• Former Liberal Party Senator for Tasmania
• Shadow Minister for the Public Service (since 17 Feb 2026)
  Shadow Minister for Finance (since 17 Feb 2026)
  Shadow Minister for Government Services (since 17 Feb 2026)
• Became a Senator on — Federal election
• Left Senate on n/a — Still in office

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Questions without Notice: Economy (20 Aug 2026)

“Minister, under your government, Australians have suffered the biggest fall in living standards in the developed world. There have been 15 interest rate rises and now a trillion dollars of government debt. This year, $28 billion will be spent just on the interest to that debt. That could be spent on 200,000 nurses or 400,000 aged-care packages or a thousand kilometres of regional highway...”

Questions without Notice: Economy (20 Aug 2026)

“Minister, with $1 trillion in government debt, how much has the Commonwealth paid in interest on this debt in total since Labor came to government in May 2022?”

Questions without Notice: Economy (20 Aug 2026)

“No, it's not!”

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• Has spoken in 43 debates in the last year — well below average amongst Senators.
• People have made 0 comments on this Senator's speeches — average amongst Senators.
• 2 people are tracking whenever this Senator speaks .
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 256 times in debates — average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)