• Australian Labor Party Senator for NSW
• Minister for Industry and Innovation (since 13 May 2025)
  Minister for Science (since 13 May 2025)
• Became a Senator on 1 July 2019 — Federal election
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Questions without Notice: Fuel (31 Mar 2026)

“If I can take one example, the intervention by the Albanese government jointly with the Crisafulli government in Queensland to support the copper smelter operations in Mount Isa means that Australia's only domestic manufacturer of monoammonium phosphate and di-ammonium phosphate is open today. Despite those opposite saying they would not have done that intervention and criticising it up hill...”

Questions without Notice: Fuel (31 Mar 2026)

“In particular in relation to fertiliser but also more broadly in relation to fuels, this is a very important set of actions for regional communities. We are not here undercutting the domestic market. What the government is doing is de-risking additional fertiliser shipments for private suppliers that are otherwise, in their judgement and the feedback we've got from industry—very...”

Questions without Notice: Fuel (31 Mar 2026)

“Thank you, Senator Whiteaker, for that question. The first thing I should say particularly for regional communities is that yesterday, on top of a series of other measures that have been undertaken over the last three or four weeks, the Albanese government halved fuel excise. In terms of regional communities, where more fuel is used, obviously, and households have disproportionately lower...”

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• Has spoken in 118 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Senators.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 450 times in debates — above average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)

Tim Ayres's latest interest statementLast updated: 16 Mar 2026