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Basem Jamal Abdo (Arabic: باسم جمال عبده, born 3 June 1987) is an Australian politician who serves as a member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the Division of Calwell. He was elected in the 2025 election as a member of the Australian Labor Party. The son of Palestinian refugees, Abdo is the first Palestinian Arab to serve in the Parliament of Australia.
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Rebellions
Never rebelled
214
Votes attended
231
Possible votes
93%
Attendance rate
Voting Record
Full record ↗
Voted for
increasing investment in the coal industry criminalising hate symbols criminalising hate speech unconventional gas mining reducing tax concessions for high socio-economic status strengthening gun control laws speeding things along in Parliament (procedural)
Mixed / less clear
ending government investment in fossil fuels
Voted against
more scrutiny of intelligence services & police protecting threatened forest and bushland habitats maintaining or increasing defence spending net zero emissions by 2050 increasing parliamentary scrutiny of laws procedural fairness increasing freedom of political communication protecting whistleblowers increasing accessibility of government data and documents suspending the rules to allow a vote to happen (procedural)
Recent Votes – Current Parliament
The 10 most recent “Aye” and “No” votes recorded in the Australian Parliament's own division records this term, sourced directly from aph.gov.au independently of the voting-record data above.
Most recent Aye votes
- 2026-09-17 – Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (Veterans’ Healthcare Without Caps) Bill 2026 (Social Security/Welfare)
- 2026-09-16 – Private Health Insurance Amendment (Modernising the Private Health Insurance Rebate) Bill 2026 (Tax/Economy/Finance)
- 2026-09-16 – Private Health Insurance Amendment (Modernising the Private Health Insurance Rebate) Bill 2026 (Tax/Economy/Finance)
- 2026-09-16 – Private Health Insurance Amendment (Modernising the Private Health Insurance Rebate) Bill 2026 (Tax/Economy/Finance)
- 2026-09-14 – Statute Update Bill 2026
- 2026-09-14 – Regulatory Reform Omnibus Bill 2026 (Tax/Economy/Finance)
- 2026-09-14 – Regulatory Reform Omnibus Bill 2026 (Tax/Economy/Finance)
- 2026-09-10 – Online Safety Amendment (Strengthening Enforcement for the Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2026 (Communications/Tech/Media)
- 2026-09-10 – Online Safety Amendment (Strengthening Enforcement for the Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2026 (Communications/Tech/Media)
- 2026-08-18 – Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026 (Communications/Tech/Media)
Most recent No votes
- 2026-10-14 – Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Amendment Bill 2026 (Tax/Economy/Finance)
- 2026-10-14 – Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Amendment Bill 2026 (Tax/Economy/Finance)
- 2026-10-13 – Customs and Other Legislation Amendment (Illicit Tobacco Enforcement Modernisation and Other Measures) Bill 2026 (Immigration/Border)
- 2026-09-16 – Private Health Insurance Amendment (Modernising the Private Health Insurance Rebate) Bill 2026 (Tax/Economy/Finance)
- 2026-09-16 – Private Health Insurance Amendment (Modernising the Private Health Insurance Rebate) Bill 2026 (Tax/Economy/Finance)
- 2026-09-16 – Private Health Insurance Amendment (Modernising the Private Health Insurance Rebate) Bill 2026 (Tax/Economy/Finance)
- 2026-09-10 – Disallowance motion
- 2026-09-09 – Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Universal Outdoor Mobile Obligation) Bill 2025 (Communications/Tech/Media)
- 2026-08-18 – Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026 (Communications/Tech/Media)
- 2026-08-18 – Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026 (Communications/Tech/Media)
Interests & Gifts
Real Estate
- Self: Location: Greenvale, VIC · Purpose: Residential
Liabilities
- Self: Nature Of Liability: Mortgage on residential home · Creditor: Commonwealth Bank of Australia; Nature Of Liability: Credit Card · Creditor: Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Saving Or Investment Accounts
- Self: Nature Of Account: Savings · Institution: Commonwealth Bank of Australia; Nature Of Account: Savings (Joint) · Institution: Commonwealth Bank of Australia; Nature Of Account: Transaction · Institution: Wise Australia
- Spouse/partner: Nature Of Account: Savings (Joint) · Institution: Commonwealth Bank of Australia; Nature Of Account: Savings · Institution: Deutsche Kreditbank (DKB); Nature Of Account: Business Transaction Account · Institution: Commonwealth Bank of Australia; Nature Of Account: Transaction · Institution: Wise Australia
Other Assets Over 7500
- Self: Vehicle; Superannuation - AMP Super (disposed of July 2025); Superannuation - Public Sector Superannuation Accumulation Plan (disposed of July 2025); Digital Currency (disposed of June 2025)
Other Substantial Sources Of Income
- Spouse/partner: Sole Trader for freelance work
Memberships Conflict Possible
- Self: Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union; Community and Public Sector Union
Salary
We estimate Basem Abdo received a parliamentary salary of: $239,270
Based on the Remuneration Tribunal base salary of $239,270 plus any additional allowance for ministerial, shadow or office-holder roles held at time of generation.
Expenditure
- Latest quarter total: $125,065
- Printing and Communications: $38,716
- Office Consumables and Services: $909
- Publications: $1,980
- Telecommunications - Usage: $314
- Private-Plated Vehicle: $4,497
- COMCAR: $1,310
- Travel Allowance: $6,118
- Fares: $7,049
- Domestic Travel: $15,036
- Parliamentary Delegations: $15,623
- Office Facilities - Not stated: $33,512
Latest Guardian Articles
- RSL says One Nation’s Hastie ‘slur’ was an ‘attack on every veteran’s service’ – as it happened
- ‘Socialist’ teachers target eight Victorian Labor MPs including education minister – as it happened
- Albanese trashes Taylor’s Midwinter Ball speech – as it happened
- Garth Hamilton storms out of question time after outburst – as it happened
- Husic says Labor pile-on after Aukus criticism ‘not healthy’ – as it happened
- ASX suffers more heavy losses as Middle East crisis spooks investors – as it happened
- PM tables election review in question time – as it happened
- Son of Palestinian refugees projected to win Calwell for Labor in most complex preference count in history
- Littleproud contradicts deputy; Leeser says Liberals had ‘false sense of confidence’ – as it happened
- Afternoon Update: Labor wins Calwell after epic count; PM condemns Gaza ‘outrage’; and a missing calf returns home
Conversation Articles
- View from The Hill: Labor’s ‘managed democracy’ reaches high point as blanket thrown over Israel-Gaza dissent (2026-07-25)
Ministers and factional heavyweights worked behind closed doors to squash an attempted revolt over Israel and Gaza.
