Wikipedia
Bon Cheng Lim (Chinese: 林文清; born 6 June 1961), better known as Sam Lim, is a Malaysian-born Australian politician. Lim was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in 2022 to represent the Division of Tangney in Western Australia. He held the seat in the 2025 election.
Attendance and rebellions
0
Rebellions
Never rebelled
775
Votes attended
843
Possible votes
92%
Attendance rate
Voting Record Full record ↗
Voted for
banning the sale of non-therapeutic vapes criminalising wage theft regional processing of asylum seekers banning mobiles and other devices in immigration detention a character test for Australian visas federal action on public housing introducing digital ID increasing the cost of humanities degrees nuclear energy vehicle efficiency standards capping gas prices
Mixed / less clear
banning pay secrecy clauses climate change mitigation strategies (e.g., carbon capture and storage) increasing housing affordability speeding things along in Parliament (procedural) a transition plan for coal workers the Paris Climate Agreement encouraging Australian-based industry making TAFE education fee-free letting all MPs or Senators speak in Parliament (procedural) unconventional gas mining reducing tax concessions for high socio-economic status
Voted against
paid placements for all students wiping all student debt (university and vocational) maintaining or increasing defence spending expanding public funded dental care more scrutiny of intelligence services & police putting welfare payments onto cashless debit cards (or indue cards) on an ongoing basis increasing parliamentary scrutiny of laws procedural fairness increasing the financial return on fossil fuels increasing accessibility of government data and documents net zero emissions by 2035
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
- 2026-10-29 – Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 3) Bill 2026
- 2026-10-29 – Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 3) Bill 2026
- 2026-10-29 – Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 3) Bill 2026
- 2026-10-29 – Income Tax Rates Amendment (Minimum Tax on Discretionary Trusts) Bill 2026
- 2026-10-29 – Income Tax Rates Amendment (Minimum Tax on Discretionary Trusts) Bill 2026
- 2026-10-29 – Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 4) Bill 2026
- 2026-10-29 – Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 4) Bill 2026
- 2026-10-29 – Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 4) Bill 2026
- 2026-10-28 – Online Safety Amendment (Digital Duty of Care) Bill 2026
- 2026-10-28 – Online Safety Amendment (Digital Duty of Care) Bill 2026
Most recent No votes
- 2026-10-29 – Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 3) Bill 2026
- 2026-10-29 – Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 3) Bill 2026
- 2026-10-29 – Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 3) Bill 2026
- 2026-10-29 – Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 3) Bill 2026
- 2026-10-29 – Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 4) Bill 2026
- 2026-10-29 – Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 4) Bill 2026
- 2026-10-29 – Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 4) Bill 2026
- 2026-10-29 – Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 4) Bill 2026
- 2026-10-29 – Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 4) Bill 2026
- 2026-10-29 – Domestic Gas Reservation Bill 2026
Interests & Gifts
Shareholdings
- Self: Carnegie Clean Energy Limited; Living Cell Technologies Limited; White Cliff Minerals Limited
Real Estate
- Self: Location: Bedfordale, WA · Purpose: Residential; Location: Johor, Malaysia · Purpose: Family Home
- Spouse/partner: Location: Bedfordale, WA · Purpose: Residential
Liabilities
- Self: Nature Of Liability: Mortgage · Creditor: ANZ Bank
- Spouse/partner: Nature Of Liability: Mortgage · Creditor: ANZ Bank
Saving Or Investment Accounts
- Self: Nature Of Account: Savings · Institution: ANZ Bank
- Spouse/partner: Nature Of Account: Savings · Institution: ANZ Bank
Other Assets Over 7500
- Self: Car
- Spouse/partner: Car
Other Substantial Sources Of Income
- Self: Australian Super Transition to retirement benefit
Gifts
- Self: Membership - Qantas Chairman's Lounge; Membership - Virgin Australia Beyond Lounge; Complimentary Perth Airport Car access card
Salary
We estimate Sam Lim 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: $203,412
- Printing and Communications: $74,019
- Office Consumables and Services: $9,411
- Publications: $581
- Parking: $8
- COMCAR: $2,488
- Travel Allowance: $11,064
- Telecommunications - Usage: $1,060
- Telecommunications - Residential - Official: $231
- Scheduled Commercial Transport: $4,681
- Fares: $14,323
- Domestic Travel: $24,566
- Parliamentary Delegations: $1,065
- Office Facilities - Not stated: $59,916
See also
Other House members from Western Australia:
- Zaneta Mascarenhas (ALP, MP for Swan)
- Melissa Price (LP, MP for Durack)
- Tracey Roberts (ALP, MP for Pearce)
- Ben Small (LP, MP for Forrest)
- Josh Wilson (ALP, MP for Fremantle)
- Rick Wilson (LP, MP for O'Connor)
- Anne Aly (ALP, MP for Cowan)
- Kate Chaney (IND, MP for Curtin)
- Trish Cook (ALP, MP for Bullwinkel)
- Tom French (ALP, MP for Moore)
- Patrick Gorman (ALP, MP for Perth)
- Andrew Hastie (LP, MP for Canning)
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