• Australian Labor Party Representative for McMahon
• Minister for Climate Change and Energy (since 1 Jun 2022)
• Entered House of Representatives on 9 October 2004 — Federal election
• Email me whenever Chris Bowen speaks (no more than once per day)

• Voting record
• Numbers
• Register of Interests

Questions without Notice: Energy (12 Feb 2026)

“There's no getting away from me. I thank the honourable member for the question. I thank the Prime Minister for the opportunity to take it. What Australians have had access to is 230,000 cheaper home batteries to reduce their bills to nothing, including 44 per cent of them in rural and regional Australia and including—in the honourable member's home state of Queensland, 55 per cent of...”

Questions without Notice: Energy (12 Feb 2026)

“The honourable member for Griffith will be particularly pleased to know, given we launched the cheaper home batteries policy in her now electorate—it wasn't her electorate at the time but it now is—in April that, as of today, 230,890 Australian households have installed a cheaper home battery, reducing their bills by up to 90 per cent and, in many cases, getting a rebate instead...”

Questions without Notice: Energy (12 Feb 2026)

“I'm very grateful to my honourable friend for the question and I'm particularly grateful for the interest shown by the National Party in my portfolio. To paraphrase my favourite Taylor: 'It's actually sweet, all the time you've spent on me. It's actually romantic.'”

More of Chris Bowen's recent appearances

RSS feed (?)

Please note that numbers do not measure quality. Also, Representatives may do other things not currently covered by this site. (More about this)

• Has spoken in 55 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Representatives.
• People have made 2 comments on this Representative's speeches — above average amongst Representatives.
• This Representative's speeches are understandable to an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 48 people are tracking whenever this Representative speaks — email me whenever Chris Bowen speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1094 times in debates — well above average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)

Chris Bowen's latest interest statement