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Portrait of Milton Dick

Milton Dick

Australian Labor Party · House of Representatives · Oxley (QLD) · incumbent

Early life & education encyclopedia

Dugald Milton Dick was born on 21 July 1972 in Brisbane; his father was a World War II naval veteran who later established a chain of butcher's shops in Brisbane's southern suburbs, and his mother was a midwife. He attended Anglican Church Grammar School and holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Queensland. Before entering federal politics he served as a Brisbane City Council councillor from 2008 to 2016 and as Queensland Labor Party state secretary from 2004 to 2008.

Background encyclopedia

Electorate officer and Senate staffer, ALP organiser and then Queensland state secretary and campaign director 2004-2008. Brisbane City Council councillor 2008-2016. Speaker of the House of Representatives since 2022.

2025 election · Oxley DICK, Milton (Australian Labor Party) was elected with 54,891 first-preference votes. Two-candidate-preferred count: DICK, Milton (Australian Labor Party) 72,003, BURNS, Kevin (LNP) 32,059. [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 his first speech to Parliament (12 October 2016), Dick described Labor as "proudly the party of multiculturalism" and said "multiculturalism is not just a great social strength of our nation but increasingly a great economic strength." Referencing migrants and refugees, he said they "proudly call Australia home and are entitled to feel welcome—not targeted or demonised" and pledged he "will never judge anyone by their race or religion."

Votes on record · 1

Faith & religion encyclopedia

Milton Dick is Anglican; he has maintained the Anglican faith of his childhood and has opposed moves to remove the Lord's Prayer from parliamentary proceedings.

Foreign policy & aid encyclopedia

Dick has been described by the Australian Jewish News as a strong supporter of Israel; after a 2017 sponsored visit to Israel he characterised terms such as "settlements, occupation, apartheid and the wall" as "easy catchphrases and cliches" that often lacked counterbalance.

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 2026-10-03.