• National Party Senator for NSW
• Shadow Minister for Water (since 28 May 2025)
  Shadow Minister for Fisheries and Forestry (since 28 May 2025)
  Shadow Minister for Emergency Management (since 28 May 2025)
• Became a Senator on 21 May 2022 — Federal election
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Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers: Answers to Questions (14 May 2026)

“I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by ministers to questions without notice asked by Opposition senators today. There is a lot of focus around housing today in what's going on here. It's quite interesting that you can deliver a budget and not enough of your own party room actually read the budget papers to know what's going on it. The surprise on faces to some of the...”

Statements by Senators: Inland Rail (14 May 2026)

“There's already been a lot of talk today about this in this chamber, but I will go back to the Inland Rail cuts and what they mean for my area of the Hunter. Previously, before coming to this place, I was working for the Port of Newcastle, and we were working on the container terminal because it's such an important piece of infrastructure for the Hunter. Anytime a container terminal gets to a...”

Bills: Competition and Consumer Amendment (Responding to Exceptional Circumstances) Bill 2026; Second Reading (13 May 2026)

“Before I was so rudely interrupted by a hard marker earlier today after a 46-second speech, I was getting to the point that, when we get down to it, there's a rush to put something through. Let's get down to it. The Competition and Consumer Amendment (Responding to Exceptional Circumstances) Bill 2026 was not written overnight. We know the drafters take some time, so, even if this had been...”

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• Has spoken in 46 debates in the last year — 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") 150 times in debates — below average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)

Ross Cadell's latest interest statementLast updated: 13 May 2026