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Portrait of Michelle Ananda-Rajah

Michelle Ananda-Rajah

Australian Labor Party · Senate · VIC · incumbent

Background encyclopedia

Infectious diseases physician and clinician-researcher at Alfred Health for 13 years; co-founder of the advocacy group Healthcare Workers Australia. Member for Higgins in the House of Representatives 2022-2025 until the seat's abolition; senator for Victoria since 1 July 2025.

Elected 2025 · VIC ANANDA-RAJAH, Michelle (Australian Labor Party) was declared elected 6th 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 recorded votes

Votes on record · 4

Economic nationalism news report

In her first speech and related remarks, Ananda-Rajah argues Australia should build sovereign capability in biotechnology, bridging the "missing middle" so domestic biotech firms can achieve scale onshore rather than commercialising overseas, and positions Australia as a global clinical trials destination. She frames science as a pillar of national economic strategy with sovereign capability "now a national priority."

Foreign policy & aid encyclopedia

In May 2024 Ananda-Rajah said she felt "very conflicted" about the Australian government's UN vote supporting Palestinian statehood, and in July 2024 she criticised Senator Fatima Payman for crossing the floor to immediately recognise Palestine, contrary to Labor party policy that recognition should come as part of progress towards a two-state solution. She travelled to Israel in July 2023 as part of a bipartisan Australian parliamentary delegation, and again in December 2023.

Votes on record · 2

Citizenship (s44 eligibility) encyclopedia

Born in London, Michelle Ananda-Rajah became an Australian citizen in 1996 and renounced her British citizenship in 2021.

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 2026-10-10.