• Australian Labor Party Senator for Tasmania
• Became a Senator on 1 July 2008 — Federal election
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• Voting record
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How Catryna Bilyk voted on key issues since 2006:

• Voted strongly against same sex marriage. votes
• Voted very strongly for tobacco plain packaging. votes
• Voted moderately for a carbon price. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against increasing scrutiny of asylum seeker management. votes
• Voted very strongly against government administered paid parental leave. votes
• Voted very strongly for increasing trade unions' powers in the workplace. votes
• Voted moderately for the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against implementing refugee and protection conventions. votes
• Voted very strongly for recognising local government in the Constitution. votes
• Voted strongly against temporary protection visas. votes
• Voted strongly against voluntary student union fees. votes
• Voted moderately against increasing or removing the debt limit. votes
• Voted very strongly for a minerals resource rent tax . votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against increasing protection of Australia's fresh water. votes
• Voted moderately for regional processing of asylum seekers. votes
• Voted moderately against increasing marine conservation. votes
• Voted moderately for unconventional gas mining. votes
• Voted very strongly against restricting foreign ownership. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against increasing investment in renewable energy. votes
• Voted strongly for privatising government assets. votes
• Voted strongly against more scrutiny of intelligence services & police. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against increasing Aboriginal land rights. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against increasing funding for university education. votes
• Voted very strongly for decreasing the private health insurance rebate. votes
• Voted very strongly against increasing the age pension. votes
• Voted very strongly against extending government benefits to same-sex couples. votes
• Voted very strongly against increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites. votes
• Voted moderately for live animal exports. votes
• Voted very strongly for carbon farming. votes
• Voted moderately for decreasing availability of welfare payments. votes
• Voted moderately for re-approving/ re-registering agvet chemicals. votes
• Voted moderately for the Intervention in the Northern Territory. votes
• Voted very strongly against an emissions reduction fund. votes
• Voted strongly for increasing funding for road infrastructure. votes
• Voted moderately against increasing restrictions on gambling. votes
• Voted very strongly against increasing beef import standards. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against increasing fishing restrictions. votes
• Voted moderately against encouraging Australian-based industry. votes
• Voted strongly for uranium export. votes
• Voted moderately for increasing surveillance powers. votes
• Voted moderately for increasing consumer protections. votes
• Voted strongly against increasing public access to government data. votes
• Voted very strongly for an NBN (using fibre to the premises). votes
• Voted very strongly for a federal inquiry into Queensland government administration. votes
• Voted very strongly for offshore processing of asylum seekers. votes
• Voted moderately against increasing freedom of political communication. votes
• Voted very strongly against decreasing ABC and SBS funding. votes

Read about how the voting record is decided.

• Never rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees: Select Committee on Stillbirth Research and Education; Report (4 Dec 2018)

“I welcome this report, and I was very keen to participate in this committee because, whatever policy changes arise from it, the inquiry has brought the topic of stillbirth out into the open. On 2 July 1983 I gave birth to a still baby. His name was Timothy Robert Bilyk and he's buried in Gungahlin Cemetery. I make a point of that because that was 35 years ago. I doubt there's been a day in my...”

Matters of Public Importance: Education (3 Dec 2018)

“I remind those opposite who are trying to interject that I worked with yelling three-year-olds for many, many years. So, Senator Williams, I'm not really interested in what you are yelling from over there. When you live in a glass house, though, you shouldn't throw stones. That's what I will remind those opposite. This government never, ever explained to the Australian people how they were...”

Matters of Public Importance: Education (3 Dec 2018)

“I'm a strong believer in the power of education to transform lives. Labor, in government, worked to create a school funding system that was based on the principle that every child could get a school education that gave them the same opportunity in life, regardless of background. That's why we created a system that gave the required extra attention and support to the students who needed it...”

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• Has spoken in 55 debates in the last year — below average amongst Senators.
• People have made 4 comments on this Senator's speeches — above average amongst Senators.
• 11 people are tracking whenever this Senator speaks — email me whenever Catryna Bilyk speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 492 times in debates — above average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)

Catryna Bilyk's latest interest statement from Australian Parliament HouseLast updated: 19 Mar 2014

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