Tim Watts
Australian Labor Party Member for Gellibrand
Currently sitting
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Seat and party history (1)
- Australian Labor Party - Gellibrand (House) - 7 Sep 2013 to present
- Seat and party records: OpenAustralia member data.
Contact
Electorate office: (03) 9687 7661
Ground Floor Units 2 & 3, 455 Melbourne Road, Newport VIC 3015
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Compared with other members
Tim Watts compared with all 150 sitting House members.
Questions asked in Question Time
Lower than 59% of House members- This member
- 8
- Average
- 11.2
- Median
- 12
Debates spoken in
Lower than 93% of House members- This member
- 8
- Average
- 35.9
- Median
- 30.5
Votes cast
Higher than 74% of House members- This member
- 291
- Average
- 253.0
- Median
- 265
Share of divisions voted in
Higher than 59% of House members- This member
- 88%
- Average
- 79%
- Median
- 81%
Read these with care
- The median is the middle member: half did more, half did less. It is less affected by a few very active members than the average.
- Ministers answer questions rather than ask them, and the presiding officers rarely vote, so their patterns differ.
- Government backbenchers are often given arranged "Dorothy Dixer" questions, which raises their question counts.
- Votes only record ayes and noes, so a missed vote cannot be told apart from a pair (an agreed absence).
- Counts cover only what is on this site, and do not measure electorate or committee work. New members have less history.
Question Time
Question from Tim Watts
The member asked how the government was delivering real change with a fairer superannuation system and whether there were risks to this approach.
Background: The government was promoting reforms to make the superannuation system fairer and more sustainable.
Answer from Daniel Mulino
The Assistant Treasurer detailed the boost to the Low Income Super Tax Offset, benefiting 1.3 million Australians with an average increase of $410. He mentioned closing loopholes for family violence perpetrators and child sexual abuse offenders. He announced further consumer protection reforms to be released the following day. He contrasted these measures with the opposition's stance, which he claimed undermined universal superannuation.
Question from Tim Watts
The member asked how the government is easing pressure on Australians and helping first home buyers, and how this compares to other approaches.
Background: The budget session concluded with various cost-of-living measures.
Answer from Jim Chalmers
The Treasurer listed measures including tax cuts, pay rises, fuel assistance, paid parental leave, super on payday, and an instant asset write-off for small businesses. He highlighted that the government has delivered smaller deficits and the lowest average unemployment in half a century. He criticized the opposition for voting against measures that would help Australians, arguing their agenda exacerbates economic pressures.
Question from Tim Watts
The member asked why the government is reforming tax policy to help Australians own homes and what support these reforms have received.
Background: A government member asked the Prime Minister why the government is reforming tax policy to assist homeownership and what support the policy has received.
Answer from Anthony Albanese
The Prime Minister stated that the existing housing system is broken and causing frustration, necessitating reform. He cited positive reactions from Chris Richardson, CommBank, Ross Gittins, and Saul Eslake, who welcomed the credible path to surplus and tax improvements. He also noted support from the National Housing Supply and Affordability Council and the Property Council for measures targeting new housing supply.
Question from Tim Watts
The member asked how the government was supporting low-paid workers.
Background: A government member asked how the government was delivering for low-paid workers.
Answer from Amanda Rishworth
The Minister announced the government's submission to the Fair Work Commission advocating for a real wage increase for minimum award wage earners, benefiting nearly 2.7 million workers. She noted that the minimum wage had increased by more than $9,000 a year since the government took office and that penalty and overtime rates were protected. She highlighted record numbers of workers on enterprise bargaining agreements, with 2.7 million covered, receiving decent annual wage increases. The Minister emphasized the government's commitment to supporting workers through wage increases and enterprise bargaining.
Question from Tim Watts
The member asked what actions the government is taking to address petrol prices and fuel supply, and how this compares to other approaches.
Background: Petrol prices and fuel supply issues.
Answer from Jim Chalmers
The Treasurer noted that oil prices have fluctuated between $80 and $120 a barrel recently, up from $60 in January. He stated that the government has doubled fines for retailers taking advantage of motorists and increased surveillance of price spikes. He highlighted that the ACCC has been given extra powers, including on-the-spot fines. He reminded the House that the government passed changes to the Fuel Security Act 2021 and Petroleum and Other Fuels Reporting Act 2017 in November, which the opposition voted against, to better manage stockpiles and ensure transparency.
Question from Tim Watts
The member asked what steps the government was implementing to safeguard Australian children from harm on the Roblox gaming platform.
Background: Concerns were raised about the safety of children on the gaming platform Roblox, including exposure to harmful content and predatory behaviour.
