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  • Australian Labor Party Senator for SA
  • Special Minister of State (since 1 Jun 2022)
    Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate (since 1 Jun 2022)
    Minister for Trade and Tourism (since 1 Jun 2022)
  • Became a Senator on 1 July 2008 — Federal election
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Questions without Notice: Immigration Detention (18 Mar 2024)

“I thank Senator Hughes for her second supplementary question. What I can assure you of, Senator Hughes, is that we've got two terrific ministers in this space—Minister O'Neil and Minister Giles—who are working in the national interest to ensure that ordinary Australians are protected and that we can find a way through these High Court decisions. They will continue to do that. On...”

Questions without Notice: Immigration Detention (18 Mar 2024)

“I thank Senator Hughes for her first supplementary question. As you know, historically, this area of policy has been a bipartisan approach. Both the government and the opposition have supported the policies that this government and, in particular, Minister Clare O'Neil and Minister Giles have been—”

Questions without Notice: Immigration Detention (18 Mar 2024)

“This area of public policy has generally been a bipartisan one. Of course, we've recently had a decision of the High Court that has made certain determinations that, as a government, we are obliged to follow. We are addressing those decisions of the High Court to ensure— (Time expired)”

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  • Has spoken in 95 debates in the last year — average amongst Senators.
  • People have made 4 comments on this Senator's speeches — well above average amongst Senators.
  • 15 people are tracking whenever this Senator speaks — email me whenever Don Farrell speaks.
  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 754 times in debates — well above average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)

Register of Interests (What's this?)

Don Farrell's latest interest statementPDFLast updated: 7 Mar 2023