• Australian Labor Party Senator for Queensland
• Minister for the Environment and Water (since 13 May 2025)
• Became a Senator on 1 July 2016 — Federal election
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Questions without Notice: Migration (22 Jun 2026)

“Well, some things don't change, do they? Senator Hanson, I know that it has always been your political agenda to try to divide Australians, to divide Indigenous Australians from other Australians and to divide other Australians from migrant Australians. This government will not engage in that kind of extreme division and chaotic argument that the One Nation party has been putting forward for...”

Questions without Notice: Migration (22 Jun 2026)

“Thanks again, Senator Hanson. As I said, this government has worked extremely hard over the last two or three years in particular to significantly reduce migration levels to much more sustainable levels. At the same time, we—unlike One Nation, unlike the Liberal Party, unlike the National Party—have supported increased investment in housing for the battlers that you pretend to...”

Questions without Notice: Migration (22 Jun 2026)

“Thank you, Senator Hanson. One inconvenient fact for the One Nation party is that this government has nearly halved net overseas migration since it spiked after the COVID epidemic. Most people in this country recognise that, during the COVID epidemic, essentially, migration into Australia ended. People couldn't come here. Most people recognise that after the epidemic migration skyrocketed...”

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• Has spoken in 75 debates in the last year — average amongst Senators.
• People have made 1 comment on this Senator's speeches — above average amongst Senators.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1272 times in debates — well above average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)

Murray Watt's latest interest statementLast updated: 18 May 2026