Answer from Anika Wells
The Minister stated she had placed Roblox on notice and demanded an urgent meeting to discuss child safety measures. She reported writing to the eSafety Commissioner for advice on preventing harm and requested the Classification Board review Roblox's PG rating, last updated in 2018. She highlighted the government's commitment to legislating a digital duty of care to hold platforms accountable for preventing harms such as predatory behaviour and exposure to harmful algorithms.
Question from Tim Watts
The member asked how the government was helping first home buyers get into a home and what other approaches were being considered.
Background: The member asked about government assistance for first home buyers.
Answer from Clare O'Neil
The Minister stated that 197,000 Australians had been helped into homeownership, with 2,060 in the member's electorate alone. She highlighted a $43 billion housing agenda and noted that the expansion of homeownership opportunities took effect three months earlier than promised. She criticized the opposition for lacking specific housing policies and for opposing government measures.
Question from Tim Watts
The member asked what Treasury's net zero modelling showed about the government's approach to cleaner energy and what risks existed in alternative proposals.
Background: A government member asked the Treasurer to explain the findings of Treasury's net zero modelling regarding the government's energy transition approach.
Answer from Jim Chalmers
The Treasurer stated that Treasury modelling compared orderly and disorderly transition scenarios, concluding that decisive action would make Australia a beneficiary of the energy transformation. He listed five key findings: increased international competitiveness, more jobs, higher wages, greater investment certainty, and avoidance of higher power prices. He argued that abandoning net zero, as the opposition desired, would result in a worse economic outcome than the disorderly transition scenario.
Other Parliamentary Activity
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Electric Vehicles
House of Representatives · Monday 22 June 2026 · General Debate
Contributed to this debate · Position: support
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Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2026-2027; Consideration in Detail
House of Representatives · Wednesday 3 June 2026 · Consideration in Detail
Contributed to this debate · Position: support
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Energy
House of Representatives · Tuesday 10 March 2026 · Matter of Public Importance
Contributed to this debate · Position: support
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Australia-Indonesia Treaty on Common Security
House of Representatives · Monday 2 March 2026 · General Debate
Contributed to this debate · Position: support
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Universities Accord (Australian Tertiary Education Commission) Bill 2025, Universities Accord (Australian Tertiary Education Commission) (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025; Second Reading
House of Representatives · Monday 9 February 2026 · Second Reading
Contributed to this debate · Position: support
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Bondi Beach Attack Victims
House of Representatives · Monday 19 January 2026 · Condolence
Contributed to this debate
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Defence Amendment (Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defence) Bill 2025; Second Reading
House of Representatives · Wednesday 5 November 2025 · Second Reading
Opened this debate
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Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2025-2026; Consideration in Detail
House of Representatives · Tuesday 7 October 2025 · Consideration in Detail
Contributed to this debate · Position: support
- Votes recorded
- 291
- Aye votes (48.5%)
- 141
- No votes (51.5%)
- 150
Showing the latest 50 votes.
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Online Safety Amendment (Strengthening Enforcement for the Social Media Minim...
10 Sep 2026 · Ayes 95, Noes 37 · Passed
VOTED AYE -
Online Safety Amendment (Strengthening Enforcement for the Social Media Minim...
10 Sep 2026 · Ayes 96, Noes 36 · Passed
VOTED AYE -
Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative-Improved Forest Management in Multi...
10 Sep 2026 · Ayes 38, Noes 92 · Failed
VOTED NO -
Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Universal Outdoor Mobile Obligation...
9 Sep 2026 · Ayes 52, Noes 86 · Failed
VOTED NO -
Gun Control
9 Sep 2026 · Ayes 88, Noes 47 · Passed
VOTED AYE -
Veterans
7 Sep 2026 · Ayes 88, Noes 49 · Passed
VOTED AYE -
Cash Distribution Framework Bill 2026; Consideration of Senate Message
20 Aug 2026 · Ayes 84, Noes 34 · Passed
VOTED AYE -
Economy
20 Aug 2026 · Ayes 41, Noes 85 · Failed
VOTED NO -
Universities Accord (Opening the Doors of Opportunity) Bill 2026; Considerati...
20 Aug 2026 · Ayes 90, Noes 36 · Passed
VOTED AYE -
Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment Bill 2026; Report from Federation Cha...
20 Aug 2026 · Ayes 39, Noes 90 · Failed
VOTED NO -
Australia's Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Amendment Bi...
