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Helen Coonan

Senator for NSW · Liberal Party · Former member

Photo: Office of Senator Helen Coonan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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How they voted on policies

Each policy groups related divisions. Counts are this member's recorded votes from 9 Feb 2006 to 21 June 2011; the score is They Vote For You's weighted agreement across all years. A voting record shows how someone voted, not necessarily what they personally believe.

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Time in Parliament

Terms of service and ministerial or shadow ministerial roles, from OpenAustralia's hand-maintained records of the Parliamentary Handbook.

Terms of service

  • Senate

    1 July 1996 – 22 Aug 2011 · Resigned

Ministerial and shadow roles

  • Shadow Minister for Finance, Competition Policy and Deregulation

    16 Feb 2009 – 8 Dec 2009

  • Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate (shadow ministry)

    22 Sept 2008 – 16 Feb 2009

  • Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs

    22 Sept 2008 – 16 Feb 2009

  • Shadow Minister for Human Services

    6 Dec 2007 – 22 Sept 2008

  • Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate

    27 Jan 2006 – 3 Dec 2007

  • Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts

    18 July 2004 – 3 Dec 2007

  • Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer

    26 Nov 2001 – 18 July 2004