• Australian Labor Party Senator for Queensland
• Minister for the Environment and Water (since 13 May 2025)
• Became a Senator on 1 July 2016 — Federal election
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Questions without Notice: Wages and Salaries (24 Jun 2026)

“To ensure that our country can meet the challenges and demands of the future, we need to make sure that the health sector has enough skilled workers. We're backing those workers with wage rises and tax cuts. But, of course, the One Nation and Liberal partnership want to dig into their pockets and rip thousands of dollars out. It really is hard to know what the point of the Liberal Party is...”

Questions without Notice: Wages and Salaries (24 Jun 2026)

“Whether it's wage rises or tax cuts, the Albanese government is doing everything we can to help working Australians. But we see today reports in the Daily Telegraph that One Nation wants to form a new partnership with the Liberal Party that would risk all of that. Now, this isn't a surprise to those of us who've seen One Nation and the Liberals vote together for years now to cut wages, but it...”

Questions without Notice: Wages and Salaries (24 Jun 2026)

“Thanks to Senator Stewart who, along with every other Labor senator, has a proud record of standing up for working people in Australia. The Albanese Labor government is helping Australians to earn more and keep more of what they earn, with higher wages and more tax cuts. Before the outbreak of the conflict in the Middle East, we saw strong real wage growth for eight consecutive quarters. We...”

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• Has spoken in 77 debates in the last year — average amongst Senators.
• People have made 1 comment on this Senator's speeches — above average amongst Senators.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1273 times in debates — well above average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)

Murray Watt's latest interest statementLast updated: 18 May 2026