• Liberal Party Senator for NSW
• Became a Senator on 18 September 1996
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Committees: Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee; Meeting (20 Mar 2013)

“I seek leave to move a motion to enable the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee to meet during the sitting of the Senate today. Leave granted. I move: That the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee be authorised to hold a private meeting otherwise than in accordance with standing order 33(1) during the sitting of the Senate today, from 1.50...”

Matters of Public Importance: Northern Australia (19 Mar 2013)

“We will try that out, Senator McLucas, Thank you for telling me I do not know what I am talking about. Cape York Peninsula is 17.5 million hectares. It is the same size as Victoria. I presume you knew that.”

Matters of Public Importance: Northern Australia (19 Mar 2013)

“It has an estimated 800,000 feral pigs. It has about 30,000 untagged feral cattle. It has about 14,000 people who live off the coast—12,000 of them Indigenous. It has about 17 pastoral stations. The rest of it is either sit-down blackfella country or national park. And they want to turn it all into a World Heritage area. They want to lock up the first kilometre from all the rivers...”

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• Has spoken in 20 debates in the last year — well below average amongst Senators.
• People have made 1 comment on this Senator's speeches — average amongst Senators.
• 15 people are tracking whenever this Senator speaks — email me whenever Bill Heffernan speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 121 times in debates — below average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)