• National Party Senator for Queensland
• Became a Senator on 5 March 1983 — General election
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Matters of Public Interest: Australian Council of Trade Unions (23 Jun 2010)

“I am quoting the report. It says: … the public sector will have to go into sustained deficit to offset the negative effects on the economy from a rise in the household savings ratio. This report is highly critical of Australia’s economic performance, saying: If it does not come to an end from household debt saturation, the Australian boom from 1993 to date could easily end in a...”

Matters of Public Interest: Australian Council of Trade Unions (23 Jun 2010)

“I rise to speak on a threat to the union movement’s ability to look after the jobs of its members. Once that threat was communism; today it comes from an extreme greens agenda. Union leaders are joining forces with extreme greens policy. We saw it on the ETS and now we are seeing it on the mining tax. Union leaders, perhaps with an eye to Labor preselections in the future, are putting...”

Matters of Public Interest: Australian Council of Trade Unions (23 Jun 2010)

“The Prime Minister. I want Senator Sherry and Senator Arbib to listen to this statement from the ACTU-ACF report, which said: Whether Australia continues to avoid the need for financial reconstruction is the elephant in the room. It seems from this that the unions see the economy and its problems quite differently to the way the Rudd government sees them. The unions in fact are highly...”

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• Has spoken in 34 debates in the last year — below average amongst Senators.
• People have made 2 comments on this Senator's speeches — above average amongst Senators.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 169 times in debates — above average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)