Terry Young
MP for Longman · Liberal–National Coalition
Attendance
65%
997 of 1,544 divisions
Voted against their party
0
Never crossed the floor
Policy areas voted on
80
scored by They Vote For You
Voted consistently for
95% or more of their votes supported these positions.
- decreasing availability of welfare payments
- putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on a temporary basis as a trial
- drug testing welfare recipients
- privatising certain government services
- a combined Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- political intervention in research funding grants
- Temporary Exclusion Orders
- an Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC)
Voted consistently against
5% or fewer of their votes supported these positions.
- parliament continuing to meet during the COVID-19 pandemic
- making TAFE education fee-free
- increasing housing affordability
- encouraging Australian-based industry
- the Paris Climate Agreement
- Build to Rent (BTR)
- increasing transparency of big business by making information public
- increasing investment in renewable energy
Voted both ways
Positions where Terry’s votes fall on both sides. Each of these policies groups dozens of divisions across many years, including procedural motions and narrow amendments. Follow a link to see the votes.
- 47%increasing legal protections for LGBTI people
- 54%climate change mitigation strategies (e.g., carbon capture and storage)
- 42%federal government action on animal & plant extinctions
- 42%protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats
- 42%limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees
- 62%increasing the cost of humanities degrees
Work expenses
all expenses$586,069 claimed over 4 quarters (Apr–Jun 2025 to Jan–Mar 2026), 1.00× the median for QLD.
- Office Administration$349k
- Office Facilities$138k
- Employee Travel$33k
- Other Car Costs$26k
- Scheduled Commercial Transport$18k
- Travel Allowance$15k
How to read this
- They Vote For You groups related divisions into plain-language "policies" and scores how often each member voted with that position. Those groupings are editorial judgements made by the OpenAustralia Foundation, not official parliamentary categories.
- An agreement score in the middle of the range means the member voted on both sides of that policy over time. That is normal: policies aggregate dozens of divisions across many years, including procedural motions and narrow amendments. We deliberately publish no "flip-flop" score, because when we measured it, almost every member qualified — it reflects how the scoring works, not anyone's conduct.
- Attendance excludes periods before a member was elected, but members may be absent for legitimate reasons including illness, parental leave, or official duties. A low rate is not by itself evidence of anything.
- Only members currently serving are included. A vote is recorded against the person, not the seat.
- Work expenses cover offices, staff, travel and communications. Claims are certified by the parliamentarian and administered by IPEA.
- Totals are not directly comparable between members. Electorate size drives travel costs, and ministers travel more than backbenchers. Members are therefore compared against the median for their own state or territory.
- Former parliamentarians — including former prime ministers, who retain certain entitlements — are reported separately and excluded from member comparisons.
- IPEA publishes quarterly and later issues adjustments for administrative errors. Figures for recent quarters may change slightly.
Full record for Terry Young at They Vote For You, licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL). Retrieved 2026-07-22.