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Senator Susan McDonald
- National Party Senator for Queensland
- Shadow Minister for Resources (since 5 Jun 2022)
Shadow Minister for Northern Australia (since 5 Jun 2022) - Became a Senator on 1 July 2019 — Federal election
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Most recent appearances in parliament
- Questions without Notice: Cost of Living (3 Jul 2024)
“The question was: what is the government doing to reduce supermarket prices?”
- Motions: Live Animal Exports: Sheep (27 Jun 2024)
“I too rise to speak about this travesty of a democratic process. It is in the Senate that we have the appropriate place to review the decisions of government. It is in the Senate that we have a properly organised process to hear from both sides of the debate. We had a promise. This is another broken promise from Labor, because the agriculture minister, Murray Watt, promised a Senate committee...”
- Bills: Excise Tariff Amendment (Tobacco) Bill 2024, Customs Tariff Amendment (Tobacco) Bill 2024; Second Reading (27 Jun 2024)
“The Excise Tariff Amendment (Tobacco) Bill 2024 and the Customs Tariff Amendment (Tobacco) Bill 2024 increase the excise and customs duties for all tobacco products by five per cent per year for three years starting from 1 September 2023. The five per cent increase is in addition to the current biannual indexation based on the average weekly ordinary time earnings. The amendments to the...”
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- Has spoken in 43 debates in the last year — well below average amongst Senators.
- People have made 1 comment on this Senator's speeches — average amongst Senators.
- 3 people are tracking whenever this Senator speaks — email me whenever Susan McDonald speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 174 times in debates — below average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)
Register of Interests (What's this?)
Susan McDonald's latest interest statement
Last updated: 7 Mar 2023
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