Sean Bell's recent appearances (OpenAustralia.org)
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date: 2026-02-05T22:06:05+00:00
items: Cost of Living | Statements by Senators | Senate debates
items: Cost of Living | Matters of Urgency | Senate debates
items: Housing | Questions without Notice | Senate debates
items: Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026; Limitation of Debate | Bills | Senate debates
items: Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Firearms and Customs Laws) Bill 2026; Second Reading | Bills | Senate debates
items: Bondi Beach: Attack | Questions without Notice | Senate debates
items: Bondi Beach: Attack | Condolences | Senate debates
items: Industry | Statements by Senators | Senate debates
items: Bell, Senator Sean | First Speech | Senate debates
items: Plebiscite (Future Migration Level) Bill 2018; Second Reading | Bills | Senate debates
items: Migration | Questions without Notice | Senate debates

Cost of Living | Statements by Senators | Senate debates
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description: The Albanese Labor government has failed the most basic test of economic management. Under Labor, inflation is up, interest rates are up, and families are paying the price. Australians are now...
encoded: The Albanese Labor government has failed the most basic test of economic management. Under Labor, inflation is up, interest rates are up, and families are paying the price. Australians are now experiencing the direct result of bad Labor government policy. Labor's reckless energy agenda has driven power prices higher and forced up cost of living across the economy. Where power prices rise, everything rises with them—food at the supermarket, freight logistics, construction, farming and manufacturing. Families feel it at the checkout and feel it again when the mortgage payment comes out. Small businesses feel it through higher overheads and weaker demand. That is how Labor's reckless energy agenda feeds inflation straight into household budgets. Nowhere is this clearer than in New South Wales. Labor's net zero obsession is a disaster. Household power bills are through the roof. Labor forces industry to absorb skyrocketing power costs and then pretends to be shocked when businesses go under. I'm proud to say One Nation has the most comprehensive and practical plan to bring energy costs down, bring inflation under control and protect Australia from Labor's ongoing economic incompetence. This plan is on our website right now. I encourage people to go and have a look. We know that, if you want to defeat inflation and control interest rates, you have to start with energy. That means ending net zero mandates that force prices up, protecting reliable baseload, coalfired power and extending the existing coal generation across places like the Hunter. Labor's ideological obsession with net zero is pushing power bills up. Families pay more and more, and small businesses get squeezed. One Nation will put Australians first by ending net zero, lowering energy costs and bringing inflation down.
date: 2026-02-04T13:39:00+00:00

Cost of Living | Matters of Urgency | Senate debates
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description: The Albanese Labor government has failed to control interest rates. As a result of Labor's reckless spending, Australians will be dealing with higher inflation for longer, and Australian families...
encoded: The Albanese Labor government has failed to control interest rates. As a result of Labor's reckless spending, Australians will be dealing with higher inflation for longer, and Australian families will pay the price. Today, the Reserve Bank lifted interest rates by 25 basis points, and that means mortgage repayments will jump by around $1,000 extra per year for a $500,000 mortgage. For families across NSW and Australia already struggling with groceries, fuel, rent and power prices, this is a cruel blow—another hit to the household budget from a Labor government that is totally out of touch. While groceries, rent, fuel and power keep climbing, Labor keeps spending. Labor keep pushing their devastating net zero ideology, and Labor keep driving mass immigration higher and higher. Families are hurting, mortgage holders are stretched to the limit, home buyers are being locked out of the market, and renters are being crushed under the mistakes of this terrible Albanese Labor government. This Labor economy is failing everyday Australians. One Nation is the only party here with a real plan to rebuild Australia for Australians, because One Nation will cut electricity prices by scrapping Labor's net zero agenda and backing reliable coal-fired power, One Nation will end mass immigration to ease pressure on housing, infrastructure and essential services, and One Nation will slash government waste, pay down debt and make sure that your taxpayer dollars are spent where they're needed. One Nation will not allow Labor to continue to inflict this economic pain on Australians. We will hold them to account. One Nation is united. We are ready. We will put everyday Australians first every single— (Time expired)
date: 2026-02-03T17:26:00+00:00

