• Liberal Party Senator for Tasmania
• Became a Senator on 1 July 2019 — Federal election
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Questions without Notice: Defence Properties (5 Feb 2026)

“Minister, can the Albanese government guarantee that, as a result of these estate sales, there will be no net reduction in Defence jobs, reserve opportunities and Defence training in Tasmania?”

Questions without Notice: Defence Properties (5 Feb 2026)

“Defence's own figures show that the Tasmanian sites on Labor's fire-sale list are used by around 300 reservists and 450 cadets. Nationally up 3,300 reservists will be impacted by the sale—around 15 per cent of the reserve workforce. Minister, how can the government claim to strengthen Defence readiness while selling off the very facilities that train our future force who already do so...”

Questions without Notice: Defence Properties (5 Feb 2026)

“My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, Senator Wong. The president of RSL Tasmania, John Hardy, has described the Albanese government's announcement of a Tasmanian Defence asset fire sale as 'a catastrophic strategic error that will stand as the largest withdrawal of defence presence from any Australian state since Federation'. He went on to say: Such a...”

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• Has spoken in 36 debates in the last year — below average amongst Senators.
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Claire Chandler's latest interest statementLast updated: 30 Sep 2025