & planning recorded votes

Votes on record · 3

  • ✓Housing Australia Amendment (Accountability) Bill 2025Liberal senator Wendy Askew's bill to make changes to Housing Australia's investment mandate — including the Home Guarantee Scheme — subject to parliamentary disallowance rather than ministerial direction alone.Second and third reading · Senate · carried 36–2526 Mar 2026 ↗
  • ✓Housing Investment Probity Bill 2024Liberal senator Andrew Bragg's bill to bar the Housing Australia Future Fund from dealing with the CFMEU or organisations connected with it, including the Cbus super fund.Second reading · Senate · negatived 26–3626 Mar 2026 ↗

Health recorded votes

Votes on record · 6

Education recorded votes

Votes on record · 2

Transport & infrastructure recorded votes

Votes on record · 2

Energy recorded votes

Votes on record · 1

Environment & water recorded votes

Votes on record · 2

Votes are shown as the official record lists them — Hansard federally and in New South Wales; Votes and Proceedings, Minutes of the Proceedings and Hansard in Victoria; the Record of Proceedings in Queensland; the Votes and Proceedings and Minutes of Proceedings in Western Australia; the Votes and Proceedings (House of Assembly) and Hansard (Legislative Council) in South Australia; the Votes and Proceedings of both chambers in Tasmania. "Did not vote" means the member held the seat that day and is on neither list — the record says who was in the chamber, not why, so it is never an abstention. Western Australia’s record prints no pairs, so a member paired there shows as did not vote. Nothing is shown for a presiding officer who by law gives only a casting vote (the Speaker and the President in South Australia, the President in Tasmania), nor for the member presiding at a Tasmanian division, which Tasmania’s journals record. Which bills sit under which issue is an editorial choice, made bill by bill with a reason read from the second-reading speech. A bill decided by an earlier parliament (Queensland’s 2018 abortion law reform, for one) is shown with that parliament named, read from the official record of the day. For Queensland and the federal parliament “did not vote” there means the member held a seat that day, as their service is recorded; for the other earlier parliaments the record of who held a seat could not be read, so only the printed Aye, No and paired votes are shown.

Record last updated 2026-10-03.