• Liberal Party Senator for Victoria
• Former Liberal Party Representative for Ballarat
• Shadow Minister Assisting the Leader of the Opposition on the Centenary of ANZAC (since 3 Mar 2011)
  Shadow Minister for Veterans' Affairs (since 3 Mar 2011)
  Shadow Minister for Veterans' Affairs (since 14 Sep 2010)
• Entered the Senate on 1 July 2005 — General election
• Previously Representative for Ballarat until 8 October 2001 — retired
• Entered House of Representatives on 24 March 1990 — General election
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Questions without Notice: Budget (15 May 2013)

“You should be a minister!”

Bills: Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2013; Second Reading (15 May 2013)

“it seems a long time away, doesn't it?—that indeed this was a matter forced on the Australian Electoral Commission by this government, as opposed to the AEC being in any way complicit in the legislation being put through the way it was. In the time remaining, I also want to refer to the Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Maintaining Address) Bill 2011 and the Electoral and Referendum...”

Bills: Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2013; Second Reading (15 May 2013)

“That is right. There were 160 guillotined bills—which is quite remarkable, because I think the Australian Greens and the government attacked us, in our last period in government, for guillotining bills. I think we had 30 during our period and they have 160 to date. I will bet London to a brick, and I will put as much money on it as I have got, that we will see more guillotining between...”

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• Has spoken in 49 debates in the last year — average amongst Senators.
• People have made 2 comments on this Senator's speeches — average amongst Senators.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 387 times in debates — above average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)