• Australian Greens Senator for SA
• Became a Senator on 1 July 2008 — Federal election
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Bills: Treasury Laws Amendment (Cyclone and Flood Damage Reinsurance Pool) Bill 2022; Second Reading (30 Mar 2022)

“Thank you, Madam Acting Deputy President. I appreciate that. The reason this is being put on the record today is that there will be changes to the sitting schedule later and I just want to make it clear that this relates directly to this bill.”

Bills: Treasury Laws Amendment (Cyclone and Flood Damage Reinsurance Pool) Bill 2022; Second Reading (30 Mar 2022)

“It is related to this piece of legislation because what this company is doing is making climate change worse. What this company is doing, with taxpayers money, is making climate change worse, and our job here in the Senate is to scrutinise and to hold government to account, and to hold those who take and are in receipt of public funds to account. It is absolutely disgraceful that a company,...”

Bills: Treasury Laws Amendment (Cyclone and Flood Damage Reinsurance Pool) Bill 2022; Second Reading (30 Mar 2022)

“The conclusion, at the end of this debate on this bill—a bill that is spending public money and asking for public money to be spent on cleaning up in response to the climate crisis—is that here we have a company that refuses to comply with a summons. Let me be very clear here: this is a bad precedent for any company, for any process, for this Senate to not take seriously. I would...”

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• Has spoken in 77 debates in the last year — above average amongst Senators.
• People have made 11 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") 696 times in debates — well above average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)

Sarah Hanson-Young's latest interest statementLast updated: 24 Sep 2021