• Liberal Party Senator for Queensland
• Shadow Minister for Immigration (since 28 May 2025)
  Shadow Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs (since 28 May 2025)
  Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate (since 28 May 2025)
• Became a Senator on 1 July 2019 — Federal election
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Bills: Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026; Second Reading (20 Jan 2026)

“I rise in support of the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026, taking on board Senator Payman's comments. I listened very carefully to Senator Payman's speech. I do so because I believe this bill is in the national interest. I sincerely believe there's an imperative that we pass this bill, and I believe there's a great risk—some people have...”

Condolences: Bondi Beach: Attack (19 Jan 2026)

“I rise to speak on this condolence motion. In doing so, I rise to tender my heartfelt condolences to the families and loved ones of the 15 innocent people murdered on Bondi Beach, to acknowledge the trauma of all of those impacted, to honour the bravery and courage of the police officers, the first responders and the everyday Australians who ran towards danger to help their fellow...”

Matters of Urgency: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (26 Nov 2025)

“What extraordinary contributions we have heard from the other side of the chamber defending these job cuts at CSIRO. They're quite extraordinary. The last speaker for the Australian Labor Party referred to the fact that the Morrison government had given so many hundreds of millions of dollars of extra money to CSIRO that they'd actually gone out and hired scientists to do scientific work....”

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• Has spoken in 101 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Senators.
• People have made 0 comments on this Senator's speeches — average amongst Senators.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 500 times in debates — above average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)

Paul Scarr's latest interest statementLast updated: 17 Dec 2025