Housing | Questions without Notice | Senate debates
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description: Minister, Australians need more housing, but Labor's weak enforcement of protection protects thousands of these foreign-owned ghost homes instead of Australian families. Will Labor put all...
encoded: Minister, Australians need more housing, but Labor's weak enforcement of protection protects thousands of these foreign-owned ghost homes instead of Australian families. Will Labor put all Australians first and adopt One Nation's permanent ban on foreign purchases of Australian homes, not just new homes, or will you keep propping up a loophole-ridden system that locks Australian families out of homeownership?
date: 2026-02-03T14:43:00+00:00

Housing | Questions without Notice | Senate debates
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description: (—) (): I'm happy to also assist in providing some correspondence between Senator Hanson and the Treasurer in relation to this. Off these figures, there are up to $8 billion in potential...
encoded: (—) (): I'm happy to also assist in providing some correspondence between Senator Hanson and the Treasurer in relation to this. Off these figures, there are up to $8 billion in potential fines that have not been prosecuted by the Albanese Labor government on this topic. Minister, can you advise the Senate again how many homes in Australia are owned by foreigners, and, in the last financial year and given the Treasurer now admits foreign owners are evading vacancy rules, will the minister advise the Senate how many fines— (Time expired)
date: 2026-02-03T14:41:00+00:00

Housing | Questions without Notice | Senate debates
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description: My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. Under Labor, homes are more expensive and harder to find, yet foreign owners are allowed to dodge the vacancy rules...
encoded: My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. Under Labor, homes are more expensive and harder to find, yet foreign owners are allowed to dodge the vacancy rules and keep thousands of ghost homes off market while Australians struggle to find a home for their families. Documents obtained by One Nation under freedom of information expose Labor's failure to enforce foreign homeownership rules. According to the government records, there are at least 50,000 foreign owned ghost homes across Australia. Worse still, the Treasurer has admitted in writing that foreign owners are evading the rules, with 83 per cent or more not lodging compulsory vacancy reports with the ATO. Minister, why has the Albanese Labor government allowed thousands of foreign owned ghost homes to go unpoliced and unpunished in the middle of a housing crisis while Australian families suffer?
date: 2026-02-03T14:38:00+00:00

Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026; Limitation of Debate | Bills | Senate debates
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description: I ask that the amendment on sheet 3583 be put separately, as we intend to vote differently on that to the others.
encoded: I ask that the amendment on sheet 3583 be put separately, as we intend to vote differently on that to the others.
date: 2026-01-20T22:32:00+00:00

Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Firearms and Customs Laws) Bill 2026; Second Reading | Bills | Senate debates
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description: To every law-abiding firearm owner and to every Australian watching what is happening right now: One Nation's position on this legislation, on this policy issue, is very straightforward. One...
encoded: To every law-abiding firearm owner and to every Australian watching what is happening right now: One Nation's position on this legislation, on this policy issue, is very straightforward. One Nation supports law-abiding gun owners. One Nation believes we should be punishing extremists and not punishing law-abiding gun owners. The Albanese Labor government has dumped on us this major gun reform package, the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Firearms and Customs Laws) Bill 2026, and they are expecting everyone to simply accept this while ignoring the normal processes of scrutiny. The truth is the people who will be affected by this first will not be terrorists or criminals; it will be you. It will be farmers. It will be regional Australians. It will be pest controllers. It will be sporting shooters. It'll be collectors. It will be licence holders—law-abiding citizens who have never committed a crime in their lives and who would never commit a crime. They will be the ones who will be punished. These are the people that do the training. They keep their firearms secure, they comply with inspections and they live by the law. To those people: know that you are not the problem and we have your back. One Nation knows that criminals do not line up for gun buybacks. Criminals do not register illegal weapons. Criminals do not care about new paperwork, new rules or new announcements. They operate in the shadows, through trafficking, importation and organised crime, and they will keep doing it while the government is focused on quick headlines instead of criminals. I'll say it again. One Nation's position is straightforward. We support law-abiding gun owners. One Nation believes we need to punish extremists, not shooters. We need to punish the root cause of the things that happened in Bondi—radical Islamic extremism—not law-abiding Australians who have never committed a crime in their life. If the Albanese Labor government is genuinely concerned about public safety, it …
date: 2026-01-20T18:25:00+00:00

