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Senator Dean Smith
- Liberal Party Senator for WA
- Shadow Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (since 28 May 2025)
Shadow Assistant Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction (since 28 May 2025) - Became a Senator on 2 May 2012 — Federal election
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Most recent appearances in parliament
- Adjournment: Vietnam: Migration (4 Sep 2025)
“I rise to mark an extraordinary milestone in our national story: the 50th anniversary of Vietnamese settlement in Australia. Half a century ago, following the fall of Saigon in 1975, Australia opened its doors to one of the largest refugee intakes in our history. In the years that followed, tens of thousands of Vietnamese families arrived on Australia's shores, many with little more than...”
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers: Answers to Questions (4 Sep 2025)
“Those interjections demonstrate with great clarity the level of uncomfortableness that Labor senators experienced today. I'd like to applaud former Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk—”
- Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers: Answers to Questions (4 Sep 2025)
“I applaud the courage that's been demonstrated by former Queensland Labor premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, former federal Labor member Michael Danby, former prominent Labor senator and minister Graham Richardson and former prominent New South Wales state Labor parliamentarian Michael Costa, who have all agreed that the decision by Dan Andrews, the former Labor premier of Victoria, to go to...”
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- Has spoken in 61 debates in the last year — above average amongst Senators.
- People have made 5 comments on this Senator's speeches — well above average amongst Senators.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 641 times in debates — above average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)
Register of Interests (What's this?)
Dean Smith's latest interest statement
Last updated: 30 Nov 2022
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Other offices held in the past
- Shadow Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury (5 Jun 2022 to 28 May 2025)
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