• 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: Take Note of Answers: Taxation, Goldmining Industry: McPhillamys Gold Project (15 Oct 2026)

“I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by ministers to questions without notice asked by Opposition senators today In doing so, can I say: what a terrible way for me to end my Senate career—to hear these terrible answers about how out of touch this government is with real people, small businesses and farmers. Apparently this government doesn't know what a farmer is, by...”

Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers: Taxation, Goldmining Industry: McPhillamys Gold Project (15 Oct 2026)

“Oh, well, the grandfather of Senator Wong, the Leader of the Government in the Senate, is a farmer, so we'll take that. But, of course, when the question was asked, 'Where does food come from?' they all said Uber Eats. What really did astound me out of that set of questions and the answers given was, of course, the response to the question about McPhillamys goldmine. In the last term, I was...”

Questions without Notice: Community Grants (13 Oct 2026)

“If the government has not suspended any payments, commenced recovery proceedings or taken steps to terminate the funding agreements, can the minister explain what safeguards are currently in place to protect taxpayers' money while these serious allegations are being investigated?”

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• Has spoken in 66 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") 631 times in debates — above average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)