Bondi Beach: Attack | Questions without Notice | Senate debates
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description: Minister, you talk about passing legislation to deal with the problem, but what we've actually seen today occur in this parliament is a farce. Your government, with help from the Liberals on one...
encoded: Minister, you talk about passing legislation to deal with the problem, but what we've actually seen today occur in this parliament is a farce. Your government, with help from the Liberals on one hand and the Greens on the other, are rushing through massive changes to our nation's laws with no real scrutiny—two bills—and you are shutting down debate. When will your prime minister accept responsibility for this farce and resign?
date: 2026-01-20T14:46:00+00:00

Bondi Beach: Attack | Questions without Notice | Senate debates
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description: The refusal to unequivocally call out radical Islamic ideology, driving antisemitism in Australia, has allowed this problem to escalate into a terrorist attack on Jewish Australians. When will...
encoded: The refusal to unequivocally call out radical Islamic ideology, driving antisemitism in Australia, has allowed this problem to escalate into a terrorist attack on Jewish Australians. When will this government accept responsibility?
date: 2026-01-20T14:44:00+00:00

Bondi Beach: Attack | Questions without Notice | Senate debates
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description: Minister, you talk about hatred and you talk about perversions, but we want you to talk clearly about radical Islamic extremism and this government's failure to enforce existing laws since the...
encoded: Minister, you talk about hatred and you talk about perversions, but we want you to talk clearly about radical Islamic extremism and this government's failure to enforce existing laws since the October 7 attacks two years ago.
date: 2026-01-20T14:44:00+00:00

Bondi Beach: Attack | Questions without Notice | Senate debates
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description: My question goes to the Minister representing the Prime Minister. Minister, following the terrorist attacks in Bondi—the deadliest in our nation's history—the Prime Minister has...
encoded: My question goes to the Minister representing the Prime Minister. Minister, following the terrorist attacks in Bondi—the deadliest in our nation's history—the Prime Minister has failed to acknowledge that radical Islamic extremism was the driving ideology behind it. You cannot defeat what you won't define. The Prime Minister has muddied the waters. This refusal to clearly name the threat has allowed this threat to spread unchecked, and as a result Australians have been placed in danger. When will the Prime Minister finally concede that refusing to name radical Islamic extremism as the driver of this terrorist attack on Australians makes future attacks more likely and helps antisemitism continue to spread unchecked?
date: 2026-01-20T14:41:00+00:00

Bondi Beach: Attack | Condolences | Senate debates
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description: I rise today with a heavy heart to offer One Nation's sincerest and deepest condolences following the radical Islamist terrorist attack at Bondi. Before I begin, I will address that Senator...
encoded: I rise today with a heavy heart to offer One Nation's sincerest and deepest condolences following the radical Islamist terrorist attack at Bondi. Before I begin, I will address that Senator Hanson is not here to speak to this motion because I know she deeply wishes she could be here. Senator Hanson, as leader of One Nation, would ordinarily be the first in this chamber to speak on behalf of One Nation. If she were in this chamber, she would be the first to stand in solidarity with Australia's Jewish community and to condemn the evil that has been done. However, she is currently excluded from the Senate for raising the very serious threats facing every Australian community. It is an evil that has been exposed that permeates in Australia today, an evil that was directed towards Jewish Australians at Bondi Beach 36 days ago: the evil of radical Islamic terrorism. It is an evil that took the lives of 15 innocent Australians. It is an evil that our Prime Minister is refusing to name. So I say directly to the Jewish community, Pauline Hanson stands with you. She has your back. One Nation's door remains open to you not only in the immediate days of grief but in the longer months of recovery and the hard work of restoring confidence and safety. Today is first and foremost a moment for mourning. To the families who have lost loved ones, there is no speech that can ease the weight that you carry. There are no words that restore what has been taken. There is only the truth that your loved ones mattered, their lives were precious and that this nation grieves with you. To those who were injured and to those who witnessed scenes that will never leave them, we acknowledge the trauma that terrorism inflicts. It does not end at the scene; it follows people home. It returns in the quiet moments. It changes the way regular, everyday places feel. This parliament must not forget you when the vigils end and the media's attention shifts elsewhere. We also acknowledge the extraordinary cou…
date: 2026-01-19T12:56:00+00:00

