• Former Liberal Party Senator for SA
• Became a Senator on 1 December 1984 — Federal election
• Left Senate on 26 April 2007 — Resigned

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Questions without Notice: Additional Answers: Asylum Seekers (20 Jun 2006)

“I should put on the record that I have asked for a check to be made to see whether this is the only such incident and, in particular, whether there is anything in relation to Red Cross as well. The same may be the case.”

Questions without Notice: Additional Answers: Asylum Seekers (20 Jun 2006)

“I have some further information for Senator Nettle which may be of interest in relation to her question to me today. I do not have it in a form that I can give to her, but I seek leave to read it into Hansard. Leave granted. Senator, two attempts were made on 27 and 28 May to contact the family at the Royal Children’s Hospital by persons claiming to be from Amnesty International. Ward...”

Questions without Notice: Asylum Seekers (20 Jun 2006)

“These people arrived on Saibai Island in the Torres Strait some time late in May—I think it was the 21st. It is true that the family were denied access to visitors while they were in detention—sorry, that people are entitled to decline visitors while they are in detention, and it is true that the nine-year-old boy is unwell. No decision has been made on whether these people will...”

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