• Liberal Party Senator for Victoria
• Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate (since 14 Sep 2010)
  Shadow Minister for Disabilities, Carers and the Voluntary Sector (since 14 Sep 2010)
• Became a Senator on 31 March 2004
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Motions: Suspension of Standing Orders (25 Nov 2011)

“Mr Deputy President, on a point of order: it looked as though Senator Di Natale was trying to film the chamber on his BlackBerry. Senator Di Natale interjecting— Maybe he wasn't, but that is certainly how it appeared.”

Business: Days and Hours of Meeting (25 Nov 2011)

“And programmatic specificity! If you could encapsulate the crafting of bad policy in one phrase, it would be Kevin Rudd's—the former Prime Minister's—'programmatic specificity'. There is an even more important reason, though, that we need to have question time next week, and that is the very basic principle of the accountability of a government to the parliament. This government...”

Business: Days and Hours of Meeting (25 Nov 2011)

“Mr Deputy President, I know that you are a student of political history and that you would have read many of the words of former Prime Minister Paul Keating. Like you, I do not agree with much that Paul Keating said, but one thing he said time and again which I absolutely do agree with is that the Australian people expect value from their parliament, and the Australian people are definitely...”

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• Has spoken in 107 debates in the last year — above average amongst Senators.
• People have made 2 comments on this Senator's speeches — average amongst Senators.
• 15 people are tracking whenever this Senator speaks — email me whenever Mitch Fifield speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 225 times in debates — average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)