• Liberal Party Senator for NSW
• Became a Senator on 18 September 1996
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Food Importation (Bovine Meat Standards) Bill 2010: Second Reading (11 Mar 2010)

“It is nice to listen to someone who absolutely does not know what they are talking about! Can I table a document? Leave granted. Thank you very much. I am tabling a document, which is a press release from R-CALF USA. It reads: R-CALF USA (Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, United Stockgrowers of America) is a national, non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring the continued...”

Food Importation (Bovine Meat Standards) Bill 2010: Second Reading (11 Mar 2010)

“This year—I am sure that Senator Back will go into great detail on this particular press release: Forty organisations representing consumers, the cattle industry and other livestock and farming interests sent a joint letter to USDA in November 2009 urging the new Administration to restore the United States’ weakened import standards that are exposing the US to a heightened risk of...”

Food Importation (Bovine Meat Standards) Bill 2010: Second Reading (11 Mar 2010)

“Madam Acting Deputy President, on a point of order: Senator Sterle might like to withdraw ‘boofhead’ in relation to my Senate colleagues, but he can leave it there for me.”

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• Has spoken in 23 debates in the last year — well below average amongst Senators.
• People have made 1 comment on this Senator's speeches — average amongst Senators.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 66 times in debates — below average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)