• Liberal Party Senator for Queensland
• Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (since 3 Mar 2011)
  Shadow Attorney-General (since 3 Mar 2011)
  Shadow Minister for the Arts (since 3 Mar 2011)
  Shadow Minister for the Arts (since 14 Sep 2010)
  Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (since 3 May 2010)
  Shadow Attorney-General (since 6 Dec 2007)
• Became a Senator on 16 May 2000
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Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers: Budget (15 May 2013)

“At an exponentially accelerating rate. Yet, incredibly, when one looks across the forward estimates, we have a projection that the costs incurred due to these unauthorised arrivals will fall in 2014-15, will fall again in 2015-16 and will fall yet further in 2016-17. How did we get to this methodology when, at a time when the number of illegal arrivals is growing exponentially, the projection...”

Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers: Budget (15 May 2013)

“I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Finance and Deregulation (Senator Wong) to questions without notice asked by the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (Senator Abetz), the Leader of The Nationals in the Senate (Senator Joyce) and Senators Cormann and Sinodinos today relating to the 2013-14 Budget. When last night we learned that, on the latest...”

Questions without Notice: Budget (15 May 2013)

“Mr President, a point of order on direct relevance—the question was: 'What is the market value of government debt over the forward estimates?' The question was directed only to a figure. The minister has acknowledged in what she has already said that she has that figure in her possession, so she is able to answer the question. You should direct her to do so.”

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• Has spoken in 110 debates in the last year — well above 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") 519 times in debates — well above average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)