• Liberal Party Senator for Queensland
• Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Education (since 6 Dec 2007)
• Became a Senator on 1 July 1999
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Schools Assistance Bill 2008: Consideration of House of Representatives Message (4 Dec 2008)

“I would like to address Senator Carr’s comments regarding the development of the national curriculum. The issue was this: as Senator Fielding eloquently put it before, the national curriculum has yet to be devised, both the content of it and its level of prescription. For that reason we were very concerned about how that would interact and engage with Montessori and Steiner schools,...”

Schools Assistance Bill 2008: Consideration of House of Representatives Message (4 Dec 2008)

“I was in a good mood this morning, and I was going to be very generous to the Minister representing the Minister for Education and to the government. I nearly changed my mind, but I am always too generous by nature. I wish to thank the government for its cooperation on the Schools Assistance Bill 2008 thus far. We have had a history of productive compromise on this bill. That is why we have...”

Valedictory: (3 Dec 2008)

“The incorporated speech read as follows— In this big building, teeming with seemingly thousands of people it is still possible to be lonely. When the flush of initial excitement and wonderment fades, some newly arrived Senators can often feel isolated and cloistered. But I was lucky. When I arrived Senate colleagues were generous with their time and convivial to a fault. And no one more...”

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• Has spoken in 39 debates in the last year — below average amongst Senators.
• People have made 0 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") 84 times in debates — average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)