• Liberal Party Senator for Victoria
• Shadow Minister for the Public Service (since 28 May 2025)
  Shadow Minister for Finance (since 28 May 2025)
  Shadow Minister for Government Services (since 28 May 2025)
• Became a Senator on 9 March 2016 — unknown
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Questions without Notice: Crime: Illicit Tobacco (6 Nov 2025)

“Hear, hear!”

Questions without Notice: Wages and Salaries (6 Nov 2025)

“On direct relevance: I'm not sure what the Fair Work Commission under the previous government has to do with Senator Sharma's question.”

Questions without Notice: Economy (6 Nov 2025)

“At present the RBA is having to do all the heavy lifting via monetary policy to get inflation down. Will the government consider any changes in fiscal policy to support these efforts, or is the government's attitude to higher prices and lower real wages, 'Nothing to see here'?”

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• Has spoken in 18 debates in the last year — well below average amongst Senators.
• People have made 0 comments on this Senator's speeches — average amongst Senators.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 262 times in debates — average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)

James Paterson's latest interest statementLast updated: 15 Sep 2025