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Mr Bart Mellish MP

Australian Labor Party

Shadow Minister for Transport and Main Roads

Electorate: Aspley

58th·Opposition·Shadow Minister for Transport and Main Roads
57th·Government·Minister for Transport and Main Roads and Minister for Digital Services
56th·Government·Backbench
55th·Government·Backbench
62 speeches56 bills624 votes1 committee
State Development, Infrastructure and Works Committee
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Parliamentary Activity

Positions extracted by AI from Hansard transcripts. Not yet human-reviewed.

Some votes may not appear here if they were party votes where individual member votes were not recorded.

Revenue (Cost of Living Relief Locked-in Law) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2026PassedMixed

Backed the opposition's amendment crediting Labor for 50-cent fares while attacking the transport minister and government over cut train services.

“How weak would your budget have to be when you spend half of your budget talking about Labor's 50-cent fares?”— 2026-06-26View Hansard
Appropriation (Parliament) Bill 2026In CommitteeOpposes

Debated together with Appropriation Bill 2026 and Revenue (Cost of Living Relief Locked-in Law) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2026

Attacked the transport budget for hidden infrastructure cuts, rail service cuts, the delayed Gympie Road tunnel and the Wave blowout, calling it a cover-up.

“This is a budget of bad news and blowouts. The LNP promised that this budget would make Queenslanders' lives easier. Make no mistake: this budget makes life harder for Queenslanders.”— 2026-06-25View Hansard
Regional Planning Interests (Condamine Alluvium) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2026Passed (amended)
Transport and Other Legislation (Managing E-mobility Use and Protecting Our Communities) Amendment Bill 2026Passed (amended)Opposes

Shadow transport minister opposed the bill as an 'abject failure' that punishes responsible riders while leaving illegal devices untouched, criticised the last-minute circulation of amendments, and moved a reasoned amendment to withdraw, redraft and refer the bill back to committee.

“The Queensland Labor opposition simply cannot support the bill in its current state. The bill is a mess and this is the worst panelbeating of a bill I have seen in the Queensland parliament.”— 2026-06-03View Hansard
Resources Safety and Health Queensland and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2026Passed

Bills Introduced (1)

Transport Affordability Amendment Bill 2026

In Committee

This bill introduces two transport affordability measures for Queenslanders. It creates a fuel price cap system that limits daily petrol price increases to 5 cents per litre and requires retailers to lock in next-day prices by 2pm. It also protects 50-cent public transport fares by requiring any future increase to be approved by a vote in Parliament.

11/2/2026Cost of LivingTransport & Roads
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