19 Aug 2026 · Ayes 38, Noes 80 · Failed
VOTED NO -
Combatting Illicit Tobacco Bill 2026; Report from Federation Chamber
19 Aug 2026 · Ayes 41, Noes 84 · Failed
VOTED NO -
Combatting Illicit Tobacco Bill 2026; Report from Federation Chamber
19 Aug 2026 · Ayes 10, Noes 67 · Failed
VOTED NO -
Minister for Veterans' Affairs
19 Aug 2026 · Ayes 83, Noes 44 · Passed
VOTED AYE -
News Media Bargaining (Administration) Bill 2026; Consideration in Detail
19 Aug 2026 · Ayes 12, Noes 65 · Failed
VOTED NO -
News Journalism Payments Bill 2026; Consideration in Detail
19 Aug 2026 · Ayes 11, Noes 69 · Failed
VOTED NO -
News Journalism Payments Bill 2026; Second Reading
19 Aug 2026 · Ayes 40, Noes 83 · Failed
VOTED NO -
Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026; Third Reading
18 Aug 2026 · Ayes 103, Noes 14 · Passed
VOTED AYE -
Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026; Consideration in ...
18 Aug 2026 · Ayes 102, Noes 14 · Passed
VOTED AYE -
Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026; Consideration in ...
18 Aug 2026 · Ayes 11, Noes 62 · Failed
VOTED NO -
Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026; Consideration in ...
18 Aug 2026 · Ayes 12, Noes 58 · Failed
VOTED NO -
Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026; Consideration in ...
18 Aug 2026 · Ayes 12, Noes 58 · Failed
VOTED NO -
Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026; Consideration in ...
18 Aug 2026 · Ayes 33, Noes 95 · Failed
VOTED NO -
Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026; Consideration in ...
18 Aug 2026 · Ayes 96, Noes 9 · Passed
VOTED AYE -
Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026; Second Reading
18 Aug 2026 · Ayes 12, Noes 86 · Failed
VOTED NO -
Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026; Second Reading
18 Aug 2026 · Ayes 12, Noes 85 · Failed
VOTED NO -
Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion
18 Aug 2026 · Ayes 87, Noes 48 · Passed
VOTED AYE -
Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Defence Personnel; Attempted Censure
17 Aug 2026 · Ayes 86, Noes 43 · Passed
VOTED AYE -
Cash Distribution Framework Bill 2026; Reference to Federation Chamber
12 Aug 2026 · Ayes 40, Noes 83 · Failed
VOTED NO -
International Relations: Australia and Japan
12 Aug 2026 · Ayes 88, Noes 41 · Passed
VOTED AYE -
Aged Care Amendment (Restoring Human Override for Aged Care Needs Assessments...
11 Aug 2026 · Ayes 42, Noes 87 · Failed
VOTED NO -
Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders
11 Aug 2026 · Ayes 74, Noes 12 · Passed
VOTED AYE -
Rearrangement
11 Aug 2026 · Ayes 86, Noes 47 · Passed
VOTED AYE -
Rearrangement
2 Jul 2026 · Ayes 90, Noes 42 · Passed
VOTED AYE -
Minister for Defence Industry; Attempted Censure
2 Jul 2026 · Ayes 90, Noes 41 · Passed
VOTED AYE -
Health Insurance Amendment (Incentive Payments and Other Measures) Bill 2026;...
2 Jul 2026 · Ayes 39, Noes 92 · Failed
VOTED NO -
Rearrangement
2 Jul 2026 · Ayes 71, Noes 12 · Passed
VOTED AYE -
Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee; Reference
2 Jul 2026 · Ayes 13, Noes 78 · Failed
VOTED NO -
Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee; Reference
2 Jul 2026 · Ayes 72, Noes 12 · Passed
VOTED AYE -
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint Committee; Appointment
2 Jul 2026 · Ayes 38, Noes 101 · Failed
VOTED NO -
National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future ...
1 Jul 2026 · Ayes 90, Noes 33 · Passed
VOTED AYE -
Health Legislation Amendment (Prescribing of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 20...
1 Jul 2026 · Ayes 90, Noes 43 · Passed
VOTED AYE -
Health Legislation Amendment (Prescribing of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 20...
1 Jul 2026 · Ayes 90, Noes 43 · Passed
VOTED AYE -
National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future ...
1 Jul 2026 · Ayes 9, Noes 61 · Failed
VOTED NO -
National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future ...
1 Jul 2026 · Ayes 10, Noes 66 · Failed
VOTED NO -
National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future ...
1 Jul 2026 · Ayes 11, Noes 66 · Failed
VOTED NO -
National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future ...
1 Jul 2026 · Ayes 10, Noes 70 · Failed
VOTED NO -
National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future ...
1 Jul 2026 · Ayes 11, Noes 70 · Failed
VOTED NO -
National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future ...
1 Jul 2026 · Ayes 10, Noes 72 · Failed
VOTED NO -
Online Safety Amendment (Strengthening Enforcement for the Social Media Minim...
1 Jul 2026 · Ayes 43, Noes 92 · Failed
VOTED NO
About this page
This page tracks Tim Watts's parliamentary activity: questions asked and answered in Question Time, debates spoken in, and votes in divisions. Summaries are in reported speech, not transcripts; each one links to the official record.