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Portrait of Elizabeth Watson-Brown

Elizabeth Watson-Brown

Australian Greens · House of Representatives · Ryan (QLD) · incumbent

Early life & education encyclopedia

Elizabeth Watson-Brown was born on 12 October 1956. She was educated at the University of Queensland. She is an architect by profession, with a career focused on sustainable design, greening cities, urban resilience, accessibility, and social equity.

Background official record

Architect 1980-2021, practising in Tasmania and then Queensland, and a designer of the 443 Queen Street residential tower in Brisbane; adjunct professor of architecture at the University of Queensland 2009-2021 and a life fellow of the Australian Institute of Architects.

2025 election · Ryan WATSON-BROWN, Elizabeth (The Greens) was elected with 29,986 first-preference votes. Two-candidate-preferred count: WATSON-BROWN, Elizabeth (The Greens) 55,112, FORREST, Maggie (LNP) 48,350. [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 recorded votes

Votes on record · 1

Economic nationalism own statement

In her first speech, Watson-Brown advocated a planned phase-out of coal and gas in favour of renewables and green manufacturing, and argued that public infrastructure should be in public hands, criticising the development and ownership of public infrastructure by private corporations.

Economy & tax recorded votes

Votes on record · 7

Workplace & industrial relations recorded votes

Votes on record · 2

Drugs & law and order recorded votes

Votes on record · 5

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 · 2

Health recorded votes

Votes on record · 5

Education recorded votes

Votes on record · 2

Environment & water recorded votes

Votes on record · 9

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 2026-10-10.