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  • Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party Representative for New England
  • Former National Party Senator for Queensland
  • Changed party from Independent on 8 Dec 2025; from National Party on 27 Nov 2025
  • Entered the Senate on 1 July 2005 — Federal election
  • Entered House of Representatives on 7 September 2013 — Federal election
  • Left Senate on 8 August 2013 — Resigned
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Questions without Notice: Capital Investment Scheme (28 May 2026)

“My question is to the Treasurer. Treasurer, it seems impossible to divine what the cost of the Capacity Investment Scheme is in the forwards. The Capacity Investment Scheme underwrites the swindle factories, and I think the Australian people have a right to know what it is, so can we get within $5 billion? Is it less than a billion dollars? Is it between $1 billion and $5 billion? Is it...”

Bills: National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026; Second Reading (27 May 2026)

“I thought the honourable member opposite might want to have a say. I was there when we started this in the Expenditure Review Committee. I remember it very well. Abbott at the time was believing that if it was untenable that we couldn't support the NDIS. We believed that the then prime minister Gillard had her heart in the right place, that this was a proper thing to do. We were a bit...”

Bills: Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2026-2027, Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2026-2027, Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2026-2027; Second Reading (27 May 2026)

“or down to 40! What that means is: it wasn't that a whole heap of first home buyers turned up and—lo and behold!—all got themselves into houses. People just decided not to buy them, and they were just removed from the market. So what you are seeing now is not a more fluid rental market where people are coming in. You're seeing the poor getting pushed out. And you'll pick them up...”

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  • Has spoken in 70 debates in the last year — above average amongst Representatives.
  • Has spoken in 71 debates in the last year — above average amongst Senators.
  • People have made 9 comments on this Representative's speeches — well above average amongst Representatives.
  • People have made 5 comments on this Senator's speeches — well above average amongst Senators.
  • This Representative's speeches are understandable to an average 14–15 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 678 times in debates — well above average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)
  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 697 times in debates — well above average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)

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