--- title: "Ben Small: political ads and spending | Politics Computer" description: "What Ben Small has spent on Facebook and Instagram ads, and the ads themselves." url: "https://politics.computer/mp/ben-small" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Politicians](https://politics.computer/mps) / [Forrest](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/forrest) Liberal House of Representatives # Ben Small Member for [Forrest](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/forrest), [Liberal](https://politics.computer/party/liberal) About ## About Ben Small Ben Small is the Liberal Party member for the House of Representatives seat of Forrest in Western Australia, elected at the 2025 federal election. He previously served as a Liberal senator for Western Australia from 2020 to 2022\. His recent Facebook and Instagram ads focus on defence and foreign affairs. Born 11 June 1988, Perth Education Australian Maritime College; Master of Business Administration, University of Canberra Previous seat Senator for Western Australia, 2020 to 2022 Before parliament Marine operations roles at Farstad Shipping and Woodside Energy Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben%5FSmall%5F%28politician%29), plus our own records. Sources last checked 12 November 2026. Ads ## What Ben Small spends on ads Facebook and Instagram ads from their page, as published in Meta's Ad Library. Spent on ads under $100 Ads seen 1 Running now 1 Paid for by Ben Small - Liberal for Forrest, according to the ads' disclaimers. [See this page in Meta's Ad Library](https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active%5Fstatus=all&ad%5Ftype=political%5Fand%5Fissue%5Fads&country=AU&view%5Fall%5Fpage%5Fid=262340686960375) ## Biggest ads Ranked by what Meta says was spent on each design, across every copy of it. - [![Labor’s Defence Backflip: After almost 125,000 people signed our petition to stop Labor’s fire sale of Australia’s national defence sites, ](https://politics.computer/media/a83b8f804aaf2bb053de0c6a169c08283f453360f3a763afd128ce7acd7ff0c6?w=480) Under $100 spent Running since 9 Nov](https://politics.computer/ad/a83b8f804aaf2bb053de0c6a169c08283f453360f3a763afd128ce7acd7ff0c6) ## What the ads are about Topics read from the ads we've analysed so far, by number of ads. - Defence foreign 1 ad Votes ## How Ben Small voted Recorded votes in the House of Representatives since 23 July 2025, from Hansard. [All votes in the House of Representatives](https://politics.computer/votes/house) **230** votes cast **70%** of 329 divisions held **0** votes against their party line 1. 29 October 2026 ### [Domestic Gas Reservation Bill 2026: consideration in detail](https://politics.computer/votes/house/2026-10-29/23) Voting yes supported making the amendment moved by the member for Mackellar to the Domestic Gas Reservation Bill 2026 during consideration in detail. Voted no Defeated 8 to 101 2. 29 October 2026 ### [Domestic Gas Reservation Bill 2026: second reading](https://politics.computer/votes/house/2026-10-29/20) Voting yes supported the amendment moved by the member for Ryan to the Domestic Gas Reservation Bill 2026 being agreed to at second reading, which would add to the bill's main idea. Voted no Defeated 7 to 113 3. 29 October 2026 ### [Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 4) Bill 2026: third reading](https://politics.computer/votes/house/2026-10-29/18) Voting yes supported the Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 4) Bill 2026 passing its third reading, which means passing the bill. Voted no Passed 96 to 38 4. 29 October 2026 ### [Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 4) Bill 2026: consideration in detail](https://politics.computer/votes/house/2026-10-29/17) Voting yes supported the Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 4) Bill 2026 being agreed to at consideration in detail, which agrees with the bill's text as it stands. Voted no Passed 96 to 39 5. 29 October 2026 ### [Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 4) Bill 2026: second reading](https://politics.computer/votes/house/2026-10-29/14) Voting yes supported the Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 4) Bill 2026 passing its second reading, which agrees with the bill's main idea. Voted no Passed 96 to 37 6. 29 October 2026 ### [Income Tax Rates Amendment (Minimum Tax on Discretionary Trusts) Bill 2026: third reading](https://politics.computer/votes/house/2026-10-29/10) Voting yes supported the Income Tax Rates Amendment (Minimum Tax on Discretionary Trusts) Bill 2026 passing its third reading, which means passing the bill. Voted no Passed 91 to 45 7. 29 October 2026 ### [Income Tax Rates Amendment (Minimum Tax on Discretionary Trusts) Bill 2026: second reading](https://politics.computer/votes/house/2026-10-29/9) Voting yes supported the Income Tax Rates Amendment (Minimum Tax on Discretionary Trusts) Bill 2026 passing its second reading, which agrees with the bill's main idea. Voted no Passed 90 to 45 8. 29 October 2026 ### [Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 3) Bill 2026: third reading](https://politics.computer/votes/house/2026-10-29/8) Voting yes supported the Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 3) Bill 2026 passing its third reading, which means passing the bill. Voted no Passed 91 to 46 A member can miss a division for many reasons: illness, leave, ministerial duties, being in the chair or a pair arrangement. "Against their party" means at least three quarters of the rest of their party voted the other way; votes where any party split (usually free or conscience votes) don't count. Votes on procedure aren't listed. ## Other Liberal members of the House of Representatives [Liberal spending](https://politics.computer/party/liberal) - [ **Aaron Violi** Liberal, Casey ](https://politics.computer/mp/aaron-violi) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alex_Hawke_2016.jpg?width=96)**Alex Hawke** Liberal, Mitchell ](https://politics.computer/mp/alex-hawke) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/A_Hastie_2023_(cropped).jpg?width=96)**Andrew Hastie** Liberal, Canning ](https://politics.computer/mp/andrew-hastie) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Angus_Taylor_2018_portrait_black.jpg?width=96)**Angus Taylor** Liberal, Hume ](https://politics.computer/mp/angus-taylor) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dan_Tehan_2017_portrait_cropped.jpg?width=96)**Dan Tehan** Liberal, Wannon ](https://politics.computer/mp/dan-tehan) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jason_Wood_Assistant_Minister.jpg?width=96)**Jason Wood** Liberal, La Trobe ](https://politics.computer/mp/jason-wood) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Julian_Leeser_2023.jpg?width=96)**Julian Leeser** Liberal, Berowra ](https://politics.computer/mp/julian-leeser) - [ **Mary Aldred** Liberal, Monash ](https://politics.computer/mp/mary-aldred) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/M_McIntosh_Parliamentary_function_CBR_16_May_2024.jpg?width=96)**Melissa McIntosh** Liberal, Lindsay ](https://politics.computer/mp/melissa-mcintosh) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Melissa_Price_MP.jpg?width=96)**Melissa Price** Liberal, Durack ](https://politics.computer/mp/melissa-price) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rick_Wilson%2C_Gwalia%2C_2018_(01).jpg?width=96)**Rick Wilson** Liberal, O'Connor ](https://politics.computer/mp/rick-wilson) - [ **Simon Kennedy** Liberal, Cook ](https://politics.computer/mp/simon-kennedy) Party and seat checked against the Parliament House member list on 11 November 2026\. --- [Politics Computer](https://politics.computer/) A free reference for Australian politics. 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