• Liberal Party Senator for Victoria
• Shadow Minister for Defence (since 17 Feb 2026)
• Became a Senator on 9 March 2016 — unknown
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Questions without Notice: Fuel (1 Apr 2026)

“Weeks or days?”

Questions without Notice: Fuel (31 Mar 2026)

“How can the Australian people trust anything the Prime Minister says about the fuel crisis when the government first denied there was a crisis, then dragged their feet to act and now can't even get basic facts right?”

Questions without Notice: Fuel (31 Mar 2026)

“It's on direct relevance. I'm not sure what the minister's observations about people in the other House have to do with the Prime Minister getting massive fact wrong.”

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• Has spoken in 34 debates in the last year — well below average amongst Senators.
• People have made 0 comments on this Senator's speeches — average amongst Senators.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 273 times in debates — average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)

James Paterson's latest interest statementLast updated: 20 Nov 2025