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  • Australian Labor Party Senator for Queensland
  • Minister for Emergency Management (since 1 Jun 2022)
    Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (since 1 Jun 2022)
  • Became a Senator on 1 July 2016 — Federal election
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Bills: Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Accountability and Fairness) Bill 2023; First Reading (18 Mar 2024)

“I move: That this bill may proceed without formalities and be now read a first time. Question agreed to. Bill read a first time.”

Bills: Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Accountability and Fairness) Bill 2023; Second Reading (18 Mar 2024)

“I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speech incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The speech read as follows— Today I am proud to introduce the biggest government crackdown on tax adviser misconduct in Australian history. The government is appalled by the outrageous behaviour by PwC, and the allegations about other firms in the...”

Committees: Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Community Affairs References Committee, Environment and Communications Legislation Committee, Environment and Communications References Committee, Finance and Public Administration References Committee, Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee, Parliamentary Library Joint Committee, Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee; Membership (18 Mar 2024)

“by leave—I move: That senators be discharged from and appointed to committees as follows: Community Affairs Legislation and References Committees — Discharged—Senator Sharma Appointed— Senator Hughes Participating member: Senator Sharma Environment and Communications Legislation and References Committees — Discharged—Senator Hughes Appointed— Senator...”

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  • Has spoken in 146 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Senators.
  • People have made 1 comment on this Senator's speeches — average amongst Senators.
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  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 953 times in debates — well above average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)

Register of Interests (What's this?)

Murray Watt's latest interest statementPDFLast updated: 31 Mar 2023