• Former Liberal Party Senator for Queensland
• 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: Answers to Questions (20 Aug 2026)

“It's hard to imagine how much $1 trillion is. The people of Australia now owe $1 trillion for the first time in our history, under this Labor government. One trillion dollars equates to 14,000 tonnes of $100 bills; $1 trillion equates to 1,400 kilometres if you stacked $100 bills from the floor of this Senate chamber on the way to the moon. That's what $1 trillion means. It's one million...”

Questions without Notice: Medicare (20 Aug 2026)

“Why are you disclosing his personal medical information?”

Bills: Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026, National Self-exclusion Register (Cost Recovery Levy) Amendment Bill 2026, Interactive Gambling (Cost Recovery Levy) Bill 2026; In Committee (19 Aug 2026)

“Minister, I think your answers to this line of questions from me just underline the fact that we need a national regulator, and that's one of the reasons I'll be supporting this amendment.”

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• Has spoken in 130 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Senators.
• People have made 0 comments on this Senator's speeches — average amongst Senators.
• 1 person is tracking whenever this Senator speaks .
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 561 times in debates — above average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)