• Australian Labor Party Representative for Bendigo
• Entered House of Representatives on 7 September 2013 — Federal election
• Email me whenever Lisa Chesters speaks (no more than once per day)

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How Lisa Chesters voted on key issues since 2006:

• Voted very strongly for a carbon price. votes
• Voted very strongly for increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management. votes
• Voted very strongly for increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace. votes
• Voted very strongly for implementing refugee and protection conventions. votes
• Voted very strongly against temporary protection visas. votes
• Voted very strongly against increasing or removing the debt limit. votes
• Voted very strongly for a minerals resource rent tax . votes
• Voted very strongly for increasing protection of Australia's fresh water. votes
• Voted very strongly against regional processing of asylum seekers. votes
• Voted very strongly for increasing marine conservation. votes
• Voted very strongly against unconventional gas mining. votes
• Voted very strongly for restricting foreign ownership. votes
• Voted very strongly for increasing investment in renewable energy. votes
• Voted very strongly against privatising government assets. votes
• Voted very strongly for increasing Aboriginal land rights. votes
• Voted strongly for increasing funding for university education. votes
• Voted very strongly against increasing the price of subsidised medicine. votes
• Voted very strongly for increasing the age pension. votes
• Voted strongly against decreasing availability of welfare payments. votes
• Voted very strongly against an emissions reduction fund. votes
• Voted very strongly against increasing funding for road infrastructure. votes
• Voted very strongly for increasing restrictions on gambling. votes
• Voted strongly for encouraging Australian-based industry. votes
• Voted strongly for increasing consumer protections. votes
• Voted very strongly against decreasing ABC and SBS funding. votes

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• Never rebels against their party in this parliament.

Statements by Members: Higher Education (3 Sep 2020)

“Like the member for Brand, I was the first in my family to enrol to go to university. I wasn't the first to graduate. My mother beat me by six months. She was a little bit more academic than I was. But I did graduate with a humanities degree—a degree that, today, this government wants to radically increase the cost of, excluding so many of this generation of young people from accessing...”

Bills: Broadcasting Services Amendment (Regional Commercial Radio and Other Measures) Bill 2020; Second Reading (2 Sep 2020)

“Here, again, we have more government rhetoric—more of the government pretending to deliver big, in the critical area of broadcasting and regional media, but doing very little. The Broadcasting Services Amendment (Regional Commercial Radio and Other Measures) Bill 2020 is another of those bills introduced with big fanfare. There was a big press conference. There was big talk. The...”

Matters of Public Importance: Coalition Government (1 Sep 2020)

“The previous speakers on the government side have completely missed the point of this MPI. All they've done is stand here and reiterate lots of glossy government announcements. We acknowledge that this government has made big glossy announcements. There wasn't a photo op the Prime Minister wouldn't attend. There wasn't a vest or a hard hat he wouldn't put on. There wasn't a worker he wouldn't...”

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• Has spoken in 30 debates in the last year — well below average amongst Representatives.
• People have made 0 comments on this Representative's speeches — below average amongst Representatives.
• This Representative's speeches are understandable to an average 15–16 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 467 times in debates — above average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)