• Former Australian Greens Senator for Queensland
• Became a Senator on — Federal election
• Left Senate on n/a — Still in office

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Adjournment: Cost of Living, Housing, Waste Management and Recycling (15 Sep 2026)

“Do you know who benefits from people believing that immigrants are to blame for an unaffordability crisis that almost all of us are experiencing? It's the massive private corporations who are raking in billions of dollars—and their profits come at our expense. It's been a hard year for so many people, but it hasn't been a hard year for the big four banks. They made over $30 billion in...”

Motions: Artificial Intelligence (14 Sep 2026)

“I rise to speak in support of the urgency of this motion, and I want to associate myself with the comments made by Senator Faruqi, Senator Shoebridge and Senator Pocock, who've spoken before me. It is laughable that the government's response to the highlighting of a possible extinction crisis is a select committee. I note that the crossbench actually proposed that more crossbenchers be...”

Motions: Artificial Intelligence (14 Sep 2026)

“Because there's lot of interest in it, because it's important.”

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• Has spoken in 85 debates in the last year — above average amongst Senators.
• People have made 0 comments on this Senator's speeches — average amongst Senators.
• 3 people are tracking whenever this Senator speaks .
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 186 times in debates — below average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)