• Former Liberal Party Senator for Tasmania
• Shadow Minister for Home Affairs and Immigration (since 17 Feb 2026)
  Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate (since 28 May 2025)
• Became a Senator on — Federal election
• Left Senate on n/a — Still in office

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Questions without Notice: Migration (17 Sep 2026)

“Precisely how many people have moved from a temporary graduate visa back onto a student visa since the Albanese government announced in December 2023 that it was committed to stopping that practice?”

Questions without Notice: Migration (17 Sep 2026)

“By December 2023, Labor's migration strategy was warning of a growing cohort of migrants living in what it called 'permanent temporariness'. The strategy specifically identified former international students who repeatedly moved between temporary visas despite having little prospect of obtaining permanent residency. Why, after almost three years of articulating but not acting on that problem,...”

Questions without Notice: Migration (17 Sep 2026)

“My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Farrell. In light of Minister Burke's policy announcements at the Press Club today about the urgent need to bring immigration numbers down, why did the then home affairs minister, Clare O'Neil, say in September of 2022, 'Almost everyone agrees with Labor that immigration numbers into Australia need to rise.' She said, 'It...”

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• Has spoken in 64 debates in the last year — below average amongst Senators.
• People have made 1 comment on this Senator's speeches — above average amongst Senators.
• 3 people are tracking whenever this Senator speaks .
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 629 times in debates — above average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)