• Liberal National Party Senator for Queensland
• Became a Senator on 1 July 2014 — Federal election
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Bills: Prime Agricultural Land Protection Bill 2026; First Reading (11 Mar 2026)

“I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to protect prime agricultural land, and for related purposes. Question agreed to. I present the bill and move: That this bill may proceed without formalities and be now read a first time. Question agreed to. Bill read a first time.”

Bills: Prime Agricultural Land Protection Bill 2026; Second Reading (11 Mar 2026)

“I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to table an explanatory memorandum relating to the bill. Leave granted. I table an explanatory memorandum and seek leave to have the second reading speech incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted. The speech read as follows— The world's population is growing, but the world's prime agricultural land is shrinking. Food security...”

Questions without Notice: Fuel (11 Mar 2026)

“Given the issues facing our trucking industry and our aviation industry, how many businesses is the ACCC currently investigating for fuel price gouging, and has the government joined with other countries overnight to ask the International Energy Agency for an emergency oil release from global stockpiles?”

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• Has spoken in 72 debates in the last year — above average amongst Senators.
• People have made 4 comments on this Senator's speeches — well above average amongst Senators.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 824 times in debates — well above average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)

Matthew Canavan's latest interest statementLast updated: 17 Jan 2026