Industry | Statements by Senators | Senate debates
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description: Today we have seen the betrayal of Australian workers. Labor and the Greens, in their coalition, have stitched up a dirty backroom deal and sacrificed our forestry industry because they want to...
encoded: Today we have seen the betrayal of Australian workers. Labor and the Greens, in their coalition, have stitched up a dirty backroom deal and sacrificed our forestry industry because they want to ram through legislation with as little scrutiny as possible. We know this is what they're doing. We know it's about shutting down a lawful, sustainable industry to keep the Greens happy, because the Greens are boasting about in their press release and in the chamber. Timber workers, mill operators, truckies, contractors and whole timber communities have been treated as expendable. Forestry supports thousands of Australian jobs and provide the timber we need to build homes. It's a renewable, tightly regulated and essential industry to our housing supply, but Labor has decided those jobs, those communities and the timber they provide are collateral damage in their rush to do a deal with the Greens. And it's not just the forestry industry that is in the firing line. This is not just about saving trees; it's about making it harder for Aussies who actually do the work in timber, in mining, in fishing, on farms, in factories and on building sites. If you wear steel caps or high-vis to work, this legislation is going to hit you. This deal will push up the cost of building materials, tighten housing supply and make it harder to open and expand projects that actually produce things. At the same time, Labor and the Greens are rolling out the red carpet foreign owned solar and wind companies to cover prime agricultural land with panels and wind turbines contaminated with asbestos. They're showing a blatant disregard to local communities. So One Nation will not support this rushed legislation. We'll stand with the workers who keep this country going. We'll stand for real jobs, real industries and regional communities because Labor and the Greens will talk to each other and do their deals but won't speak for working Australians. One Nation will.
date: 2025-11-27T13:52:00+00:00

Bell, Senator Sean | First Speech | Senate debates
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description: I rise to address this chamber with gratitude and a deep sense of duty for the people of New South Wales and Australia, who I am here to serve and to my party, One Nation, that I'm here to...
encoded: I rise to address this chamber with gratitude and a deep sense of duty for the people of New South Wales and Australia, who I am here to serve and to my party, One Nation, that I'm here to represent. First I want to thank my wife, Amelia. None of this would be possible without your sacrifice, your dedication as a mother to our daughter, Rosetta, your patience and your constant support, especially during the long days and even longer nights of work with campaigning. You have stood by me, supported me, defended me and provided me with encouragement, advice and love, and I would not be standing here today without you. To my parents, Elizabeth and Lindsay, thank you for teaching me the values of hard work, self-discipline and responsibility. The values that I bring into this chamber were shaped around our family's kitchen table, and I carry them with me today. I would not be here today if it were not for both of you. To my brothers, my wider family and my friends, thank you for standing with me, for supporting me, for reminding me where I come from and for keeping me relatively grounded. To the One Nation parliamentary staff with whom I've had the privilege of working in this building, some of you for nearly a decade, thank you for mentoring me, for supporting me and for preparing me for this moment. Thank you to the One Nation head office staff and the One Nation state teams. I have seen firsthand the dedication and the commitment that you show, which keeps our movement running. You work harder than big parties with a fraction of the resources. You do not ask for praise. You just get the job done, day in, day out. And you get it done. To Senator Warwick Stacey, whose vacancy I now fill, I want to acknowledge your service to this party and to thank you for the campaign you fought. I know your strength and determination—your commitment to the people of New South Wales and this country—and I'm honoured to follow in your footsteps as a representative of One Nation in this …
date: 2025-11-26T17:01:00+00:00

