• Liberal Party Senator for NSW
• Became a Senator on 22 December 2017 — Federal election
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How Jim Molan voted on key issues since 2006:

• Voted very strongly for tobacco plain packaging. votes
• Voted very strongly against a carbon price. votes
• Voted very strongly for implementing refugee and protection conventions. votes
• Voted very strongly against increasing protection of Australia's fresh water. votes
• Voted very strongly for regional processing of asylum seekers. votes
• Voted very strongly against increasing marine conservation. votes
• Voted very strongly for unconventional gas mining. votes
• Voted very strongly against increasing investment in renewable energy. votes
• Voted very strongly for privatising government assets. votes
• Voted very strongly against more scrutiny of intelligence services & police. votes
• Voted very strongly against increasing Aboriginal land rights. votes
• Voted very strongly against increasing protection of Aboriginal heritage sites. votes
• Voted very strongly for live animal exports. votes
• Voted strongly against increasing restrictions on gambling. votes
• Voted very strongly against increasing fishing restrictions. votes
• Voted very strongly against encouraging Australian-based industry. votes
• Voted very strongly for increasing surveillance powers. votes
• Voted very strongly against increasing consumer protections. votes
• Voted very strongly against increasing freedom of political communication. votes
• Voted very strongly for decreasing ABC and SBS funding. votes

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• Never rebels against their party in this parliament.

Bills: Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018; Second Reading (6 Dec 2018)

“I rise to speak in the second reading debate on the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018. The one message I have is that if we want the people of Australia to benefit from the security that this bill conveys over the Christmas period, a period of normal increase in terrorist activity—a period when agencies are responsible for our...”

Committees: Select Committee on Stillbirth Research and Education; Report (4 Dec 2018)

“I'd like to join with Senator Malarndirri McCarthy in acknowledging the extraordinary debt that every Australian owes to each witness who submitted evidence to the stillbirth research and education select committee, and that is simply staggering. These parents who have lost a child revealed to a group of strangers the details—clinical and emotional—of their tragedy. The...”

Committees: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint Committee; Report (15 Nov 2018)

“On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, I present the report of the committee Contestability and consensus – a bipartisan approach to more effective parliamentary engagement with Defenceand move:   That the Senate take note of the report. I was recently appointed chair of the Defence Subcommittee of the Joint Standing Committee on...”

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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.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 29 times in debates — well below average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)