• Former Australian Labor Party Senator for Victoria
• Became a Senator on 1 July 1981 — Federal election
• Left Senate on 5 May 2008 — retired

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Questions without Notice: Whaling (19 Jun 2006)

“Senator Robert Ray interjecting—”

Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Electoral Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2006: Second Reading (16 Jun 2006)

“When it comes to developing sophisticated electoral systems, Australia has always been regarded as a world leader. Indeed, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries we were well in advance of the rest of the world, partly because we were a New World country and partly because we were determined to throw off the hierarchical nature of the mother country and actually pioneer a real democracy in...”

Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Electoral Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2006: Second Reading (16 Jun 2006)

“He may have seen the light but, by gee, did he reap the benefits of rorting the electoral boundaries in 1977! The Liberal Party’s other great contribution, of course, was that, when they did have the redistribution and it did not go well enough, Reg Withers put the fix in and had to be thrown out of the ministry because he was caught. And so electoral reform from 1949 to 1983 was a...”

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• Has spoken in 6 debates in the last year — well below average amongst Senators.
• People have made 0 comments on this Senator's speeches — well above average amongst Senators.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 50 times in debates — below average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)