Plebiscite (Future Migration Level) Bill 2018; Second Reading | Bills | Senate debates
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description: Point of order: that's clearly an improper personal reflection on the One Nation senators. I ask that it be withdrawn.
encoded: Point of order: that's clearly an improper personal reflection on the One Nation senators. I ask that it be withdrawn.
date: 2025-11-26T09:58:00+00:00

Plebiscite (Future Migration Level) Bill 2018; Second Reading | Bills | Senate debates
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description: I just ask that Senator Payman address her comments to the chair when she's speaking about Senator Hanson.
encoded: I just ask that Senator Payman address her comments to the chair when she's speaking about Senator Hanson.
date: 2025-11-26T09:41:00+00:00

Plebiscite (Future Migration Level) Bill 2018; Second Reading | Bills | Senate debates
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description: This is not my first speech. That will come later today. This bill is very simple. It's simply to give Australians a say in determining the level of immigration we want into this country, and One...
encoded: This is not my first speech. That will come later today. This bill is very simple. It's simply to give Australians a say in determining the level of immigration we want into this country, and One Nation is simply respecting all Australians in proposing we give them a voice. The reason we need to ask this question, and the reason we need answers, is because the other parties in this place have stopped listening. They have stopped listening to the people, and the people have had enough. They want to be heard. The Albanese government, along with the Liberals and the Nationals—take your pick—have waved through, year after year, mass immigration, and they have done it while ignoring every warning sign. And One Nation has been warning them for a very long time. They have ignored every stressed neighbourhood, every congested highway, every family priced out of a home, every hospital bed shortage and every Australian pushed to the back of the queue. One Nation sees you and we hear you. You have been ignored for too long. We have been raising the alarm time and time again, and we do so again today. The other parties have ignored the concerns and the pleas for help from everyday Australians struggling against mass immigration and the pressure it puts on this country. It is time that it stops. This debate is about how many people should come to this country. This debate is about the manner in which they come to this country, the levels in which they come. We have proposed a net zero pause for five years. That is a reasonable suggestion, and it is a reasonable question to put to the Australian people so as to give them a voice. The fact is our population, driven by mass immigration, is surging far too quickly for our infrastructure, our hospitals, our schools, our roads and our wages to keep up. Let's talk about a truth that the government doesn't like to talk about. These mass migration policies that they have supported have led to one of the longest periods of GDP-per-capita …
date: 2025-11-26T09:31:00+00:00

Migration | Questions without Notice | Senate debates
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description: Is the minister suggesting that the net zero policy is related to the cyclone?
encoded: Is the minister suggesting that the net zero policy is related to the cyclone?
date: 2025-11-25T14:38:00+00:00

Migration | Questions without Notice | Senate debates
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description: Minister, Infrastructure Australia's net zero workforce report says around 130,000 skilled workers are tied up in net zero infrastructure projects. Will you admit that Labor's ideological rush to...
encoded: Minister, Infrastructure Australia's net zero workforce report says around 130,000 skilled workers are tied up in net zero infrastructure projects. Will you admit that Labor's ideological rush to net zero is not only driving up power bills but also hoovering up the very tradies and specialists we need for housing and infrastructure? Will you back One Nation's policy of ending the net zero madness so those workers can be redirected to fixing our housing and infrastructure crises?
date: 2025-11-25T14:38:00+00:00

Migration | Questions without Notice | Senate debates
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description: Another 300,000 migrants cannot fix a crisis made worse by the 1.2 million you have already brought in, which turbocharged the demand for housing, roads, hospitals and schools. Minister, this is...
encoded: Another 300,000 migrants cannot fix a crisis made worse by the 1.2 million you have already brought in, which turbocharged the demand for housing, roads, hospitals and schools. Minister, this is madness. Why is the Albanese Labor government trying to fix a housing and infrastructure crisis created by mass immigration with even more mass immigration?
date: 2025-11-25T14:37:00+00:00