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Carina Garland

LaborHouse of Representatives

Carina Garland

Member for Chisholm, Labor

About

About Carina Garland

Carina Garland is the Australian Labor Party member for Chisholm in the House of Representatives, first elected at the 2022 federal election. Before entering parliament she was Assistant Secretary of the Victorian Trades Hall Council from 2018 to 2021, and earlier worked as a parliamentary staffer for Simon Crean.

First elected
2022 Australian federal election, Chisholm
Preselected
July 2021, for Chisholm
Previous seat holder
Gladys Liu (Liberal), defeated in 2022
Born
1982, Traralgon, Victoria
Education
Monash University Arts/Law; PhD scholarship, University of Sydney
Caucus faction
Labor Left

Summarised by AI from Wikipedia, plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026.

Promises

What Carina Garland is promising

Quoted from their own Facebook and Instagram ads, most repeated first.

  1. Early childhood education

    Labor’s 3 Day Guarantee means every child can access at least three days of subsidised early learning each week.

    See the adFrom Carina Garland

  2. Free tafe

    As long as there is a Labor Government, Free TAFE is here to stay.

    See the adFrom Carina Garland

Ads

What Carina Garland spends on ads

Facebook and Instagram ads from their page, as published in Meta's Ad Library.

Spent on ads
$500–$2K
Ads seen
15
Running now
15

Paid for by Dr. Carina Garland MP, according to the ads' disclaimers.

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Biggest ads

Ranked by what Meta says was spent on each design, across every copy of it.

What the ads are about

Topics read from the ads we've analysed so far, by number of ads.

  • Cost of living5 ads
  • Health3 ads
  • Education2 ads
  • Economy tax2 ads
  • Housing1 ad

Votes

How Carina Garland voted

Recorded votes in the House of Representatives since 23 July 2025, from Hansard.

All votes in the House of Representatives
318votes cast
97%of 329 divisions held
0votes against their party line

  1. Domestic Gas Reservation Bill 2026: consideration in detail

    Voting yes supported making the amendment moved by the member for Curtin to the Domestic Gas Reservation Bill 2026 during consideration in detail.

    Voted noDefeated 7 to 70

  2. Domestic Gas Reservation Bill 2026: consideration in detail

    Voting yes supported making the amendments moved by the member for Ryan to the Domestic Gas Reservation Bill 2026 during consideration in detail.

    Voted noDefeated 7 to 69

  3. Domestic Gas Reservation Bill 2026: second reading

    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 noDefeated 7 to 113

  4. Domestic Gas Reservation Bill 2026: report from federation chamber

    Voting yes supported making the amendment moved by the member for Kennedy to the amendment to the second reading of the Domestic Gas Reservation Bill 2026, which agrees with the bill's main idea.

    Voted noDefeated 10 to 85

  5. Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 4) Bill 2026: third reading

    Voting yes supported the Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 4) Bill 2026 passing its third reading, which means passing the bill.

    Voted yesPassed 96 to 38

  6. Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 4) Bill 2026: consideration in detail

    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 yesPassed 96 to 39

  7. Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 4) Bill 2026: consideration in detail

    Voting yes supported the amendment moved by the member for Kooyong to the Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 4) Bill 2026 being agreed to during consideration in detail.

    Voted noDefeated 9 to 70

  8. Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 4) Bill 2026: consideration in detail

    Voting yes supported adding the amendment circulated by the member for Wentworth to the Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 4) Bill 2026, which was defeated.

    Voted noDefeated 9 to 81

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.

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Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Party and seat checked against the Parliament House member list on 11 November 2026.